"THE AWAKENING" - A photo essay.
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 1:21 am
Me new gun dog prospect "MAC" is now a crusty 10 week old and has been a real joy to watch o'er the last two weeks he has lived with us. The wee lad is a hooligan, fearless, handsome, and highly social with a dash o' mischievousness thrown in the mix. MAC was the lightest yellow pup of four in a beautiful litter of nine resulting from the selective breeding of me gun dog sire and most loyal companion HR UH TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD SH and LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN STARRY NIGHT.
SO given that MAC isn't getting any younger, nor is the OL' DOG WHISTLER, I decided t'was high time to "unleash the beast". What beast ye may ask? "THE BIRD MOSTER" !!! Indeed, one needs to determine if "THE BIRD MONSTER" is within any gun dog prospect and it is likely a smart trainer that determines such matters early on so as not to waste a whole lot o' time on a trainee with less than grand potential.
All smart athletes are wise to warm up before the game. As Head Coach for recruit "MAC", I got the lad's heart pumping, muscles warmed, and his spirit dancing with a few throws o' the paint roller that I used to get his wee retriever swag in motion. Now mind ye, I'm not saying there was or was not an Irish Gaelic incantation or two before sending the lad on his way, but I'll leave yeself to imagine what ye may. Let's just say the OL' DOG WHISTLER has his own slant on bringing out THE BIRD MONSTER in a pup.
A frenzied spell cast on wee MAC, I tossed a clipped wing pigeon onto the short grass so the lad could see it flapping about madly. This would be the first o' many "live flyer's" that MAC will see in his career as both a gun dog and as a hunt test K9 athlete. MAC demonstrated the same bird drive that his sire TRAD showed at any early age. Racing to the bird with his yellow check cord in tow, MAC pinned the short mark of about twenty yards and proceeded to figure out how to turn the bird and fit it into his puppy sized mouth to be carried on return.
A beautiful little Labrador Retriever gun dog in the making, here ye share in me joy at seeing MAC'S first bird retrieved. Now t'is surely not as epic as a winged Honker that sailed 300 yards downwind before crumpling and hitting the ground, but mind ye, t'was every bit a beautiful in seeing this pups attitude towards birds come to life during this morning's session.
(Continued in successive thread).
Faugh A Ballagh,
THE DOG WHISTLER
SO given that MAC isn't getting any younger, nor is the OL' DOG WHISTLER, I decided t'was high time to "unleash the beast". What beast ye may ask? "THE BIRD MOSTER" !!! Indeed, one needs to determine if "THE BIRD MONSTER" is within any gun dog prospect and it is likely a smart trainer that determines such matters early on so as not to waste a whole lot o' time on a trainee with less than grand potential.
All smart athletes are wise to warm up before the game. As Head Coach for recruit "MAC", I got the lad's heart pumping, muscles warmed, and his spirit dancing with a few throws o' the paint roller that I used to get his wee retriever swag in motion. Now mind ye, I'm not saying there was or was not an Irish Gaelic incantation or two before sending the lad on his way, but I'll leave yeself to imagine what ye may. Let's just say the OL' DOG WHISTLER has his own slant on bringing out THE BIRD MONSTER in a pup.
A frenzied spell cast on wee MAC, I tossed a clipped wing pigeon onto the short grass so the lad could see it flapping about madly. This would be the first o' many "live flyer's" that MAC will see in his career as both a gun dog and as a hunt test K9 athlete. MAC demonstrated the same bird drive that his sire TRAD showed at any early age. Racing to the bird with his yellow check cord in tow, MAC pinned the short mark of about twenty yards and proceeded to figure out how to turn the bird and fit it into his puppy sized mouth to be carried on return.
A beautiful little Labrador Retriever gun dog in the making, here ye share in me joy at seeing MAC'S first bird retrieved. Now t'is surely not as epic as a winged Honker that sailed 300 yards downwind before crumpling and hitting the ground, but mind ye, t'was every bit a beautiful in seeing this pups attitude towards birds come to life during this morning's session.
(Continued in successive thread).
Faugh A Ballagh,
THE DOG WHISTLER