Posted in DOGS on Jun 12th, 2010
Here’s an interesting article in the New York Times.
It’s about suburbanites trying to teach their dogs to hunt. Pretty funny, but at least people are out there with their dogs, trying to do what the dog’s ancestors were bred to do.
BTW: if anyone out there hunts rabbits with a pack of basset hounds, I would [...]
Posted in DOGS on Apr 18th, 2010
Here’s a great chance to check out a pointing-dog field trial:
The Mid-Coast Maine Field Trial Club is holding their annual trial on May 1-2. The trial is in Prospect, ME, about 30 minutes from Bangor and an hour and a half from Augusta. It starts on Saturday at 7am.
For more info, directions to the grounds, [...]
Posted in DOGS on Apr 8th, 2010
Wondering what it takes for a hunting dog to be champion? Here’s your chance to find out.
There a nice field trial going on this Friday and Saturday in Rhode Island. It’s the Region 1 Amateur Walking Shooting Dog Championship. The trial is being held in the Arcadia Management Area in Exeter, RI, and it starts [...]
Posted in DOGS on Mar 24th, 2010
Here’s another video of some field trials in the UK. Beautiful dogs and scenery. Check out how the dogs run and point. There’s a lot of behavior there that would never be allowing in a North American pointer trial. You can view a full-screen version of the video if you click on the little box [...]
Posted in DOGS on Mar 21st, 2010
I headed to the Southern New England Woodcock Championship today.
This trial was at the Arcadia
State Management Area in Exeter, RI. This trial started on Saturday. They were running dogs for three days, finishing on Monday. I think 17 braces (pairs) of dogs were scheduled to run.
This is a coverdog-style trial on all wild birds. [...]
Posted in DOGS on Mar 17th, 2010
It looks like I wasn’t the only one who thought it was a fantastic gun.
This 20 gauge Boss Over and Under shotgun that I wrote about last week sold for $92,000. This gun was at James D. Julia’s auction yesterday, March 15.
$92,000 is close to the top of the doubles estimate. A new 20 gauge [...]
Posted in DOGS, ENJOYING BOTH on Mar 14th, 2010
Spring has arrived in Maine – I don’t care what the calendar says. Puck and I spend about an hour today poking around for woodcock. She had a great time. Just look at the smile on her face.
The middle of March is early for woodcock in Maine. But with the warm weather, I thought we [...]
Posted in DOGS on Mar 6th, 2010
I came across this video online at the Keankennel’s Blog. This blog is for Traigmhor Pointers and Jon and Janette Kean. This is the 2008 Kennel Club Champion Stake for Pointers and Setters, held at Byrecleugh Estate, by Lauder, Berwickshire by kind permission of the Duke of Roxburghe.
These dogs are some of the top field [...]
Posted in DOGS, ENJOYING BOTH on Feb 24th, 2010
It’s always cool when big newspapers carry stories about bird dogs and field trials, especially positive stories. Today’s New York Times published this piece by James Card about the 2010 National Championship at the Ames Plantation:
GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn. — The competitors arrived at the historic Ames Plantation in pickup trucks with built-in dog kennels, pulling [...]
Posted in DOGS on Feb 22nd, 2010
As I reported last week, over a dozen Ryman Setters turned up in the Bucks Country SPCA over the past few month. These dogs came from Decoverly Kennels.
Apparently, Decoverly ran into problems with Pennsylvania’s regulations for commercial dog kennels. This forced them to cut down on the number of dogs in their kennel.
Originally, I reported [...]