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Joined: Jan 2002
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1 year old, 37 lbs, training is coming along nicely. This one has big range and run, it will be interesting to see her in a grouse woods: When you are 1 year old, you are allowed to point the robins on your walk in the park: Might be the most stylish setter I've ever owned. Head and tail high while running, looks like a bolt of white lightning crossing the elephant grass. We need more work on wild birds. The pheasants in the park move from house to house, hitting the feeders and are like house pets, not cagey at all. Best, Ted
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Great looking dog Ted! Love the shape of her head. My last two Springers have been mostly white and I find them much easier to keep track of than my first dog who was mostly liver. Of course the first dog was a rocket and very head strong but that is another story. Enjoy her out in the woods this fall and be sure to take lots of pictures.
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Beautiful dog, looks like a great future hunting partner.
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Beautiful!
It looks like and sounds like she is going to really like her job.
Congratulations on getting a good one!
I am glad to be here.
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Very stylish looking pup Ted. Bet you can't wait for the fall.
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The first season or two with a new pup, is, uh, interesting, usually. No matter how much training I do, they seem to have a lot to learn in season one. This is a pleasant dog to be around. Bidable, not hard headed at all, but, really intense. Unlike a lot of guys, I teach my setters the command "sit" and it took a long time to get that through her head. I muscle her up by having her pull me around on my late 1960s newspaper boy's bicycle (it has to weigh 70 lbs) and a least 3 miles running in the park, everyday. I've discovered that if a pheasant is in the 80 acre over grown pasture (it was a farm before being donated to the city, and turned into a park) she knows it before we get there, and will find it in short order. I don't always get a point, however. I expect that will improve after we get over the bird psychosis phase of her life.
Best, Ted
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....Unlike a lot of guys, I teach my setters the command "sit".... Thanks Ted. I was wondering about that. The pup looks alert in that sit picture, like under a command. It'll be interesting as in good interesting.
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She looks good Ted! All that exercise is probably good for you both.
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She looks good Ted! All that exercise is probably good for you both. Like I said, she PULLS me on the bike, Lloyd-I have her leash in one hand, and a death grip with the other on the bikes handlebars. Unless being afraid of crashing counts as exercise, she gets way more than I do out of it. The walks have a lot smaller fear component. Best, Ted
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Nice looking pup Ted. She looks like a natural born hunter.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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