I point, the bird goes into the air, the hunter shoots — and the hunter misses. I love to point birds, and whether I raise a front or rear leg and point with my nose and a prolonged fixed stare, the obvious result is I point. For you hoomans who think dogs must point...
It’s a fact of life: dog’s like to fetch. While hoomans often see fetching as a boring game, for dogs running and grabbing goes back, way back, to that wolf era when we had to run down and grab animals, and then pull them down to the ground and begin eating them. It’s...
The daughter of Carolina Frank is a princess by right. I became Patsy’s when she was only four weeks old, and she already showed her blue blood and all it means in a pointer pup. Sensitive, patrician and affectionate, she was not happy unless she could curl up...
Can Sporting Breed Puppies Eat Adult Dog Food? SPONSORED CONTENT: Sporting breed puppies are bred and trained to work. As a result, they have very different nutritional needs from those of a future house dog. Puppy formulas are typically more nutrient dense when...
She had made it all possible. She was the melody of his song. And ever she watched and waited for him, in a warm, yellow kitchen. It is dark below. Raindrops clamor helplessly at the small window by his shoulder, driven in itinerant streaks across the glass by the...
The backyard is being invaded by deer! Normally life at home is peaceful and I can lie on the couch and watch TV. I like hunting shows, especially any shows that put pheasants in the air or ducks on the ground. But lately I have to sit by the backdoor and play the...
I admit, that, like most fox hunters, what attracted me was the excitement of being able to gallop over big fields and jump big fences out in the real world. When I dream about horses, as I sometimes do, I often dream about my own horse, a large and touchy palomino,...
I’m Not a Mule The other day I was doing something I really like to do — shopping. In fact I was in a store, and with Mike’s help, trying on backpacks so I can be ready for the summer ahead and some backpacking trips. Then I spotted her — a lady who was staring at me....
Hoomans are afraid of wolves, my ancestors, because they are at the top of the food chain. OK, I was lying all across the couch the other day when Mike pushed me and made me move. Never mind I can stretch out and cover the entire couch from end to end with my body and...
SPONSORED CONTENT: When we think about the longevity of our hardworking sporting dogs in the fields and blinds, joint health is often a point of concern. They run hard in a variety of conditions, they jump over logs or stone walls, and they twist and turn their way...
