
Bill T.
You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!Trekmoor wrote:Must admit that the idea of "singing" to a dog as it hunts really has me scratching at my turnip !The way I sing would mean I always had to hunt on my own !
Bill T.
For you Fozzie. Just happened to have my camera along one day.Fozzie's Mom wrote:You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!Trekmoor wrote:Must admit that the idea of "singing" to a dog as it hunts really has me scratching at my turnip !The way I sing would mean I always had to hunt on my own !
Bill T.
Thank you. Some say it's the dry desert air. Here is a short video of the rest of the handlers and one of their favorite tunes.Fozzie's Mom wrote:Oh, my, Higgins! You're quite the accomplished belter!![]()
And here I am trying to figure out just how to walk and chew gum at the same time!
Looks like your gunner flagged the other guy in the first video.gundogguy wrote:A couple of very short vids Steady dogs in Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLfDsOJRLxI
I have a hard time remembering when I or any of companions shot over running dogs or chasing dogs. No reason to chase if the bird is not down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkoRxDk9xQ
Thanks again WG!
Lot easier for Bill to grasp once he realizes "Higgins" is a leading practitioner of the vocal arts from his "singsong" pappy Professor 'enry 'iggins (Eliza Doolittle's "pre-transformational" pronunciation, in the key of Cockney, in "My Fair Lady.")Fozzie's Mom wrote:You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!Trekmoor wrote:Must admit that the idea of "singing" to a dog as it hunts really has me scratching at my turnip !The way I sing would mean I always had to hunt on my own !
Bill T.
"flagged" ??MJB64 wrote:Looks like your gunner flagged the other guy in the first video.gundogguy wrote:A couple of very short vids Steady dogs in Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLfDsOJRLxI
I have a hard time remembering when I or any of companions shot over running dogs or chasing dogs. No reason to chase if the bird is not down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkoRxDk9xQ
Thanks again WG!
crackerd wrote:Lot easier for Bill to grasp once he realizes "Higgins" is a leading practitioner of the vocal arts from his "singsong" pappy Professor 'enry 'iggins (Eliza Doolittle's "pre-transformational" pronunciation, in the key of Cockney, in "My Fair Lady.")Fozzie's Mom wrote:You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!Trekmoor wrote:Must admit that the idea of "singing" to a dog as it hunts really has me scratching at my turnip !The way I sing would mean I always had to hunt on my own !
Bill T.
'Ow 'bout it, Professor 'Iggins - 'it it! http://youtu.be/uVmU3iANbgk
MG
Thank you! Will have to sit down and watch these when I get the chance!gundogguy wrote:A couple of very short vids Steady dogs in Training
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLfDsOJRLxI
I have a hard time remembering when I or any of companions shot over running dogs or chasing dogs. No reason to chase if the bird is not down!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrkoRxDk9xQ
Thanks again WG!
Fozzie's Mom wrote: You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!
crackerd wrote:Lot easier for Bill to grasp once he realizes "Higgins" is a leading practitioner of the vocal arts from his "singsong" pappy Professor 'enry 'iggins (Eliza Doolittle's "pre-transformational" pronunciation, in the key of Cockney, in "My Fair Lady.")
'Ow 'bout it, Professor 'Iggins - 'it it! http://youtu.be/uVmU3iANbgkJust you WAIT, 'enry 'iggins, Just you wait!
Yeah, I spent some time on the stage in my younger years. The outdoors tends to bring out a tune every now and then, but I'm usually on the back of a horse when that happens. Good to know that you all won't gaffaw TOO loudly if I let one slip while out hunting.
No worries!! I'm SO new to this world, I have YET to even attempt to take down a grouse in the field! I'm thinking bagging my limit probably won't be an issue any time soon. :roll:crackerd wrote:Better not hear tell of y'all beltin' out "I Cain't Say No" with respect to shooting over the limit of Pa. grouse! And I darn tootin' mean that, Ado Annie!![]()
In Bill T.'s honour, I would only croon Jack Buchanan ("And Her Mother Came, Too!") over my birddogs - one suave but bad Scottish hombre on "hooves:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5ozcrZqww
The retrievers get Connie Boswell, Vera Lynn and "The Queen," Dinah Washington - but they get their "sangin'" from the phonograph, not me.
MG
Fozzie's Mom wrote: You mean, you don't all belt out show tunes as you plod around? "bleep"! I guess I'm trying to learn the wrong sport!
crackerd wrote:Lot easier for Bill to grasp once he realizes "Higgins" is a leading practitioner of the vocal arts from his "singsong" pappy Professor 'enry 'iggins (Eliza Doolittle's "pre-transformational" pronunciation, in the key of Cockney, in "My Fair Lady.")
'Ow 'bout it, Professor 'Iggins - 'it it! http://youtu.be/uVmU3iANbgkJust you WAIT, 'enry 'iggins, Just you wait!
Yeah, I spent some time on the stage in my younger years. The outdoors tends to bring out a tune every now and then, but I'm usually on the back of a horse when that happens. Good to know that you all won't gaffaw TOO loudly if I let one slip while out hunting.
If you get too good, we may have to pair you up with Phil Harris on one of those sangin' duets a la Nat King and Natalie Cole. And if Phil's estate is tight-fisted with their creative properties, I'm authorized to say that Polmaise is on standby - and at good value from having trilled a tune or two with Sheena Easton from the saddles of their Shetland ponies whilst their Scottish haggis hounds were hunting the wily haggi.*Fozzie's Mom wrote:No worries!! I'm SO new to this world, I have YET to even attempt to take down a grouse in the field! I'm thinking bagging my limit probably won't be an issue any time soon. :roll: