Remembering your/my dog of the past.

[John Gryphon]

For the members that don`t have or use dogs as a hunting companion you will have a lot to learn as a good dog will teach you.

Show us your past dogs,not the current. I do like to read of good dogs of old.

 

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The Reuben

 

[Bo Diddley]

Alpha. My first dog.

 

[Watermeadow]

Bruce - what a dog!

 

[WalkedUp]

My first and second dogs, both gone. Very different working characters. The dog, Luther, I selected at 4/5 weeks old, he came and slept on my lap. I picked him up at 7 weeks and he never left my side. Great worker, very driven and powerful a stylish running dog and rock steady on point. Excellent dog and won awards with him, taught me how to train dogs. The bitch, Dulcie, was very intelligent and happy. Always took shortcuts to find the solution, used her head not her legs. Would work for anyone and just knew what to do. She died 11 years ago. My current bitch is 11… they don’t last long enough.

 

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Alpha. My first dog.
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Bo had a lurcher very much like yours called busta al see if a can find a few photos of him

 

[Bo Diddley]

I've put this pic up before, the red bitch is the best hunting dog I'll ever own, we were telepathic, whatever we encountered was fair game, from mice & rats, jays & magpies to Redskins and more, from four and a half weeks until 17, she was with me, I admit I let her down a little bit, but she never did me.

 

[Mickeydredd]

Had my home-bred lab Buzz pts last night, he was only 8.
The happiest, friendliest, tail-wagging boy you could ever meet.
Only used on deer a couple of times but I shot over him and picked up with him, he just loved retrieving for me.

 

[John Gryphon]

they don’t last long enough.

That really is a great capture and a great photo layout. 9.5 a .5 deduction for?

 

[Grannysmith]

willow loyal to the end as were all my others

 

[wytonpjs]

Ruby, sadly taken from us too early by the stupidity of a fellow gun Our second HVS Vizsla - we are now with our 3rd and 4th.

 

[wytonpjs]

Ruby, sadly taken from us too early by the stupidity of a fellow gun Our second HVS Vizsla - we are now with our 3rd and 4th.

That should have said "Our second HVS Rescue Vizsla - we are now with our 3rd and 4th rescues and Vizsla numbers 7 and 8!"

 

[kenbro]

Hi,
This is Bonnie, we had to let her go recently after 15+ years.
Her brother Clyde still going but is deaf, near blind and almost toothless with dementia on top but he seem relatively happy.
This was her favourite sitting position.

 

[nic531]

Lost this black lab bitch last year at 141/2. I got her as a 2 year old as she was too steady to make a ftch…. As a fowling dog, picking up dog and friend she was terrific

 

[Jon P]

Meg- leggy pure white Terrier . Paid £60 for her at 9 months old- probably 20 yrs ago. Cracking bitch- 100 % on a mark- would bolt a fox, could call her out at any time- great with the ferret and would retrieve shot game. Best day ratting was over 250 rats. She went diabetic around 8 yrs old and went blind. She left a mark when I lost her.

 

[Border]

Bud

 

[jimmy milnes]

My first GSP Tilly, gone but never forgotten.

 

[Tralle]

Bat **** crazy bitch. Some would say it had a bit too much prey drive.
She followed foxes down foxholes!
A small legend in the local hunting community.
Back when spaniels were not that common in Denmark.

She went on to become 16 years old, then she was struck by a car
Not a worthy end.

 

[slider]

When i worked with Forestry and Land Scotland i regularly walked a new forest trail they were building accompanied by my beloved Lab and gave social updates on the trail building progress.
Sadly he succumbed to an aggressive cancer just after the trail was completed. My heart break was eased when my good friend the area recreation manager asked me if they could name the trail after him.

 

[Husky]

She might be a Rottie but she was good at tracking.