Jogeephus":3l7j93lb said:
Beautiful dog! Best I ever had was when I was young and did the same as you. Dog's name was Bob and he was my shadow and all he wanted to do was please me and hunt birds. He was so sharp he even would try to stuff the birds in my sack for me. In return, one pat on the head and a good boy and he was back in the game finding singles.
Thanks Jo. I love that dumb dog and just lucked into finding her. In person, she is even prettier. I hope to find a good, big old country line male to breed her to next spring. I want a pup out of her before she's too old, plus there are several people waiting for me to get around to it.
I probably told this story on here before, but the dog I mentioned earlier sounds like Bob. His name was General Lee. He was always picking something new up. One summer, we (my brother and I) over loaded a stock tank with fish before transplanting to other locations. And as expected by anyone older than 12, several began dying. He watched me grab the dead ones floating on the top, and take them out to the garden and bury them. Next thing I know, he's dragging the dead ones out of the tank and digging a hole to bury them in the garden. He even pushed dirt back over them with his nose. Problems began when we transplanted the majority and the fish stopped dying. He knew we didn't want those fish in there, so he started catching live fish. He would fish in the stock tanks all summer long for years. He finally got them all, the gold fish included.
3waycross":3l7j93lb said:
I have nothing at all against a GSP except that they are just not as biddable as Labs and not as versitale either.
Watch out now... bad mouthing a man's dog to some people is as bad as touching his womens.
I agree on the average, with exceptions in all breeds. I like several breeds, but just have a fondness for GSP's. I figure there are trade offs to them all, and probably the worst night mare my mutt could have would be for me to give her to a duck hunter.
That old yeller picture you posted is how monitors get ruined! :lol2: