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Friday, December 11. 2009

Name that breed

A pal stopped by for a beer with his pup the other day after work. A sweet, gentle puppy. Can you name the breed?


Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 16:12 | Comments (22) | Trackbacks (0)

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Nova Scotia Retriever?

I'm sure I'm wrong, but it's a try off the top of my head.
#1 D on 2009-12-11 16:52 (Reply)
My neighbor has one.
#2 D on 2009-12-11 17:01 (Reply)
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.
Nice dogs.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2009-12-11 18:15 (Reply)
Well, I'm glad you took back the comment about the question being too easy. I mean, Just because I knew answer doesn't mean the question was easy.

My neighbor who owns this dog is very much into things both canine and equestrian.
#2.1.1 D on 2009-12-12 06:20 (Reply)
I would not have known that. I love the look of that dog! Maybe my wife will understand the need for our cats to be brought down a peg.
#3 Brian Dodd on 2009-12-11 18:06 (Reply)
How do these guys feel about watch dogging duty?
#4 apple pie on 2009-12-11 18:17 (Reply)
My neighbor calls his a "sentry," and he is.
#4.1 D on 2009-12-12 06:15 (Reply)
Looks like my parents' Maine Coon, but in dog form.
#5 LS (Link) on 2009-12-11 18:54 (Reply)
That's a Rusty Fur under bed dust bunny fetcher. Easy to break to the sound of the vacuum.

Great with kids too, eats homework on command.
#6 Vermont Woodchuck (Link) on 2009-12-11 19:10 (Reply)
that's an really intelligent looking face --alert too --
#7 buddy larsen on 2009-12-11 19:21 (Reply)
Irish whiskey hound
#8 Roy Lofquist on 2009-12-11 19:28 (Reply)
Every day I learn something new here at Maggie's.

I've never heard of a Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever. I knew about the Kooiker Hound because my Opthomologist has two of them. - he's a big time duck hunter.

Nice looking dog. Got plenty of some type of spaniel in the mix obviously.
#9 Tom Francis on 2009-12-11 19:40 (Reply)
If he was mine i'd have to name him "Slippers"
#10 buddy larsen on 2009-12-11 20:30 (Reply)
He's a lovely animal, buddy -- handsome and sweet. But I'd call him Socks. Cause he wears them.

Marianne
#11 Marianne Matthews on 2009-12-11 20:43 (Reply)
on second look, i do believe you're right, MM --
#11.1 buddy larsen on 2009-12-11 21:21 (Reply)
Or Spats?
#11.2 jma on 2009-12-11 22:08 (Reply)
That there's old yeller.
#12 bob on 2009-12-11 22:10 (Reply)
...still the saddest movie ever made --Old Yeller --we younguns was crying like babies when they had to shoot Old Yeller. Kinda mean of old Uncle Walt, come to think of it!
#12.1 buddy larsen on 2009-12-11 22:25 (Reply)
Old Uncle Walt was a pervert, the kinkiest of them all. Besides killin' off Ole Yeller, he kilt Bambi's pop, had that tart Snow White livin' with seven short randy men, had Cinderella livin' with a couple of mean lezbein sisters and a duck walkin' around with NO pants.
#12.1.1 Vermont Woodchuck (Link) on 2009-12-12 09:27 (Reply)
OK, now you need to go into an explanation of what "tolling" is.
#13 BlogDog (Link) on 2009-12-12 10:32 (Reply)
BlogDog:
Tolling or luring of fowl.

Injun's taught their dogs to "parade" along the shore of rivers, oceans, ponds, etc. to get the attention of waterfowl.
I believe they learned this behaviour from foxes. The birds came in and you can figure the rest. Well that's the way I heard it, and I'm sticking to it. So the Novi's followed suit with their doggies, which are a cross between a Golden and another breed. Tollers are very pricey in my parts.

JP
#13.1 JP (Link) on 2009-12-12 14:07 (Reply)
Name that breed? "Half."
#14 vanderleun (Link) on 2009-12-12 10:58 (Reply)

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