Doggie stoke

[bushman]

Sounds and looks like a nice kennel facility. Are you a breeder, or a trialer, or a trainer or do you just really like labs?

My parents are building a 4 run dog kennel based on my father's own design. The outside portion of the runs will also be covered by a roof for shade and to keep out the rain. I helped him with the roof trusses on Sunday and will be helping him this weekend. They decided to start breeding a litter or two of brittanies from their trial dogs. The first litter sold pretty quickly and they kept back two puppies to evaluate how successful the breeding was before making their next move.

I have been, done all those things. These days I have maybe two litters a year mostly because having puppies around makes me happy. I get calls from people who have bought labs from us in the past. Our kennel has been around since 1946. We've breed lots of FC/AFC and even NFC Massy Sassy Boots, the last Field Champion was F/C AFC Wild Bil Double or Nothin. Most of the dogs we sell now go to huntin homes and people who just want the best lab they can get. Its a pretty good life.

If they are building kennels, Mason fence has by far the best kennel panels, they are pretty spendy but nothing else even comes close to the quality and durability. Check them out. Good luck

[supermodel159]

River:

[Spark]

This thread makes me happy - I can hardly wait till I get a dog again.

[JimmyCarter]

Zebra dog!

[Lev]

Here are a few recent ones of Skyler:

[lionelhutz]

A) That's the best the Wis has ever looked
B) were you running along Kelly on monday am with the dog?

[Lev]

A) That's the best the Wis has ever looked
B) were you running along Kelly on monday am with the dog?

a) Agreed
b) Yup! That was me and the Mrs. Our cover has been blown. Say hi if you see us out there again

[lionelhutz]

I knew it was you and the dog!

I totally will say hi next time.

[Chainsaw_Willie]

Its my kennel, its where my labradors sleep. Heated slab, concrete runs, cerramic tile interior, wood heat, propane back up. Its a sweet kennel and its in my back yard. Sassy, a black lab sleeps in the house along with Thor God of Thunder ( Border Collie) and Squirrily, a 15 lb mutt, and two cats and a hamster.

Thanks for the explanation! You don't often see that kind of setup in someone's back yard so I was curious.

The Jacks are adorable... but that aside, that Four Loco stuff is a bad idea.

Thanks, and I agree. I refuse to drink it but some of my buddies think it's funny to torture themselves with a can or two of it after a tour.

River:

Whoa! The never-before-seen Zebra Wiggler at rest~!

At least, I'm assuming your Viszlas wiggle. Every other one I've seen does when they get excited, which seems to be most of the time.

[stuckathuntermtn]

@bushman
Labrador overload == lining the dream



funnel stoke.

[Grange]

Brings back a lot of unhappy memories. My lab is generally good for one eye injury a year during hunting season usually from a seed.

[Sphinx]

I <3 this dog.

[akokskis]

A quick edit of Moose from the other day, out on the Dog River in VT.

[skinnyskier]

[TGRVIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jujUJZoMbc[/TGRVIDEO]

We had some doggie stoke this past weekend. My 2 yo Irish Water Spaniel got her second Junior Hunter ribbon! Two down, two to go, and we can concentrate on senior-level training. Junior level hunt test work is not even in the same league as Bushman's FC/AFC labs, but she's good in the blind and we'll see how she does at the senior level.

[Leah]

that wasn't a real bird right? RIGHT? cause that would be fucked to the up.

[skinnyskier]

Hunt tests are done with real birds. In fact, the woman whose raised the birds was at the test. She lives in north central Washington and helps feed her family by selling $10 ducks to hunt tests. After the test is over, the shot ducks are frozen and used for training.

[stuckathuntermtn]

My dog got bit by the undead.

[Grange]

We had some doggie stoke this past weekend. My 2 yo Irish Water Spaniel got her second Junior Hunter ribbon! Two down, two to go, and we can concentrate on senior-level training. Junior level hunt test work is not even in the same league as Bushman's FC/AFC labs, but she's good in the blind and we'll see how she does at the senior level.

Kick ass. I do field trials rather than hunt tests with my english setter, which is different, but still a great game to play with the dog.

[The Reverend Floater]

Welcome to the family: Glacier Kennel's Run to the Hills, or just Steve around the house. Breed is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. He's 8 weeks old and we just picked him up yesterday.

[akokskis]

A few more of Moose:







And a few more, if you care.

[mawree]

Welcome to the family: Glacier Kennel's Run to the Hills, or just Steve around the house. Breed is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. He's 8 weeks old and we just picked him up yesterday.

Any doggie named after an Iron Maiden song is sure to be awesome! He's really cute too.

[uglymoney]

When my last dog was a pup I bought a bunch of chew toys for her. She used some up and never touched others so I threw them in a box. Found the toys today and this big bone was in there. We threw all the toys on the ground and Bridger was overwhelmed with happy dogness and wasn't sure where to start. Wish I had that picture.

Seven months now and 32 pounds, about 17.5 inches so he is a big mini Aussie.

My T2i with F4L is in the mail finally so someday soon I'll have some clear pictures but in the meantime here is Bridger with the big bone he finally settled on from the box.

[BigDaddy]

Great looking pup UM. I'd say he is big... Otis's mother was a 35 lb Aussie and looked just like her. (His Dad was a 50 lb Standard Poodle).

Here's a couple from VT yesterday. (He's 3 years old and 70 lbs):




Smelling the flowers:

[skinnyskier]

Welcome to the family: Glacier Kennel's Run to the Hills, or just Steve around the house. Breed is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. He's 8 weeks old and we just picked him up yesterday.

Love those furnishings! How can you resist that face?

[uglymoney]

Great looking pup UM. I'd say he is big... Otis's mother was a 35 lb Aussie and looked just like her. (His Dad was a 50 lb Standard Poodle).

Here's a couple from VT yesterday. (He's 3 years old and 70 lbs):

Totally see the Aussie in that in the face and it does resemble Bridges! Aussie's are funny the way the can vary in size so much even inside a litter.

Bridger has hidden that bone in the basement somewhere that only he knows - saw him go down there with it and return a couple minutes later without it. He has bones and balls hidden all over the place - he seems to remember where they are and he gets them when he feels the time is right. We find them in shoes, bags, child seats, plants, tried to hide one on top of the cable box. Craziest dog I've ever owned.