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Saturday, October 29. 2011

Would you call that a point?

That's a soft point, but for a real dinner bird he'll produce a hard, classic point. Really immoveable on a grouse or pheasant. This guy is from a line of red Standards into which the hunt talent is being bred back.


Lovely snow today. The pup is soft-pointing every sparrow in every bush. He loves snow.


Posted by Bird Dog at 15:52 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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That is so cool - poodles are great dogs.
#1 Tom Francis on 2011-10-29 15:51 (Reply)
Downs and I are watching the Navy Notredame game, and at the half time they showed some teams playing in the heavy snow. Do those guys get danger pay for this? Or just bad colds?

Marianne
#2 Marianne Matthews on 2011-10-29 18:00 (Reply)
I've always liked standard poodles, but until recently never knew they had been / could be excellent hunting dogs. Which made me like them even more.
#3 T.K. Tortch on 2011-10-29 21:31 (Reply)
I like to see standard poodles acting as "regular" dogs instead of wearing the exaggerated haircut that's usual in the dog shows. They are big, strong dogs, love to swim, and are hardy hunting buddies for people who know how to train them.
Of course, some people prefer a poofy dog like a Pomeranian or a miniature poodle. To which I say, I'm glad you can get the dog you want.
My most recent dog was a fox terrier, or mostly, so we called him a fox-ish terrier. 30 pounds of sweet activity. We miss him.
#4 Geoff Brown on 2011-10-31 10:37 (Reply)

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