BB
BB in the snow
Now nine months old, BB has been getting plenty of wild bird exposure this season with the pack, but last week it was time to finish her solo training. When hunting in the pack setting, it is difficult for her to get a chance to retrieve with the older, more experienced dogs present. We planted a couple of hen pheasants for her to practice on at the local dog training wildlife management area.
Charles walks into BB’s first point of the day
BB looking good on retrieve
A stylish point from BB
On the flush
BB looking intense on retrieve
BB has done a fabulous job maturing into a hunting animal quickly. The most important part of successfully raising a hunting Wirehaired Pointing Griffon puppy is giving them the exposure they need to tap into their natural instincts. BB has had plenty of practice at home with basic obedience and yard work on fetching dokkens, but the majority of her hunt training has been simple exposure to situations with plenty of bird action.
Soon we will be introducing her to working as a guide dog in the hunting preserve setting, which will be an exciting addition to her experience in the field.
Sue and Sam
Our flagship working dogs have been very busy at the preserve guiding hunts. Charles has been doing all of the guide work up with me assisting, but the volume of weekday hunts has reached a point to where I will now be taking care of the weekday guiding duties.
November 24, 2011
November 25, 2011
December 1, 2011
Morning, December 10, 2011
Afternoon, December 10, 2011
December 11, 2011
Mae
Mae (AKC/NAVHDA Little Lady Aspen) is a five year old female Wirehaired Pointing Griffon who now lives in our home and kennel. She has definitely become a member of the pack and family! I will provide more information on Mae’s background and training in a future post. Welcome to Bluestem Kennels, Mae!
Mae on the move
Upcoming Events
Charles is invited to hunt some private land in Southeastern Nebraska this Saturday and currently the plan is for Sam and BB to work the fields that day. The week before Christmas, Charity and the dogs are on call at the preserve to guide a few hunts and Christmas weekend will be a Sandhills wild bird all-pack hunt. That takes us into the last month of wild bird hunting in Nebraska, with our season closing goals being to fill at least one (each hunter gets 3 annually) of our Eastern Nebraska Prairie Chicken tags and to bag some quail. We’ll be guiding during preserve season until March 31st, so the game isn’t up for us just yet.
We anticipate Sue coming into her breeding season sometime in February, so a few weeks into her pregnancy she’ll be taken out of the hunting circuit and it will be time for BB to step in. Plenty to look forward to in the coming months!
Happy Holidays and Happy Hunting from Bluestem Kennels!
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