A John of All Trades: Winchester’s John Olin
Whether gundogs, shotshells or firearms, John Olin always sought to create the best.
Eukanuba Pro Trainer Wins U.S. National Open Retriever Championship
Al Arthur of Sandhill Retrievers and his dog, Cropper’s Fire in the Hole, win the retriever world’s highest field trial honor, The U.S. National Open Retriever Championship. Held in November 2020 at the National Retriever Club in Giddings, Texas, the competition...
Good Dogs Buried
How many good dogs you gonna bury before one buries you? Blue weighed 90 pounds, with webbed feet big as biscuits, long legs and a deep chest, the biggest Lab bitch I ever saw, out of Tomahawk, Wisconsin, from a kennel of field champions. An undertaker gave her away....
A Deformed Pup Turns Out To Be A Great Gundog
After pacing the house from room to room, Marshall Skinner’s eight-year-old Labrador retriever abruptly dropped a warm whelp into his hand. He couldn’t imagine where she had gotten it, until she birthed a second pup. “I had no idea she was pregnant,” said Skinner,...
Chesapeake Bay Retriever: A Plain Great Dog
My first hunting dog was a Chesapeake Bay retriever. That might seem a poor choice of first-time hunting dog, Chesapeakes being notoriously idiosyncratic—if you use that word to express their penchant for independent thinking. Other words would be eccentric, singular,...
How To keep Your Dog Safe From Toxic Algae
Spot the toxic algae Don’t let your dog drink or swim in water if: It’s slimy or looks like foam, scum or mats on the surface of the water. The color is weird. Harmful algal blooms can be blue, bright green, brown or red and may look like paint floating on...
Porgy
A bad dog will aggravate you to death and a good one will break your heart.
We are Blessed When We Find Our Perfect Dog – Which Makes It That Much Harder When He Passes
That’s for the end of the story, though. The beginning is far happier.