Patty

First off, I would like to inform you that no less than 15 people asked me where I got my dog. They loved Sadie's markings and how she looks (muscle, bone structure). We got out to our field and went about 50 yards, she ran past me down this 4 wheeler track, put on the brakes and locked up on this clump of grass about 5 yards in front of me. I thought for sure she was on a mouse, as she does this when we are on our walks. I told her to "hold", I kicked the grass and nothing happened, she insisted that there was something there. I gave one more kick and out came a pheasant, I turned and shot it. I told her to fetch it up, she went over by it but couldn't get her mouth around it, so she licked it and picked it up by it's neck and dragged it a couple of feet. I went over by her and proceeded to praise her up and down, petting her and rubbing her ears. I took the pheasant by the legs and moved it around on the ground and got her even more excited and told her "let's go, hunt 'em up". The whole day she had 5 points. The points were unbelievable, good solid points. Then, I took Sadie to a part of the field where my buddies Lab went through. As we walked through, my buddy told me that there was nothing there because his Lab had already gone through it. I said ok. I took Sadie through and told her to find me one more. Couple of seconds late,r she got birdy and then pointed in a clump of grass. I said "hold", then flushed out a pheasant. I asked my buddy if there was anywhere else that his dog already went through. Patty, whatever genes you have in your dogs is worth more than anybody could ever pay. To think that at 5 months old she already knows how to point without a lot of coaching is a testament to your breeding. I went hunting not having high expectations and came out with a championship style dog. She never once ranged on me, stayed within 25-30 yards, listened to every word that I said. The other dog that we hunted with ranged on us twice and ended up flushing 2 pheasants, that we never got. I am still in awe today as I write this. I can't tell enough people about how she did. I would put Sadie up against any dog when it comes to hunting. Except yours of course ;-) To sum up this weekend: Unbelievable!!!!!!!!

Hey Patty,

We took Maverick out pheasant hunting this weekend and he was fantastic! He quartered beautifully and was a natural! His nose was to the ground the whole morning! He didn't want to stop. He looked like a little raptor hopping through the tall grasses! Once he gets his first bird we will have to send you some pictures!! We love him dearly and are so glad he came to us. Thanks, The Voss family!

Hey Patty,

Well we have had Scout out to hunt every Sunday. And that character has put us on birds each and every week. Last week he had us on 3 birds, we got one. The birds at Bong tend to run. But he managed to get onto three birds and get into a classic point each time. It is awesome and we are truly enjoying every minute we have with him. Mike cannot believe how well he is doing. Mike is in awe. There were two other dogs and I could not count how many guys looking for a bird that had run into some thicket. Well, we were so proud of that little guy. He found the bird all these guys and dogs were looking for. Mike shot it and we went on our way and all those guys were left standing there. We were so impressed. We wanted to give him a treat each time he got a bird for us and we have found that he doesn't want any. He spits them out and wants to get back on the hunt. He loves to go hunting. Spirit is getting really big, tall and lean. Still all legs though. He is a joy to have around. Take Care, Ellen and Mike

Hey Patty,