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Offline Drae

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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #30 on: July 25, 2009, 11:29:22 AM »
 Wyo.Coyote Hunter,
 My first of 3 Goldens was named Toby.  He lived 1 month short of 17 years old. He just couldn't get up one morning. His back legs had no feeling in them over 3 years before that. The next Golden I got to replace him (Toby at 11)never made to six year old (cancer). I often wonder if it was everything I shared with him from beer to candy?
 I do like Goldens but I like all hunting dogs. Drae is pushing 10 years old & I am pushing 70.  We both can see the light at the end of tunnel as far as our hunting days go!
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #31 on: July 25, 2009, 03:45:37 PM »
 ;) Drae, It was nice to hear about your Toby. Mine only live to be 10 1/2. I have two now. Orion who will be 15 next May, and Peach. She is 5 and a wonderful dog. ;) :D ;D
She would be my best hunter ever if there were birds like before. ;) But she is still my very wondeful friend. I doubt I could ever find another as fine. Hope you and your dog and my two all have many good hunts to come.  :D ;)
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #32 on: August 06, 2009, 12:53:29 PM »
Quote from: Nimrod71 on March 27, 2009, 05:09:53 PM
Ok now from a professional hunter and guide.  One dog is not enough.  A hunter needs a Lab and a Brittany.  Brittany's are wonderful dogs and can do anything a Lab can do plus a little more.  I love Lab's, had them for 30 years and Brittany's for 39 years.  A Lab and Brittany make a great hunting team.  They go together like Batman and Robin, Lone Ranger and Tonto and Andy and Barney.

I might be reading this wrong, but how do you hunt a pointer and a flusher together?
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #33 on: August 06, 2009, 01:27:42 PM »
Lab, Had one that would bring in 4 teal at a time and break ice to do it, wasnt a bird that that dog wouldn't hunt. RIP Shane!
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #34 on: August 06, 2009, 04:23:33 PM »

Ducks

Geese (and a big reason I don't use 50lb dogs)

Fall Turkeys (and another reason I don't use 50lb dogs)

Pheasants and quail

Even got into some prairie chickens here...

Doves

And just today, CANTALOUPE!  Stolen from my garden, and I'm not pleased...
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #35 on: August 06, 2009, 04:55:20 PM »
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And just today, CANTALOUPE!  Stolen from my garden, and I'm not pleased...

Now thats just plain ole versatile Pardner!  ;D
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #36 on: November 24, 2009, 02:47:44 PM »
I must admit, I am a dog lover and it is hard not to like any of those hunting breeds. However, since we raise some of the very best German Shorthairs on this planet, my vote will go to the German Shorthair Pointers as being the most versatile dog in the field. We usually keep around a dozen dogs all year long and a few started dogs to for those looking for a hunting companion. You can check us out at Gun Dog Breeders.com.....(Pointer Breed)...Tall Oak Gun Dogs in Missouri.  
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #37 on: November 25, 2009, 01:13:14 PM »
Deutsche Draathar, that is the ones approved by the Deutsche Draathar club of America.
Look it up online, they are not expensive and plenty of breeders around.  Read up on them.
I believe that anyone who has owned one will agree most versatile dog.
Field or water.
Get a female, males can be a bit testy.
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #38 on: December 03, 2009, 01:55:21 PM »
All I can say is , that anytime someone from that German organization wants to challenge some of the dogs that run in the AKC or American Field organization let me know ok. However, somehow I just don't think those rolly polly big dogs can go that task with a field trial dog or NSTRA dog. They might hold their own against a Lab or Golden Retriever but not against the American bred GSP dogs of today in Upland Hunting.

I have a gentleman who lives just a dozen miles from me, who is highly involved in that St. Louis German Dog organization and I have seen his dogs work in their fields. The difference is night and day watching those big German dogs go about finding a bird. He was shocked and amazed at watching my dogs point birds in the field, as they will cover twice the distance in half the time. No I don't train our dogs to fetch bricks or rocks from beneath the lakes surface nor go on duck hunts. However, am pretty sure they could master the task.
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #39 on: January 10, 2010, 12:25:00 PM »
Just crazyness a man with one hunting dog.; About like a man with one gun and one load for it.
I loved my Brittenys, very good upland dogs they were. Mine still had their tails with the beautiful feathers. Can't get them like that today.
I now have a Springer a hard headed male one at that. You have to hunt him alone or he will go exploreing and take the other dog/s with him. My brothers female isn't like that at all.
I also have a Visla runt, a sweet hunting fool that seems to run every where but works close and respones well to hand signals. She likes little grand kids so well she scares them. 

And for the water and retreaving even upland, I love my Choclate lab. She is a sweet heart all the kids love she is so gentle. Bad thing with the labs I've owned is the chewing. For the first two years they seem to chew any thing they can get their teeth on. I put tree limbs in the pen with them to chew so they wouldn't chew all the other wood work.

 ;D  Al
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #40 on: January 15, 2010, 08:09:32 AM »
LAB.

Here is my pointing Lab literally
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Re: most versatile dog?
« Reply #41 on: January 25, 2010, 07:05:50 PM »
brittany, my best friend named him dutch. what a prize. ;D
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