Pictorial Essay - The Evolution of a Gundog (the first 9 months)

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[GrayDawg]

I thought I'd share this with you all...... some of these pictures you may have seen before, but now they're all under one post!

Katy at 8 weeks old with my boys, the weekend I brought her home from Iowa


At 10 weeks old...... beginning to figure things out


At 12 weeks old...... exploring in the backyard


On her "roost" in the house at 12 weeks old


Her first time on the table at 12 weeks old


Lounging on the back deck on a lazy Sunday morning at 16 weeks


Katy with her first Grouse at 5 months old


Katy with her first Pheasant at 6 months old


Pointing a pheasant on a Massachusetts WMA at 7 months old


Katy at 8 months old with a collection of Pheasants & Hungarian Partridge after a late season, 3 Gun hunt


In the woods during a mid-winter conditioning run at 9 months of age and a green-broke dog


Rob

[PK300]

Thanks for sharing.  Looks like you got a good one there.

[cowmanhunter]

Coming right along there is nothing better than hunting with a dog you have raised and trained yourself.

[mac0823]

Nice looking dog - will you let her have pups and grow your pack?

[Split toe]

Thanks for sharing...is looks to be a good one. Nothing like having a fine hunting dog.....

[kyhareraiser]

 beautiful  dog,,, if it hunts good as it looks  ,,,WOW'

[BeaglePup]

Nice, not a weimer but really nice.  Have not seen you on line for a while.  Good to see you back

[GrayDawg]

Nice looking dog - will you let her have pups and grow your pack?

Mac,
 Katy will have to prove herself before I'd ever consider breeding her.  Her temperment is very good- so that's not an issue.
She will have to earn her AKC Master Hunter title before I would ever breed her.  I am also involved with NAVHDA and will
be running her in a Natural Ability test late this spring...... from there, we will begin to train for the Utility test.

 Breeding hunting dogs is a very serious endevour if you plan to do it right.  I don't go into anything half-cocked, I fully
understand the amount of time, effort & money it takes to breed good hunting dogs- not sure if I'm up for that kind of work
again.  I wanted a pointing dog that I could hunt just about anything with & I believe Katy will fit the bill.

But breeding............. I just don't know if I have it in me.

Rob

[red28]

great looking dog!

[hawghunter65]

what a beautiful lifetime partner you have there.

 

[sundowner]

Great looking dog , she looks like my Sadie .

[Gutshot]

Great looking dog, keep up the good work with her.

[fishingfooltim]

Great looking dog and great pictures.  Your pics of your pup reminds me of when my dog was a pup.  He is now is now 13 years old and starting to slow down now but when he was a pup he looked just like yours.

[psebg65]

What a beautiful pup!  Good luck with the upcoming season!

[flbuckhunter]

Man, that is one beautiful dog. Congrats on finding and training a great one. Wonderful story told through those pics. Thanks for sharing with us.