Posted in DOGS on Feb 1st, 2012
Here’s a good video of summer training from Hi Five Kennels. Besides the nice dog work, what I liked most about this video of how it shows you the kind of covers grouse & woodcock like. Watch the whole thing and you’ll see the places where these birds hang out.
Posted in DOGS on Jan 30th, 2012
The history of the modern pointing dog is convoluted and tangled. The further into its past you go, and the more clouded its lineage becomes. People believed that Spain’s Burgos Pointer was the great-great-great-great grandaddy of them all, a dog that could trace it’s origin back to the beginnings of pointing breeds over 600 years ago. [...]
Posted in DOGS on Jan 13th, 2012
The English Pointer lays claim to ancestors throughout Europe. Dogs from Spain are said to be the beginning of the breed, and an earlier version of the modern Portugese Pointer probably added a few bricks to the EP’s foundation. Portugese Pointers can be traced back to the 18th century and today, these hard hunting, short haired [...]
Posted in DOGS on Jan 9th, 2012
Bruce Minard’s HiFive Kennels has been around since 1996. In that time, it has gained a reputation for quality bird dogs. I’ve seen Bruce’s dogs on the trial circuit and they’re always impressive. This video shows an 11-month old English Pointer named HiFive Unlisted. Watch how nice and easy this dog handles. Also, check out [...]
Posted in DOGS on Jan 5th, 2012
I’m interested in side by sides — that’s pretty obvious. So when I came across the Pachón Navarros, a Spanish pointing dog with a double barrel nose, I was intrigued. According to Craig Koshyk’s Pointing Dogs, Volume One: The Continentals, the Pachón Navarros trace back to the very first sporting breeds to appear around the Pyrenees Mountains, [...]
Posted in DOGS on Jan 5th, 2012
Over the last 12 years Craig Koshyk has been on a mad pursuit. You should thank him. Koshyk has dedicated thousands of hours and even more $$$$ to create a beautiful new book titled Pointing Dogs, Volume One: The Continentals. You’re probably thinking breed book, great (eyes rolling, fight back a yawn). But please understand this: [...]
Posted in DOGS on Dec 18th, 2011
My dog’s tail says a lot. A couple of weeks ago Puck and I were hunting in Maine and we got into a bunch of grouse. Over almost 2 hours Puck had 6-7 solid points (not including follow ups). I snapped a few pics of her and later as I was thinking back on things I [...]
Posted in DOGS on Dec 14th, 2011
Bird scent – I can’t see and I can’t smell it. But when it comes to upland hunting with girl, it’s important that I understand how works. With that in mind, I’ve been trying to learn more about how scent works and how weather affects it. This recent post from Steady with Style does a [...]
Posted in DOGS on Sep 30th, 2011
You’ve heard it before: England and America are two countries separated by a common language. They have bespoke, we have custom. They have lorries, we have trucks. Differences like this occur in the gun world, too. The Brits shoot; we hunt. They wear tweed; we wear blaze. And their pointers and setters point with flat [...]
Posted in DOGS on Sep 6th, 2011
If you would like to see a bunch of great dogs this weekend, the Maine Spaniel Field Trial Club is having their 2011 trial this weekend in Hollis, Maine. Here are the details. Springer trials take place on open fields, so they’re easy to view. The people are always nice and the dogs are fun to [...]
