Workin' dogs at work

[onpoint]

The chukar and "me and the boy" threads are great. Got me thinking, let's see 'em - I like the dogs, thought and hope maybe some people besides me might take some pics of the dogs while they're actually at work, not just after the work is done. Here's a few......
protesting the point vs. honoring the point

just happen to like this one....

just missed the ruffie exploding from the juniper, woulda' been a spectacular photo had it worked out

her first "dead bird, dead bird"

the old pro on the job

 

[Sask hunter]

Nice pictures!! These pictures make me even more excited to get my pup and start training. Hopefully I can get some goose retrieval pictures this fall

 

[VikingsGuy]

I love watching dogs work a field, my favorite part of hunting season. (A natural point for the lab)

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

I think every bird dog hunter has that "one" dog in their lifetime that truly shines. I've loved all my Brittanies and they've all been good in their own way but Pilot was my dog of a lifetime. At 5 months old he pointed and retrieved his first chukar. He just got better every year. If a cripple hit the ground he had it, didn't matter how far it ran. Gentle mouthed, never bit a bird, even when he was a little guy. Not that it matters but we had several 100+ chukar seasons. He passed on in 2012.

 

[375H&H]

Here is our chorkie baying up a young Buffalo, amazing they bred wolves to make him.

 

[El Jason]

 

[onpoint]

nice......

 

[stillkickin]

Molly helping my old buddy Dan find his buck.

 

[stillkickin]

Oops, not sure how to straighten out that photo, sorry

 

[kurtm2323]

Here is my pup Sage, a rescue that we found out was an english setter lab mix. The first pic is her at 4 months helping me hunt dove. She did great and even retrieved birds for me naturally without training! Loves gun shots and listens great in the woods. Not quite a hunting dog yet(more of a hunting partner)but is still young and has alot of training ahead of her!

 

[onpoint]

She saw (smelled?) the 16 gauge, reported in, and was ready to work. Until the finches outside the window caught her eye.....

 

[1_pointer]

Some training pics:
First time with a duck
Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr

Pigeon work at the training club. Probably his most stylish point ever and generally not repeated...
Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr

First ever point at about 7mos.
Untitled by Tyler Staggs, on Flickr