My duck dog who has been an absolute pleasure all her life still goes and gets em like a pup. I had this dog dove hunting at 6 months and breaking ice for a black duck at 8 months. At eleven I can shuck a shotgun and she is at the door shaking with excitement. What a pleasure!!!
My eleven year Duck Dog still kicking
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One of the best hunting buddies a hunter can have is a well trained lab. You've brought back some fond memories of my black lab Raven. He wasn't the best for taking hand signals but, if there was a duck or pheasant in the same county with him he would flush or find it. I hunt over him for so many great years. I could tell by his mood if he was on a hen or rooster.......I know that sounds like bs but, he proved it to me over and over. What a nose that dog had.
Great picture of your Kaya!
Great picture of your Kaya!
grubbylabs
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Nice looking dog, I hope to get many years out of my current hunting buddy. She does great so far. Its amazing how they change when you pull the shot gun out and work the action. Mine all but wets herself.
LateNightFlight
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Aw, great pic! My lab went to 13 years and hunted right to the end. All the best to you and your pal.
The only thing better than watching an old dog gettin' it done is to watch an old dog you love gettin' it done!!!
Been in the hog woods seeing a toothless ol' catch dog givin' a hog hell even though he needed a younger dog to seal the deal! The other that sticks to mind was a 3 legged bay dog that lost a front leg and shoulder to infection following a hard bad cut from a hog... he couldn't out run a hog but he stayed as close as 3 legs allowed and when the younger dogs had the hog bayed, he was right in there baying CLOSE AND TIGHT!!! He could hop back like a 2 year old with 4 good legs and bounce right back in when the hog stepped back!!!
I sure love love to see a grey muzzle on a work dog that still works!!!
Kind of reminds me of the bent over old guys that taught me what I know of the woods today!
LONG LIVE KAYA!!!
Brent
Been in the hog woods seeing a toothless ol' catch dog givin' a hog hell even though he needed a younger dog to seal the deal! The other that sticks to mind was a 3 legged bay dog that lost a front leg and shoulder to infection following a hard bad cut from a hog... he couldn't out run a hog but he stayed as close as 3 legs allowed and when the younger dogs had the hog bayed, he was right in there baying CLOSE AND TIGHT!!! He could hop back like a 2 year old with 4 good legs and bounce right back in when the hog stepped back!!!I sure love love to see a grey muzzle on a work dog that still works!!!
Kind of reminds me of the bent over old guys that taught me what I know of the woods today!
LONG LIVE KAYA!!!
Brent
LateNightFlight
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I just had to dig up an old photo of my lab... somewhere I have a dog album but I can't find it off hand. I found this though. I hadn't even caught that your dog's name is Kaya. (Ha! Pretty close!) Meet Kaela:
It's too bad that black dogs are so hard to photograph. Most of my pics you can see there's a black dog and not much more detail. But your pic of Kaya turned out really well!
It's too bad that black dogs are so hard to photograph. Most of my pics you can see there's a black dog and not much more detail. But your pic of Kaya turned out really well!
troy_mclure
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my dad that had a Brittany that would scream if you left the house with a gun and didnt take her.
at 13 she had arthritis in front left leg, and right rear leg, bad cataracts, and mostly deaf.
she would be out there limping along, alternating on legs, tripping over logs, and still grinning the whole time.
feeding her aleive helped some, but she would sleep the whole next day.
she died as 14, and my dad still hasn't gotten a new dog and that was 3-4 years ago..
at 13 she had arthritis in front left leg, and right rear leg, bad cataracts, and mostly deaf.
she would be out there limping along, alternating on legs, tripping over logs, and still grinning the whole time.
feeding her aleive helped some, but she would sleep the whole next day.
she died as 14, and my dad still hasn't gotten a new dog and that was 3-4 years ago..
Such a pleasure to read about all the hunting buddies young and old. It's hard to beat a good hunting dog that has been with you through thick and thin and sat shivering next to you in a blind with ice hanging off of her while absolutely loving it.
For the genlteman with the great pic of the lab with the phesants. Go for morning light with the sun over your right shoulder. And of course with digital cameras these days, you just brighten it up if it doesn't come out right. For the picture I posted I just shot 10 or 12 shots while she posed for me, picked the one I liked best, changed the contrast slightly and I had a great shot. Picaso is a free download for photo editing and does a great job. Its the one I used for the shot above. I am using a decent Nikon SLR camera, but just a 6.2 megapixel.
Take Care and keep the faithful friend stories coming. It warms my heart through and through.
For the genlteman with the great pic of the lab with the phesants. Go for morning light with the sun over your right shoulder. And of course with digital cameras these days, you just brighten it up if it doesn't come out right. For the picture I posted I just shot 10 or 12 shots while she posed for me, picked the one I liked best, changed the contrast slightly and I had a great shot. Picaso is a free download for photo editing and does a great job. Its the one I used for the shot above. I am using a decent Nikon SLR camera, but just a 6.2 megapixel.
Take Care and keep the faithful friend stories coming. It warms my heart through and through.
globemaster3
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My old girl Jessie is a german shorthair pointer who will turn an elderly 15 next month. In her youth, she tore up the palouse in WA state chasing roosters, huns, and the occasional grouse. Tried her on ducks during early season before it got too cold and she'd jump right in. I'd practice on my duck & goose calls in the back yard and she'd be inside barking away, thinking I was heading to the blind without her.
Moved to NM where she met her nemesis: the chukkar. We had one that LOVED to get on our roof and call. She'd run circles around the house trying to find that #$@%@ bird! The bird sat up there on the peak and was entertained.
She probably earned her best praise when she got my oldest to sleep all night in her bed without trying to get into the wife's and mine. All we had to do is put Jessie in bed with my first-born, and that was it. 8 years later, she still sleeps there, and my now 13 yo won't go to bed without her.
She's had her ears/tail/paws pulled by each of my kiddos and put up with enough "horse back" riding to last several dogs. But she's always done it without ever being mean, and looks after the kids like their her own.
Unfortunately, she's got cataracts in both eyes, but if she can see you, she'll still follow hand signals. She's deaf, gray in the face, covered in fatty lympomas, has terrible breath, has difficulty getting up sometimes, but she's my girl. Gonna be a sad day when she departs the fix, and time's not on her side...
Moved to NM where she met her nemesis: the chukkar. We had one that LOVED to get on our roof and call. She'd run circles around the house trying to find that #$@%@ bird! The bird sat up there on the peak and was entertained.
She probably earned her best praise when she got my oldest to sleep all night in her bed without trying to get into the wife's and mine. All we had to do is put Jessie in bed with my first-born, and that was it. 8 years later, she still sleeps there, and my now 13 yo won't go to bed without her.
She's had her ears/tail/paws pulled by each of my kiddos and put up with enough "horse back" riding to last several dogs. But she's always done it without ever being mean, and looks after the kids like their her own.
Unfortunately, she's got cataracts in both eyes, but if she can see you, she'll still follow hand signals. She's deaf, gray in the face, covered in fatty lympomas, has terrible breath, has difficulty getting up sometimes, but she's my girl. Gonna be a sad day when she departs the fix, and time's not on her side...