Face of a Hunter

[willy]

Took the younger of the two Britts out today, no stocking going on for weeks and fellows I know said this piece of property was hunted by a dozen fellows the past week or two and is beat for birds.

Well someone should tell Duke that, he found three nice holdover cockbirds, pinned them down as they tried to run around some of the thickest cover in the state. And when I could not get into the cover to flush them because it was too thick with multiflora rose I released him to do it. One shot dead bird and he landed high up in the thornbrush. Duke literally jumped up into the thornbrush and pulled him down and retrieved to hand.
The things they do for us, incredible.

Sir Duke

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[Stinky_Hooker]

Very cool...beautiful dog!


Theres a britney hangin out here at work...wandered up about a week ago and looked starving and dirty. I bathed him and been feeding him. Sweetest little dog too....he follows me everywhere and is laying in my office right now. Ive brought Sadie to work a couple times since he showed up and they play together great. Been thinking about taking him home but dont really know...Sadie is so jealous and use to being "Mrs it" that Im not sure how well that will go for her. Shes been a great friend and dont wanna make her to jelous. He is a good little guy though...not sure what Im gonna do. :head:


Ive never been around britts at all but he seems really smart.

[willy]

tough call there Stink, if they play around and hang ok at your shop they would probably be the same at your house. Get him checked by a vet and get his shots, also have the vet scan for a ID implant in their neck area.

Britts are amazing dogs, but as with many breeds in this country if they come out of pet or show stock they can be hyper and a little looney.
If they come out of good hunting stock they are a different breed all together.
Mine love my kids, are good boys and extremely good hunters both. Would not harm a soul. Very hardy and tough. Will point and flush when told too, steady as a statue until released and will retrieve from field or flood or die trying.
Great close working bird dogs, the original breed was used to hunt all small game and fowl and were amazing at it.
Duke and his partner Solo can find a bird in a 50 acre field by making one or two passes down wind and will go right to it, lock up on point about twenty yards away and will work in close with you if you tell them to. That is from training, and good hunting stock dogs are very easy to train.

[Stinky_Hooker]

Hyper and looney as you said is a great way to decribe this dog...it doesnt bother me as I dont bird hunt but he is downright ADD from what Ive noticed. Just goofy and frolicking around and looses focus easy. Funny little critter for sure. :head:

[shubey61]

They are great compainions. My parents lost theirs last year, 13 years old, diabetic since the age of 4 & blind, He still got around though!

[Stinky_Hooker]

Yeah that sucks. It bites when you look at the lifespan of dogs....hard to think when my girls are in highschool or college Sadie might not be around.

[willy]

thats why I have always bought my pups about three or four years apart. Each one has trained their successor along with me. Does not make it easier to lose them but makes it easier to carry on.

[Pipe_Dream]

Great pics, Willy! Well done.

[chumbucket]

Great pics, Willy! Well done.
:clap: Very cool willy.:beer:

[nipper]

Nice pix Willy. Stinky, I have had 2 brits now (1 female and 1 male) that came from hunting stock (descendants of Bandee who Willy may have heard of--very famous brittany who I was told was one of the top competitors in bird hunting ever). I have not hunted my brittanies, however. They are very smart, loving and loyal. They have been tremendous around kids and other dogs. There is something about their eyes that just oozes intelligence. My current brittany, Henry, is tri-color; liver, white and a bit of orange like Willy's Sir Duke with orange eyes. Brits do not need much in the way of grooming. They do like to run in the fields, and it is just a blast watching them bounding around.

[willy]

I do know the line, Ban-dee was a two time national field champion, but mostly known for the pups thrown from his line. Usually Field Trial dogs can be a little too big in range for the pure hunter but again each dog is different and the training makes the biggest difference. You should hunt those pups.
Just curious, you ever see them lock up on point when they find something in the woods or fields.
One of the most beautiful scenes in the outdoors is two beautiful pups locked up intense on a bird. Frozen like a statue. Gorgeous

[Mac_Attack]

Nice Dog Nice Bird Billy Mac :beer:

[lumberslinger178]

My older brother has a britt named mindy shes very hyper and is always chaseing seagulls and jumping in the lagoon after the ducks:head:

[nipper]

I have seen my brits lock up on point. They have not been trained in hunting at all, but you can see that it is in their blood. It is a beautiful sight to see how an animal that had been bounding around can just lock up like a statue and point at what he has found. Henry found a possum at the back of our yard one day and he must have done that statue thing for 5 minutes before finally deciding to go for him. He pounced on that possum, and the possum, well, played possum and did not react. Henry quickly lost interest and the possum sauntered away.

[willy]

As a few month old puppy, Duke while out on a little field walk with his older partner Solo observed Solo locked up on point on a critter of some kind. He was probably thirty yards away but he locked up also, it is called honoring the point.
It is something that guys work on over and over again with some dogs to get them to honor another dogs point which is critical for hunting and here is a little pup who's entire genetic make up told him lock up upon viewing another dog on point. I find that amazing.
I have been in awe of their abilities since a very young man. And I realize that it is their association with man for thousands of years that caused that pup to lock up.

[tsubaki]

Real nice willy!
What's even nicer is having the time to do it!!!