New bird dog puppy

[WoodieBoater]

Well the southern duck zone is closed up for now. Slow season but managed to get Dutch some good work. Its great to see him start to put everything together.  Were gearing up to head to Maine for a week. Hopefully get a solid education on the king of gamebirds and timberdoodles up there. keep posted

 

Edited October 11, 2016 by WoodieBoater

[WoodieBoater]

Started in New Hampshire. Not a half bad day. Dutch is losing a whole lot of hair. hunting very hard and learning how to handle birds well. Stay tuned.

Edited October 18, 2016 by WoodieBoater

[2lbperch]

Nice! He looks very proud in the pic with the birds.

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[Duckman1]

Fantastic. Get my 9month old out this weekend. Very versatile dog you have.

[WoodieBoater]

Another beautiful day of hunting. A little slower today but still managed 3 grouse and 3 woodcock in northern Maine. Definitely had to work for them tho. The pup is starting to get good and tuckered out. Still a couple days to hunt. Stay tuned.

Edited October 20, 2016 by WoodieBoater

[DJ 17]

Awesome! If the lack of hair on his face is just from blasting through the brush you have an outstanding dog on your hands! Honestly, the more I read about this dog, the more I am leaning toward getting one for our next pup. 

[WoodieBoater]

Well Maine was a blast. Got a whole lot of bird contact. And thats an understatement. I can honestly say that I saw more flushes in the past week than I have in my entire life. The pup did pretty well. He pressure birds a little too much. The woodcock held. The grouse did not tolerate the pressure so well. But hey. Live and learn. All in all it was a great time and the pup did very well. It's great to see everything come to gather. One thing can be said for sure... he hunts his ass off

[2lbperch]

Nice! No thicket is safe around him for sure. You have the real deal. Only will get better.

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[WoodieBoater]

Perch I think you're right. Were adding all sorts of stuff to the bag. Figured out the pheasant runs yesterday.

 

[2lbperch]

Great job Dutch. It's going to be a long winter for him to behave like a lazy lap dog while he has birds on the brain. His 1st flush next year will be full throttle. He will get lighter on the press with age and a no shot. He's still a pup. Glad you had a good time up in Maine. Keep updates coming.

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[DJ 17]

In that tail gate pic he looks like a civil war general with the beard and mustache!  He has got a ton of character! 

[WoodieBoater]

Yeah I noticed in that picture that he's really starting to "chest out" quite a bit too. Before we left for Maine/NH he was 73 pounds. Ran off 6 and put 3 back on... and he's build like a brick sh*thouse.. another year and i'm not sure ill be able to keep up with him.. He's got boundless energy allready

[WoodieBoater]

Sorry for the blurry picture. A little unorthodox but he got the job done. He's turning into a meat dog... its not usually pretty, and its hardly ever perfect but damnitall he gets the job done one way or another and theres usually meat in the bag..

 

 

[onion]

Hey woodie I have been researching this breed and I am close to purchasing one. After reading your posts it looks like you are enjoying him. How's its temperament?

Edited November 22, 2016 by onion

[WoodieBoater]

Temperament as far as bird dogs go is pretty laid back. That was part of the draw for me. He's pretty goofy for sure. He doesn't have that serious aloof air about him that usually comes with a pointer. He is a goofy bastard... all. the. time. He's great with kids, a little rambunctious for the smaller ones but he's still a puppy yet. I haven't found a mean bone in his body yet. He's serious when he's hunting but he's not brutal if that makes sense to you. he doesn't even try to kill crippled birds. All that said that's exactly what his parents were like. "goofy" is pretty much a breed characteristic as far as I can tell, but im sure you could find some aloof ones as well. Very easy dog to live with. and I think that would be a necessity if you get one. Everything I've heard and observed points to them not doing well in an outdoor kennel situation. They need companionship. They definitely aren't like shorthairs or wirehairs mentally.

 

So if that all sounds good to you id say go for it.

What kennel are you looking at? IF you want to PM me I looked at a lot of kennels and I can point you in some directions.

Hope that helps.

 

 

[Gill-T]

You want goofy? Get a Brittany!

[WoodieBoater]

Well its been a while so here's an update.

We've slowed down quite a bit since deer season is in full swing. I don't like to run dogs much during deer season.

I did get out after thanksgiving to do a couple of planted bird hunts with some young kids and younger folks interested in getting into bird hunting.

Its interesting to see Dutch handle a planted bird now that he's had a lot of wild bird experience. a lot of long, long, long points and some pretty impressive steadiness. I like it.

 

the bird is almost out of frame to the left in this picture

 

[WoodieBoater]

I was flipping thru the post and I found a couple of other good pics from Maine that I never uploaded

Edited December 10, 2016 by WoodieBoater

[2lbperch]

Dutch is such serious Lil pup in all his pics. What a great dog you have. Tell him "The Frick" the perch hound says happy bday soon! Ohh man, that lonely cabin looks like a place I should take my new girlfriend for a weekend. She's worried that no stovepipe is sticking out the roof. Get me a reservation anyway. I'll keep her warm.

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[WoodieBoater]

Finally got a successful late season duck hunt in. Dutch did a lot of good retrieving work, made 11 retrieves in just over an hour. He did finally refuse the last retrieve, but I cant say I blame him. I wouldn't want to dip my nuts in that water once let alone 12 times.

[DJ 17]

Awesome. My lab has given me that face on the tailgate a few times as well. Its amazing what they will endure. Nice job.

[WoodieBoater]

Yeah the fun was over at that point and he wasn't really feeling like posing. He did pretty well enduring the conditions, especially for his first real late season hunt. Couldn't ask any more of him.

[onion]

Sweet! Can't wait to get my Griff

[WoodieBoater]

Got a couple of pictures of Dutch's littermates today.

The grouse and woodcock dog is in northern Wisconsin

The duck dog is in Michigan 

Amazing to see so many pups out of one litter be so successful in their first season.

 

[pheasantguide]

I raise short haired pointers, but really thinking of getting a wire hair for my duck hunting and pheasant guiding. Beautiful dogs!

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