The wife never had a palate for venison or wild game, but knowing exactly it's history, where it was harvested and foraged she actually prefers it to store-bought beef or turkey now. The turkey's are a rare treat that we don't often see.
I grew up with dogs.
Had lots of Irish Setters, and a Great Dane which were inside dogs.
Had several Drahthaars for bird hunting, which were outside dogs.
Making rocks look smart was the job of the Cocker Spaniel I had as a kid....made rocks look smart.
You have to differentiate English Cockers from American Cockers. Totally different. I've had several English ones, that are as smart as any dogs I've had the pleasure to be around. If you'd like to see a field trial with them, send me a PM. I'm certain, I could change your mind.Making rocks look smart was the job of the Cocker Spaniel I had as a kid.
Making rocks look smart was the job of the Cocker Spaniel I had as a kid.
Looks like both y'all had fun.
Honestly I don't know. I heard a couple guides and my buddy who used to guide with Duke talking about that and I really never paid any attention. I have his papers and it has a bunch of the german breeders and kennel names listed but it doesn't really matter to me.Is Duke a drahthaar?
We all had a blast. I've had Duke about a year and a half now and he is amazing. My friend Larry guided at game preserves professionally and the animal restrictions just got over whelming up in Indianapolis and he was down to one dog and Duke was 10 YO then and he just decided not to do it any more. He was just looking for someplace the dog could just "retire" to and be a dog and I jumped at the chance. My old dog had been gone a couple years by then and the hurt from that was wearing off. I needed someone new to tell me how great I am ever day. Duke has been perfect. He goes every where I go.Looks like both y'all had fun.
Honestly I don't know. I heard a couple guides and my buddy who used to guide with Duke talking about that and I really never paid any attention. I have his papers and it has a bunch of the german breeders and kennel names listed but it doesn't really matter to me.
We all had a blast. I've had Duke about a year and a half now and he is amazing. My friend Larry guided at game preserves professionally and the animal restrictions just got over whelming up in Indianapolis and he was down to one dog and Duke was 10 YO then and he just decided not to do it any more. He was just looking for someplace the dog could just "retire" to and be a dog and I jumped at the chance. My old dog had been gone a couple years by then and the hurt from that was wearing off. I needed someone new to tell me how great I am ever day. Duke has been perfect. He goes every where I go.
Larry wanted to go out once for old times and I wanted to learn the ins and outs of guiding and "is he really as birdie as I think he is..." Man, he is every thing you see those TV hunting dogs do and more. He does ALL the bird dog stuff plus he'll find a deer if you lose a blood trail, he will fetch anything you shoot at. I hunt a lot of beavers and he'll follow along and let me know when one of those are near and if I let him he would jump in after those. He'll grab a dead one and bring in to the bank and drag it to ya if it's small enough he can pick it up.
We got 5 quail and 5 chukar and a field and Larry showed me how to set the birds and all about what the customers expect and what a guide needs to do and how it all works with the preserve owner and we just had a lot of fun. We had one bird that wasn't quite as dizzy as he acted so he fly a little and got in the woods. Another quail got pecked in the head when they were all in the cage together so he was a little loopy, but nothing got away. Duke fetched every bird like we were playing at home. Man one that didn't get hit good and just kind of drifted down, I thought Duke was going have him right out of the air.