Today we ran three braces of dogs in a spot where we thought we wouldn’t find any birds. Boy were we wrong. In the first brace Frankie had a a really nice find on the far edge (300 yards away) where we saw him stop and then stand as we walked all the way across […]
Author Archives: Craig Doherty
The Bird Field
(As Wednesday is a school day here and the dogs get a break I thought I’d post this article from the Summer 2006 Issue of FIELD TRIAL MAGAZINE. We will be utilizing the bird field a lot in the coming weeks and I’ll let you know how it progresses) As summer will soon be upon […]
You got to “Wonder”
Over the years I’ve spent many days with a wide variety of dog trainers — attending seminars, interviewing them for articles and just hanging out as they worked dogs. The list includes all three of the Tracy’s (George, Mike, and Jeanette), Buddy Smith, George Hickox, Scott Chaffee, Rick Smith, Bob Wehle and Earl Crangle, and […]
Thuddd’s Pictures
I know that many of Big Thudd’s pictures from the weekend have already been plastered around the internet. But there were a few I wanted to share with you. The Grouse below was walking in the road and let us drive right up to it. It Finally flushed when Tony yelled from his truck as he […]