We have a puppy

[Rare Breed]

Meet Rusty

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Just too cute!!! Congratulations on your new family member !!!!

 

[Tanks]

Introduced the cat last night. Loki (20 lb Maine Coon) came over to check out Rusty. At one point they even touched noses while checking each other out.

 

[Hunt anything]

Maine coons are great!

 

[Tanks]

Well, they weigh almost the same now. Rusty is 19.6 lbs and Loki is 20.1 lbs. He is going for a month-long training in April while I am overseas. He'll be 6 months old then. We still get up, but only once now, at 3:30AM. Girlfriend takes that shift as she can sleep in until 7 as I get up around 5AM to start my day at which time I take both dogs out.

 

[Tanks]

He is getting up there, 6 months old now. Place board training is coming along pretty well as well.

 

[Rare Breed]

Beautiful! Congratulations again !!!

 

[Tanks]

Been working on obedience, and retrieve with focus. He will sit there at this point until I release him with his name or whistle and go get the bird or the tennis ball I have thrown minutes earlier. Also, been working on hiding a bird and have him hunt and find it. He will go away for a few months for further training while I am in Europe sailing starting next month.

 

[Tanks]

Well, I was in ND this past week hunting wild pheasants with Rusty. He loves to hunt and the energy is amazing. Here are some pics.

Finding the pheasant in the bush.

Grabbing and retrieving it.

I'd say he is 70% to 80% from being a finished dog. Then again, he is only 14 months old. By next hunting season he should be there.

On one of the birds I actually thought he was wasting time as I was following him to almost 50 yards of where the bird had dropped at an angle that was to the right-hand corner of the original location. And he found it, guess I gotta trust my dog.

 

[375er]

Well, I was in ND this past week hunting wild pheasants with Rusty. He loves to hunt and the energy is amazing. Here are some pics.

Finding the pheasant in the bush.
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Grabbing and retrieving it.

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I'd say he is 70% to 80% from being a finished dog. Then again, he is only 14 months old. By next hunting season he should be there.

On one of the birds I actually thought he was wasting time as I was following him to almost 50 yards of where the bird had dropped at an angle that was to the right-hand corner of the original location. And he found it, guess I gotta trust my dog.

Always trust the nose!!!!

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

I don't hunt in CA if you don't count the pest rabbits and squirrels in my yard (10mm steel ball headshot works real well with a slingshot). He'll be hunting pheasants in SD and UT.

Does California require you to register the slingshot and go through a waiting period to own one?

 

[Altitude sickness]

Raising a bird dog and seeing them do what they are bred for is the best. I miss having bird dogs. Maybe it’s time again.

 

[Tanks]

Raising a bird dog and seeing them do what they are bred for is the best. I miss having bird dogs. Maybe it’s time again.

Absolutely. I didn't even care about finding birds (though we did, plenty) just seeing the dog work the field on command and happy while doing it was a pleasure in itself.

 

[PARA45]

Absolutely. I didn't even care about finding birds (though we did, plenty) just seeing the dog work the field on command and happy while doing it was a pleasure in itself.

Best hunts are behind your own dog. Congrats on your pooch talent.

 

[Rare Breed]

Does California require you to register the slingshot and go through a waiting period to own one?

Come on @Tanks now that’s funny!!!!!