tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post1454317686779495215..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-88959544973802430132013-06-21T14:27:46.625-06:002013-06-21T14:27:46.625-06:00Thanks man.
I love a good bird dog.Thanks man.<br /><br />I love a good bird dog.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-30755411962262470162013-06-21T10:49:57.661-06:002013-06-21T10:49:57.661-06:00Impressive bit of knowledge that you have on the s...Impressive bit of knowledge that you have on the subject. I had no idea; the only hunting dogs I ever dealt with (as a kid) were a beagle and a Brittany, neither of which came from registered lines.<br /><br />Good job in getting a great deal; I hope that s/he works out well.WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-1083342741701869212013-06-20T23:53:18.881-06:002013-06-20T23:53:18.881-06:00Yes you were spot on.Yes you were spot on.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-77741804802510558772013-06-20T23:52:55.245-06:002013-06-20T23:52:55.245-06:00*sticks out tongue, gives raspberry*
The dog its...*sticks out tongue, gives raspberry*<br /><br /><br />The dog itself isn't rare. The pedigree is. I have a significant portion of my first dogs ancestors. I know I’m splitting (wire) hairs here.<br /><br />There are two basic ways of getting a good dog, one is to buy a dog of titled parents with titled grandparents. This is what most people in the market for a good gun dog do. The problem is that a title costs significant money to earn. To get a MH for instance, you have to do 5 JH trails and pass plus 4 SH trials plus another 5MH trials. If you spend just $100 on each trial in entrance fees you have $1,400 in fees. That assumes your dog passes each time the first time. Add to that $300 or $400 bucks for each weekend in other expenses and you rack up $5,400 to $7,000. Most breeder would do that over the first two years of the dogs life. Assuming they had a dog capable. That is the cost for each individual dog, plus up keep, vet etc. <br /><br />All of that is before you get four paws on the ground. A litter will normally be between 6 to 12 pups. Assuming the breeder goes for 4 litters over the life of the bitch with an average of 8 pups he will need $800 to $1000 per pup to break even on the title and vet bills not counting all the other up keep costs. It’s easy to see how these pups can go for $1,500 or more.<br /><br />The other way to pick a dog is to have extensive knowledge of the blood line. Do some work and get to know what dogs are historical hunters. The blood line that I wanted was out of Gail Richardson’s kennel. The big hindrance to this is that an AKC pedigree is a 4 or 5 generation pedigree and common ancestors I wanted in the bloodline go back to 1981, which is forever in dog years. NOBODY except a nut like me (and about 5 other people) would care. I found a guy in KS that has been in GWP’s for 35 years (245 dog years) and he has kept all his paper work. Like me, he didn’t need the AKC to tell him what kind of dogs he had, so he never spent the money on field trials, but he was selective in his breeding program. <br /><br />None of this guarantees a great dog and me and the boy will have lots of work to do with ours. When he said he was selling 8wk old pups for $500, I had to make the run. I think I got a good one.<br />Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-70553303666249229282013-06-20T16:45:58.173-06:002013-06-20T16:45:58.173-06:00BTW, Res...just noticed this, above:
"GWP...BTW, Res...just noticed this, above:<br /><br />"<i>GWP's aren't <b>rare</b>.</i>"<br /><br />But this is what was in your original post:<br /><br />"<i>I bought something <b>rare</b>...</i>"<br /><br />That's why I said "<i>...a <b>rare</b> and expensive hunting dog, which you found at an unbelievably low price.</i>"<br /><br />Seems that I was spot on....<br /><br />*sticks out tongue, gives raspberry*WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-40014683694229155752013-06-19T12:45:01.059-06:002013-06-19T12:45:01.059-06:00"Because it won't point at puddles."..."Because it won't point at puddles."<br /><br />It might if a bird was in it. :-)Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-28069409759599692542013-06-19T12:44:08.017-06:002013-06-19T12:44:08.017-06:00FT,
