on a lighter note...

[sgt_zim]

Me too.

Doesn't help that the picture has crappy resolution, contrast and lighting.

Yeah, took me a minute or 3 to realize there's a black poodle (or something) in that pic.

 

[Doug Hamilton]

The person in the foreground is also a dog

I still can't see it. Guess I need a better device.

 

[Mark Clark]

What looks like a person is a poodle.
The guys head is dog's tail Pom Pom.

 

[Wheels]

 

[Nevada Smith]

From today's outing at a local shooting range:

 

[WAB]

The person in the foreground is also a dog

That’s not a dog, it’s a poodle, poodles don’t count!

 

[Hunter4752001]

Poodles were originally bred as gun dogs to flush and retrieve game from water. Its not the dogs fault that idiots stopped using them as gun dogs and tried to turn them into a fashion accessory.

 

[Jeff 907]

 

[JimP]

Poodles were originally bred as gun dogs to flush and retrieve game from water. Its not the dogs fault that idiots stopped using them as gun dogs and tried to turn them into a fashion accessory.

I'd say that the vast majority of dogs out in homes today do not do what they were bred for. My neighbor and his sister are two prime examples. Between the two of them they own 2 labs and a couple of golden retrievers. All of them are purebred. None of them have ever been used for hunting.

 

[BeeMaa]

I sent this to my brother a couple of years ago. He was pissed that I found it before he did.

 

[JOHN GRENZ]

 

[steve white]

Poodles were originally bred as gun dogs to flush and retrieve game from water. Its not the dogs fault that idiots stopped using them as gun dogs and tried to turn them into a fashion accessory.

Correct! And they were sheared in order to lessen the load of water they would shake off after retrieving ducks. To keep them from getting arthritic from cold water, they did not shear over the rump and shoulders--classic poodle bouffant, but kept them in the field a year longer....

 

[JOHN GRENZ]

 

[GuttormG]

I'd say that the vast majority of dogs out in homes today do not do what they were bred for. My neighbor and his sister are two prime examples. Between the two of them they own 2 labs and a couple of golden retrievers. All of them are purebred. None of them have ever been used for hunting.

Labradors..From grundig to a short legged, fat food waste recycling animal..
Golden Retriever s, from a very active universal hunting dog to a platinablondt, stupid useless toy.
Irish settes, ... Herman Shepherd
When a dogbreed becomes "popular" it is doomed

Luckily three are dog owners, hunters and breeders keeping hunting lines alive.