11-08-2003, 09:42 PM
[font "verdana, arial, helvetica"][size 2]Hey guys and gals, Sparky is a hunting dog now!!!!
This starts out as a fishing post but I'm cheating!!!! Went fishing on the Weber with Sparky and another dog that I'm baby sitting for and took the shot gun along in case. Wanted to get a duck for the freezer for training purposes. After fishing along the river for a good distance, (not much luck), I spotted some ducks in the river. Fished while heading back to the truck, got in the truck, drove down to where the ducks were, parked, kept the dogs in the truck (not gun trained, Sparky is 4 mos old), pulled my patented sneak, jumped em, knocked 3 mallards down in the river. Yipeeee!
Well, decided to try something. Went back to the truck and let em out. Walked back to the river, found the ducks in the river and told "Sparky" to go find em. Well, he and the other dog didn't know what I was talking about but they went muuuching along and when they got about 10 ft. from the duck in the river Sparky went over and grabbed it and brought it to me! Yipeeeeeeeeeee! Did it twice more, except the last one Sparky grabbed it by the wing tip and decided that it was his and carried it off for himself. No chewing, just licking!!!! The other dog (a 14 mos old Golden) wasn't interested (show vs field trial breeding?)!!!
Needless to say I praised him up an awfull lot and came home with some freezer ducks for training when he gets older. Still miss Bud but things are getting a little bit better. Well folks, what do you think? Did we do good? We think so! Sorry for the bragging about my "child".
Biggest regret - as usual, I had a camera but didn't take any pictures. I just never can make a connection when these things happen. [/size][/font][font "verdana, arial, helvetica"][size 2]Oh to keep this leagal I caught 2 browns, 1 rainbow and a white fish.
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This starts out as a fishing post but I'm cheating!!!! Went fishing on the Weber with Sparky and another dog that I'm baby sitting for and took the shot gun along in case. Wanted to get a duck for the freezer for training purposes. After fishing along the river for a good distance, (not much luck), I spotted some ducks in the river. Fished while heading back to the truck, got in the truck, drove down to where the ducks were, parked, kept the dogs in the truck (not gun trained, Sparky is 4 mos old), pulled my patented sneak, jumped em, knocked 3 mallards down in the river. Yipeeee!
Well, decided to try something. Went back to the truck and let em out. Walked back to the river, found the ducks in the river and told "Sparky" to go find em. Well, he and the other dog didn't know what I was talking about but they went muuuching along and when they got about 10 ft. from the duck in the river Sparky went over and grabbed it and brought it to me! Yipeeeeeeeeeee! Did it twice more, except the last one Sparky grabbed it by the wing tip and decided that it was his and carried it off for himself. No chewing, just licking!!!! The other dog (a 14 mos old Golden) wasn't interested (show vs field trial breeding?)!!!
Needless to say I praised him up an awfull lot and came home with some freezer ducks for training when he gets older. Still miss Bud but things are getting a little bit better. Well folks, what do you think? Did we do good? We think so! Sorry for the bragging about my "child".
Biggest regret - as usual, I had a camera but didn't take any pictures. I just never can make a connection when these things happen. [/size][/font][font "verdana, arial, helvetica"][size 2]Oh to keep this leagal I caught 2 browns, 1 rainbow and a white fish.
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