Tell us about your dog. Post a picture if you have one.

My Birddoog is a Brittany. He is 10 years old come September 1 and in his 9th hunting season. He loves to hunt all upland birds but his #1 is Pheasant. He hunted them most as a pup and I guess that is why. In that picture, the pheasant is about 12 inches inside that clump of weeds.....Bob

Great pic, Bob.  I've got a Brit too, but she is only 5.  I don't get her out as much as I'd like, but she's a wonderful member of our family.

I'll have to try and post a pic after I figure out how.

I I have a 5 year old Black Lab that I've trained with The Smartworks Program.

My little buddy loves to hunt anything with feathers.(HE HATES WOODCOCKS) He will find the downed Woodcock for you but you can't get him to pick it off the ground.

His nose for birds is second to none. My dog loves thick cover and the edges of woods. He is a lean mean hunting machine. He is whistle, hand signal and verbally trained.

I have a chocolate lab.  Great dog but getting old (Near 10 now)  I keep thinking about a new dog but I'm not sure what I would get and I know my dog would be really sad to see me load another dog in the truck with my gun.  Even at 10 it's still hard to keep him out of my truck if I get my gun out.

Jballard, I'm in the same boat with my dog, he'll be 10 Sept. 1. I think I'll wait untill he has problems hunting before I get a new one. He so much a part of my life, I find it hard to think of going hunting without him......Bob

my dad and i hunted our last dog til she was 14 the only reason we stopped was because she went deaf.

Spoiled rotten. Coming 5 this fall. "HE" started me, on dove and band tailed pigeons at one year. He showed me that he loved it so much, that I was prompted to join a club/reserve that stocks pheasant and chukar. It' has developed into my making 6, six hour drives to western KS last winter, at least a half dozen trips to the reserve, and two tournemant hunts...

I "think" we're hooked..

    I've been thinking seriously about adding a dog. My best hunting partner/grandson is feeling like he wants/needs his own dog. But I've dog sat, both my sons chocolate and another hunting buddies black for a few days at a time. My dog pouts and acts out like a spoiled kid when he feels that too much attention is being devirted from him.. I'm not sure how well he would accept a new puppy.

I've got a Brit named Brie.  I've heard it said that you pick a dog that is an extension of your personality.  My dog is rotten, won't listen unless food is involved and farts when company is over.....I love my dog. 

No, she is a pretty typical Brit. But like all of us, she has her moments.   But I do love her.  She is part of my family.
 

Here's my little girl, this will be her first real season.  Pixel is the name, all I have to do is pull out the collar and she starts to whimper around my feet.  Put her in the field where we train and she just goes nuts.  Also, she's plenty abused, as she now has free run of the couch and about 7 chew toys on the living room floor.

From a Brittany Man, That is one fine looking dog. She looks to have long legs which is good around here. The weeds/cover can get pretty tall sometimes, a tall dog is an advantage.......Bob

Buckeye, nice comeback. 

Was just handed a 'new one'.. 14 month old lab'. Has had some basic training, but never hunted.

I reckon we'll see if he makes the final cut..

Thanks... I haven't saw any negative effects either, but I'm not a seasoned veteran w/ bird dogs.
 Though he failed to get in the picture, he performed well for his second day out. He started "seeing"/marking birds, and got in a fair share of retrieving. I'm impressed ..
He might have found a home

Four of those are decoys now..:p

Bob

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.I live in Ontario hunt just about anything I canbut my passion is upland birds.We did hunt grouse up here when there was some now few and far between.A buddy and I have started to hunt in Iowa for the past 10 years.Both of us use English Springer Spaniels and 20 ga.When we meet felow hunters out there they look at us as if we have 3 heads for running flushers,we have not seen any others out there,only pointers.What is you take on it?

Will keep in touch more often,will be looking on this site for info on this years hunt-We plan on coming out next year

Turbo

you do have some good looking dogs,shawn is a great guy.Answered any question i had.Everbody who sees rock can't belive how good he is.It must be great to have that
many good dogs.

Very nice picture of you and yourgroup. Looks like you all had a good days shoot. Congrats to you and your group.......Bob

heres a link to a video of my pup getting ready for her upcoming hunt test, its only junior but still i'm pretty excited.   the video quality always comes out poor on youtube for some reason, on my computer it is crystal clear.  anyway its still a pretty gud video.

and yes she got her check chord stuck on that bush

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVg3cpdQfwA

Gus one year old male German SHorthaired Pointer hes pointing on a pigon

Rex Spotted,  Star Solid liver, dont know if you can see the white patch on her chest. It was easy to figure out her name. Almost perfect five point star lol

Yea, my father in-law had a litter of GSP's me and my wife were going to take one, but ended up with two. I am working on a Lab for waterfowl, but no go with the wife. I want to see if I can work them with water retrives in the summer, dont feel like getting in the water now just incase. Try and use them for the begining of the duck season until it gets like -30.