Let’s See Your Retriever

[mattuga]

Anybody live close to Griffin? I have a killer training property. Train by myself, looking for training buddies

That is an amazing offer.

I don't live near Griffin but willing to travel as I live in Smyrna. I'm getting a new Lab towards the end of January, the momma is preggo and I'm first pick female. Trying to train on my own again like I did my first lab (she is in Post #6 on this thread). Show us pics of your dog! I am not sure if I will do HRC but the dog I'm getting has some ribboned up parents.

 

[tucker80]

Tucker, turned 8 last month.

 

[marrington4]

That is an amazing offer.

I don't live near Griffin but willing to travel as I live in Smyrna. I'm getting a new Lab towards the end of January, the momma is preggo and I'm first pick female. Trying to train on my own again like I did my first lab (she is in Post #6 on this thread). Show us pics of your dog! I am not sure if I will do HRC but the dog I'm getting has some ribboned up parents.

This is my pup Preacher. Will be 2 in January. He is from an FC GRHRCHxHRCH. I am going to run tests with him. Planning to start running at seasoned and hopefully finished in the spring.

 

[marrington4]

I am a full time youth pastor and just started a ministry called 1027 Retrievers. If you’re a Christian and love dogs check out my Facebook, Instagram or TikTok. I do hunting dog devotionals and am starting to book some speaking events at hunt tests and wild game dinners.

 

[Roebuck]

Here are my two, not Retrievers as such but what we call HPRs (Hunter, Pointer, Retrievers)......but they do like to retrieve.

 

[Uptonongood]

A thank you kiss for a great hunting trip...

 

[Uptonongood]

sorry, one more. Pheasant hunting in eastern Montana, temp was 18 degrees but at least the wind wasn't blowing, thank goodness.

 

[hawkeye123]

Mae, my chocolate lab, not as good a retriever as my last black female lab, but wouldn't take all the tea in China for her, sweet, sweet gal

 

[Melvin4730]

6 year old lab, Marley

11 month old English Cocker, Creek

 

[Semi-Pro]

No action shots on this phone but this is Nelli, shes a gooden.

 

[Fenderbuilt27]

This is my daughters Lab Bo and his brother and sister from a more recent littler.

 

[GTMODawg]

This is Scout....5 years old in July. Incredible dog in the field and a perfect lady in the house...she has been in the house since she was weaned and is as much a pet as she is a hunting companion. I can't count the number of birds she has retrieved but it ain't near as many as she would like to! She has hunted ducks, geese, crane, dove, pheasant, quail, grouse and partridge from Washington to Georgia and has crossed the northern border 5 times and has performed like a champ since her first season 4 years ago. If I were a real trainer she would be amongst the best ever....as it is she is pretty darn good even handicapped as she is with me as her trainer. She is a pointing Lab and can hold her own with any pointer for a couple of hours but a Labs body size ain't no match for long ranging bird dogs.

In a five day period in September of 2018, her second season in the field, this dog retrieved 4 - 6 bird limits of teal in the morning and 4 - 15 dove limits in the evening each day without missing a beat, in 100+ degree weather, and was still up to sitting in a brew pub and trying to get a sip or two of beer in the evening!

The young man in the picture with her is my back up retriever but he ain't nearly as easy to handle, is far more lippy and is wont to talk trash about his hunting partners shooting and calling skills. He is better at setting decoys than she is though so he gets to go when I can get him to go.....

 

[BassRaider]

 

[AceOfTheBase]

Best retriever & hunt'n buddy I ever had,
he knew from the get-go what were do'n, RIP Jed:

 

[GTMODawg]

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Don't underestimate that things ability to make a duck dog....I know an old boy in Washington State who is a respected trainer of pointing dogs......makes a seriously good living training other people's dogs and breeding and training his own....winters in Mexico training. Has won many a title and field trial and has a waiting list for dogs and folks pay him a kings ransom to correct problem dogs. Anyway his wife has a Jack Russell and it is as good a pointer as any that guy has ever bred or trained.....he can hold cotton tops(scaled quail...notorious runners) by himself when a gang of English pointers or German shorthairs can't get those things to stop running on a bet. There's folks in scalie country who are 80 years old and convinced that the things cant fly at all. That Jack Russell can outrun the quail and it confuses them and they covey up like a bunch of Missouri Jumbos at a feeder. Its amazing....if you had 4 of them and a quail buggy you could make $10K a day in SW New Mexico on public land outfitting sports....but they would have to be open minded sports LOL.....

 

[Wire Nut]

Just got her back Monday in time for dove and teal seasons. She’s home for good.

 

[one_shot_no_mor]

Jealous! Since my Boykin passed about 5 years ago, I haven't had the heart to get another dog. There are a lot of mornings these past 5 years I wish I had.

Oh and I ain't posting a picture of myself. It would scare all of these dogs.

I sure know what you mean...kinda dreading hunting alone opening morning without my hunting buddy. Chase left this world back in March 2021. Can't get another one yet...

 

[WOODIE13]

Odin today

 

[Wire Nut]

 

[BigPimpin]

Deke got his Seasoned Title last week.