Jim, this is a fun subject. Your thought on memory stirred mine. In the 80s I had a German Wirehair female. She had been given to me as a pup by an old hunting friend in Neb.. I lived in Alaska. My friend's old male was slowing down and my friend wanted a pup out of him. I left my female in Neb. with him after the fall season for breeding. Spring came and went and she did not get pregnant. My friend still wanted a pup from his male, so I said just keep her for the next "season". That next summer , after almost 2 years, she had a litter. At the end of the summer on a late night flight, she came back to Alaska. In the morning she was in the house, and I wanted the newspaper. Two years ago, she would bolt the door and fetch the paper down 50 yards of driveway. I opened the door and said fetch it up, and she ran down the driveway, grabbed the paper along the road, and brought it back. I was amazed that she still remembered.
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 08/26/15 05:51 PM.