I was in IA on 29 I went down into MO to catc...FT,<br /><br />I was in IA on 29 I went down into MO to catch up with a breeder in KS. Then I stayed with my brother in NE on the way back.<br /><br />If I'd even have been half way close to your place, I'd have droped in.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-49712495860290388032013-06-18T20:31:57.641-06:002013-06-18T20:31:57.641-06:00If you drove by here and didn't stop, I'm ...If you drove by here and didn't stop, I'm going to be POed with you. <br /><br />farmer Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-36655883659935185792013-06-18T19:21:03.700-06:002013-06-18T19:21:03.700-06:00Congratulations, man! It's fortunate that it ...Congratulations, man! It's fortunate that it worked out well for you.<br /><br />Even if it isn't a pudelpointer.<br /><br />Because it won't point at puddles.WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-81040829389481553882013-06-18T17:51:45.127-06:002013-06-18T17:51:45.127-06:00I love one kind of hunting dog. Cause its the bes...I love one kind of hunting dog. Cause its the best. GWP's aren't rare. You can get one with just a little effort. Now if you want one that comes from a certain linage that you didn't think anyone had anymore because you spent 9 months calling around the US and Canada looking for it and everyone including the original breeder didn't have a source of pups; then that would be a different story.<br /><br />SO yes of course its a dog. The breeder isn't into field trials. He's just a guy that likes good solid GWP's and he picked the best linage he could when he started and he's done well with it. So since he doesn't invest the money on hunt tests, he let me have the puppy for $500.Res Ipsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-89275931584155602602013-06-18T14:50:45.218-06:002013-06-18T14:50:45.218-06:00I believe you might have mentioned something like ...I believe you might have mentioned something like that, once or twice. That's why I thought that if anything could make you drive 1900 miles in two days to go get it (rather than have it shipped, like a gun), it would probably be a dog. And more specifically, a pointer.<br /><br />But "pudelpointer" is funnier than "German wire-haired pointer".<br /><br />Because it points.<br /><br />At puddles.<br /><br />(Yes, I know. But this is funnier.)WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-24456594345950036872013-06-18T14:18:30.232-06:002013-06-18T14:18:30.232-06:00Mine did. I love pointers. There is nothing bett...Mine did. I love pointers. There is nothing better than the GWP, at least for me.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-20567253278071312932013-06-18T13:06:48.008-06:002013-06-18T13:06:48.008-06:00Spinone Italiano.
Not laughing at the pudelpointe...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinone_Italiano" rel="nofollow">Spinone Italiano</a>.<br /><br />Not laughing at the pudelpointer, <i>per se</i>...just the name.<br /><br />It points.<br /><br />At puddles.<br /><br />You can get a 3-year-old child to stomp in them without any training at all.WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-59686206280486572442013-06-18T11:07:48.499-06:002013-06-18T11:07:48.499-06:00WB,
Don't laugh a pudelpointer is a great bre...WB,<br /><br />Don't laugh a pudelpointer is a great breed. There is an Italian dog, I can't recall the name right now, that has been a reconized breed for something like 2,300 years that is a great dog too, but it's not common in the US. <br /><br />I've never owned a rare dog. Still don't.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-37552467613820774112013-06-18T10:56:35.741-06:002013-06-18T10:56:35.741-06:00I'm guessing a dog...a hunting dog...a rare an...I'm guessing a dog...a hunting dog...a rare and expensive hunting dog, which you found at an unbelievably low price.<br /><br />A pudelpointer.WaterBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-84704682886007245302013-06-18T10:07:35.723-06:002013-06-18T10:07:35.723-06:00That would be cool. This is something that I have...That would be cool. This is something that I have had a life long love for, at least since I was 4 years old anyway.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-65115809005079902472013-06-17T16:02:41.213-06:002013-06-17T16:02:41.213-06:00You bought a STG44?
That's my guess.You bought a STG44?<br /><br />That's my guess.John Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077793417700366871noreply@blogger.com