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Chuck,
Congrats!!! I'm lighting up my virtual cigar!

Chuck,

I hope you and him get along as well as Earnie and I have. I have a friend that says that the more time you spend with a lab, the better he hunts. Ernie and I have driven at least 300,000 miles together and spent the night in countless hotels. He is 14 now and I would trade all my Foxes for him to be seven weeks again.

Best, Dick

"Labs are born half trained, English Setters die half trained." Evander Prichart. Just a joke, no death threats please.

I saw a man in his seventies running and jumping and doing sit-ups and push-ups and I said to him,"Why do you look so sad and depressed, you can run miles, and do hundreds of sit-ups and push-ups you're probably in the best shape of your life!!!" He just looked at me with those sad old eyes and said "yea but there is something I can't do, I can never be eighteen again" He just turned and ran off!!
All the best

Chuck, Your life is now complete. BTW, Does your pal have a name??? Randy

Chuck, there is nothing off topic about a (new) bird dog. If it wasn't for them nobody would have bothered to invent scatter guns! Nice pup!!

Great! Looks great for 10 mo. Heres to great years hunting and companionship.

I love those four-legged hunting partners even better than the two-legged at times and here's and old story recycled for the new comers just to prove it.


A couple of years back my friends and I headed out for our fist hunt of the year to the club. There were five of us. We were all hanging out at the tailgate of the truck when the owner of the club drove up. He knows that we are a pretty competitive group of guys, so he states that he has released a white pheasant for us and that it might be some fun to throw in a few bucks and let the hunter who takes the bird get the pot. We thought that was a pretty good idea. Every one of us thought that we would be walking away with money. With the money in the pot, we started on our way. The first bird came flushing from the grass and a shot was fired. The bird fell to the ground as quickly as it rose. A few birds later the white pheasant exploded from the cover. I raised my gun and fired. The bird began to fall, but before the bird hit the ground a second shot was fired. My extremely competitive friend Phil, with a cocky smile on his face, said, “I shot the white pheasant.” What he said was true, but the bird was dead and on his way to the ground before his shot was fired. We discussed our varying opinions of the bird’s rightful game pouch as Phil’s Yellow Lab Rico retrieved the bird. Phil had decided the only real way to resolve our difference of opinion was to let the dog decide whose bird it was. Of course, Phil was thinking that Rico was nothing if not loyal. Rico was always a great retriever, a pretty good flusher, but that day he showed that he was a dog of great integrity when he gently placed that white pheasant at my feet. I have always loved hunting with Rico and Phil is all right too.

At 10 mo's he will eat everything in sight til he's about two. Deal with it.LOL I have a lab. Worth every penny and then some. Just don't hunt chukar with him. Mine blew out a knee. They are very determined. Best dog I ever had.Congrats!

Thanks guys. She's a real nice pup, after having her just this week I am really impressed with her training and disposition. As you can see she travels well and has interacted well with other people, dogs and cats in public places.

Her name is Jasmine, like the princess in one of those cartoon stories. :rolleyes: She goes by "Jazz" for her commands.

That's gotta be a good dog if you let her that close to your hat...(wink).

Congratulations!