Dogless in October? Upcoming Litter & Started Dog
I've started getting inquiries from folks about getting a pup. We will be breeding Dove this winter, although the sire has not been selected. We are whittling down the list. A lot depends on how long Dove takes to her next heat cycle. We estimate 4 to 5.5 months from now, which is a six week window. The pups should go home in spring or early summer, which is when we've found most folks want to take a pup home.
I suggest getting in touch with me NOW. Folks hoping to find a pup that's ready to go home today, plunk down your dough and get first pick of a girl, it doesn't work that way. Not with good dogs it doesn't.
This will be Dove's third and final litter.
We also have a pup from last litter, we had too many males, not enough females and they went home in the winter time, which apparently nobody wants to do. Brutus is a big handsome boy, 10 months old "started" and has had wild birds shot over him. I'd love to keep him, he's so nice, but there is no room for a male dog in a breeding kennel. He's been raised in the house and thinks he's a lap dog. I love this dog and have been dragging my feet on selling him but love him enough to know that he deserves to find his forever home soon.
He'll make an excellent gun dog and family dog for the right family.
Latest photo of Dove:
I suggest getting in touch with me NOW. Folks hoping to find a pup that's ready to go home today, plunk down your dough and get first pick of a girl, it doesn't work that way. Not with good dogs it doesn't.
This will be Dove's third and final litter.
We also have a pup from last litter, we had too many males, not enough females and they went home in the winter time, which apparently nobody wants to do. Brutus is a big handsome boy, 10 months old "started" and has had wild birds shot over him. I'd love to keep him, he's so nice, but there is no room for a male dog in a breeding kennel. He's been raised in the house and thinks he's a lap dog. I love this dog and have been dragging my feet on selling him but love him enough to know that he deserves to find his forever home soon.
He'll make an excellent gun dog and family dog for the right family.
Latest photo of Dove:
I have recently hunted over Brutus. He is pretty impresive for a 10 month pup. His light is turned on and shinning. If I was looking for another dog right now my search would be over.
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I have been researching dogs for a breed that not only will point, but would also be able to do some early season retrieving for duck and goose. The two breeds I have whittled down to are GSP's and Lab's. I am looking for a dog 'soon' and caught this article with the note of the 10mo old you have, and would be interested in speeking with you. I come from a family that quit hunting when I was just old enough to start and now that I have a family of my own (and a father-in-law that is a hunter) I FINALLY have had the chance to get into the sport. This is my 3rd year of hunting (Duck, Geese, Pheasant & Deer) and I have reached the point that I need a dog to help me (partially handicapped). I have all the time in the world and have reached the point that I have the time and energy required to put into a good hunting dog. Would someone please contact me so I can get some more information about the Kennel and your dogs. I live in Southern NH and am willing to travel to just see some good dogs. Thanks - MAX
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Max,
Brutus has become my dog. I expect him to move into the "personal gun dog" role soon as Colt gets up in age. I can't explain what that means exactly in words, but let's just say some dogs have a more special place in your heart than others. Brutus isn't the all-out hunting machine that Diva is, but he has a warmer personality.
If you are looking for a dog that will point, throw labs off your list. Labs do not point. There are some folks trying to breed into them what their breed standard would consider a fault -- pointing. They've been at it for all of 15-20 years. I have seen two "pointing" labs on game and neither one pointed anything. If you want a pointing lab that doesn't point, send me $1500 and I will give you a lab that doesn't point.
GSP's on the other hand were pointing dogs when the stud book for the breed was established in the 1870's. If you assume a four-year "generation" then that's 34 generations of dogs that point. Over 34,000,000,000 (Thirty Four Billion) ancestors int he pedigree who point. Giving the labs credit for five generations, your pup might have 32 "pointers" in it's pedigree.
I guess what aggravates me about the so called pointing lab, is if you are looking for a versatile hunting dog, there are already 22 breeds recognized by NAVHDA as versatile hunting dogs (disallowing the pointer and setters). If these folks put all that hard work into breeding any of these to be better instead of breeding the lab to be worse, they'd be doing everyone a service.
As for giving more information, please take a look at my web site. I have over 60 pages of information about our kennel and dogs. If you like what you see shoot me an email.
Todd
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