Written by: Chad Hoover, Hoover Outfitting
The “dog of the month” is the cliche we are always hearing in the hunting world. This month, take five minutes and look at the Wachtelhund. The breed is best described by the. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Kip Vieth, Wildwood Float Trips
Well, baseball has its spring training, so we thought we would do a little of our own. Temps here in Minnesota finally got above 40, and Bucky the duck dog had a serious case of spring. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Tim Linehan, Linehan Outfitting Co.
It’s been a mild winter here in northwestern Montana, and the grouse population is in good shape. With light snow pack, holdover birds are healthy, able to move about with little stress, and. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Jennifer Miller, Greystone Castle
At Greystone Castle, we use several different breeds of dogs for flushing and retrieving birds. While Labs are the most well-known, hands down the crowd favorites are the spunky. . .
Read MoreWritten by: Jennifer Miller, Greystone Castle
Freckles, Fritz, Gretchen, Heidi, and Buddy are littermates bred and born at Greystone Castle. They are staked out as they wait for their turn at “school.” The stake out teaches them to be patient and to submit to pressure on their neck. This relates to good leash. . .
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Now let me start by saying that I’m a dedicated pointing-dog man. All of the hunters I have ever hoped to emulate were pointing dog men, too, and I blame them with for teaching me, in a grandfatherly way, that flushers were for. . .
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I think we all can agree that dogs are man’s best friend. For those of us who spend a a lot of time with working dogs, this unique relationship between man and beast holds true. They sense your mood, and when push comes to shove, they are quick to perform. In a weird sense they become. . .
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Mike Stewart, who wrote Sporting Dog and Retriever Training The Wildrose Way (along with Orvis’s Paul Fersen), has penned a beautiful tribute to one of the. . .
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