Druid which class do you run your pointers in, shoot to retrieve , or all age? If your into the pointers, I live 40 miles from the Ames plantation, in February I usually go watch them run the national championship for all age. Beautiful to watch. Tc
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Oh my, that would be interesting! Tc
We have a Our Yorkie is the Barkiest little bugger ever but Lizzy loves him. My sweet dog is the Pom, she's 14 now, got her for Liz, turns out I'm the apple of her eye period. I delivered her Yorkie-Pom pups in my lap, she trusts me exclusively, they sure warm your heart don't they.
I tend to like my dogs more than people.
TC, They're Setters, and I've never run in the big leagues. Between horses, trailers, lodging and all the other accoutrements, it's a sport for those more well heeled than my good self. STR is not my bag .. If I get a dog to retrieve, it'll be in the other direction! Local trials and good old fashioned shoe leather hunting for me! My dogs may not be perfect, but that's my fault, not theirs. The genes were there, but I know what it takes to finish a dog, and there are times I'll take a fault or two rather that try to polish a diamond! The horseback guys like a dog that runs over the horizon, out of sight, hence the tracking devices. If you've got a dog that will hold point and pin a bird for great lengths of time, all is good .. If not, you're just feeding the kitty!
Anyway, I love my dogs, and we've harvested our share of birds, and had great times together. Besides, my dogs sleep on the bed, the All-Age dogs sleep in plywood boxes in kennels. I've got friends that have Championships in the Big leagues, but it's not for me ... or my dogs!
Subaru Dog Tested | Subaru Commercial | Bad Hair Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1msc2Gi_S5Y
There are a few of these on Youtube............
'Coast Guard'
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Our Golden Tess, on the left playing with her best friend yellow Lab Bria at Folsom lake in the California central valley just a short way from Roseville. The lake has a great shallower area that is perfect for dogs to have a swim. These two dogs have been the best of friends since they were 4 months of age. Folsom is also home to that state prison that Johnny Cash visited and played his "Folsom Prison Blues" for, way back when.
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Folsom Prison, a bit forbidding looking. Johnny sang there about 10 years after he wrote Folsom Prison Blues. That led to his prison visits to San Quentin and Huntsville, Alabama.
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I'm a big Johnny Cash fan.