Dogs

[Witherall13]

My current location of Western Colorado doesn't have much for upland game, and for the first time of my life am considering a dog that is not a bird dog.......

Considering an awesome Corgi like above!!!!

Or possibly a Parson Russel Terrier, JRT, or Rat Terrier.

We have needs of a more aware and protective dog than our current labrador....

Life has taken a strange turn in the last 7 months and a watch dog would help the family feel more at ease when I'm away.

Suggestions are welcome as I'm in new territory when not considering bird hunting breeds.

A Chesapeake could be a dual function breed, know for their natural suspicion of strangers and incurable tendencies to adopt you instead of the other way around. I grew up with Chesapeake’s and other than the yearning for a couple hounds to chase bears/lions with I don’t need another breed nor really want. My dogs are probably the best friends my kids could have the boys can’t wander because the dogs don’t allow them to venture out of sight, the are more than happy to make a stranger think twice about getting out of the car and need be they will put a stranger back in the car. They are pretty hearty dogs that can be stubborn but they work great for my needs.

 

[mtmiller]

I will likely be a lab guy until they put me in the ground.

Little field practice last weekend.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Now thats a happy dog!

 

[mtmiller]

Now thats a happy dog!

He wasn't so happy yesterday. Two choices, play in the water and ride in the back or stay dry and have the front seat. I was selfish and wanted the company.

 

[lr123]

I will also be a lab guy until they put me in the dirt. I grew up with one for nearly 13 years until he passed and then had a stint of no dogs while still living at my parents. They eventually got another lab while I was in college but he wasn't "my" dog. Now that I have my own house my wife and I have two yellow labs and a pitbull.

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Looks like he's letting you know exactly how he feels about that.

 

[Sytes]

A smile... They may enjoy their jaunt in the snow melt meadow though I gain the most. No matter what, a smile they always bring.

Today:



Bloodhound and a mutt.

The mutt has run off two black bears and ran between myself and a griz. He's a smart snarker as well. He knew the griz would swat him down with one blow... He kept his distance, barked like heck and gave the griz an out... Glad no cubs were around. He knew the difference in behavior between a black and griz. If I didn't see, I may not understand.

The bloodhound, he wasn't w/ me and the griz though he bayed as if he was Axel Rose himself w/ a black bear at home. Ya, that bad... I dig it, a distant neighbor may not. No sleep loss over that.

 

[Salmonchaser]

Partial to GSPs; I like most of the hunting breeds. I can’t find last years Christmas dog photo; at my sisters house, six siblings-9 dogs six breeds, one cat.

 

[slatebuilder]

Our black lab LOVES getting vacuumed off.

 

[marshman]

Here is my fifth lab, Ryker - just like all of 'em before him, , the best dog I've ever had the luck to have in my life!

 

[2rocky]

From Left to Right -
Chupes Registered Border Collie 1 year old getting started on stock
Bogey- 4 year old Grade Lab that came with my GF
Pandora- 9 year old mutt that won't go deeper than her belly in the water. My daughter just spent $400 to get a foxtail out of her ear.


Chupes is a lot of fun...

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[EastTNHunter]

Mutts.

 

[ammo]

https://semi-rad.com/2022/06/he-was-just-a-dog/

Hug your doggos

 

[steveshuntn1]

I don’t have any pictures of him, but my brother had a white German Shepard named “booger” that he raised along with my beagles. That dog could smell a rabbit a mile away it seemed like. He’d run along the field edges and wind the rabbit and start raising hell…then the beagles would hit the thicket and the race was on. The only issue we had was if the rabbit made a break for it across the field he was usually a Shepard snack. I guess considering what’s going on these days that dog identified as a beagle!

 

[EastTNHunter]

Had to put down our boxer mix rescue dog a couple months back. Had her for over 10yr. I still miss her.

 

[Scott85]

Hunting dogs; I got a lab now and the next hunting dog will be a wired haired pointing griffon maybe. One thing is certain, there will always be a boxer in the house.

 

[David658]

My current location of Western Colorado doesn't have much for upland game, and for the first time of my life am considering a dog that is not a bird dog.......

Considering an awesome Corgi like above!!!!

Or possibly a Parson Russel Terrier, JRT, or Rat Terrier.

We have needs of a more aware and protective dog than our current labrador....

Life has taken a strange turn in the last 7 months and a watch dog would help the family feel more at ease when I'm away.

Suggestions are welcome as I'm in new territory when not considering bird hunting breeds.

A Ratdawg can check a lot of boxes, best part in my opinion is that they come with an off switch. A JRT isn't off until it's been dead and buried a couple of years...

 

[Redmt]

Rhodesian Ridgebacks. I've bred them, rescued them, depended on them to hold down the fort. I've had countless breeds in the last 70 years but dedicated to Ridgebacks since I got my first in 1984. Here's Cooper (he's a ridgeless) doing his morning manicure while I'm typing this and drinking my coffee.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Rhodesian Ridgebacks. I've bred them, rescued them, depended on them to hold down the fort. I've had countless breeds in the last 70 years but dedicated to Ridgebacks since I got my first in 1984. Here's Cooper (he's a ridgeless) doing his morning manicure while I'm typing this and drinking my coffee.View attachment 228224

I have always liked the looks of Rhodies.

 

[Redmt]

I have always liked the looks of Rhodies.

Have you ever tried to get one, or two, off the couch? It ain't happening unless you bribe them. Cooper is on the left , Sam is on the right. Their right at 125-130 each.