Never Spoil your Bird Dog!

[C-130 Dude]

He got a hematoma on his ear from shaking his head so much. $400.00 later. I've gotten them on my arms in football and motocross. Broken blood vessels that swell with blood. It's been a pain in the *** for 2 weeks. Last April spent $560.00 to get tumors removed from his side....

Sorry to hear that. Hoping for a full recovery. It seems my Lab comes up with some malady almost every month. When we get one crisis handled, he comes down with something else. We quit counting the money spent so far. But we love him and will go hungry if necessary to keep him healthy. He will be 14 in January. Still gets around good, eats like he's always starving, and is pretty active despite his age.

 

[hesse]

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Some one has to much stuff in the garage looks like to me

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

The happy smile is always what does it for me.

 

[Buffalobwana]

Dogs belong inside. My lab right now. Enjoying some fireplace action.

 

[Peddler 76]

Spoked!

 

[Peddler 76]

Spoked!

Spoiled!

 

[Turkeytider]

Thank God mine aren't spoiled. That's 7-year old Ruger on the bottom and 17-month old Drake on top.
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Hate to see animals so mistreated! Suffering from comfort.

 

[Turkeytider]

Sorry to hear that. Hoping for a full recovery. It seems my Lab comes up with some malady almost every month. When we get one crisis handled, he comes down with something else. We quit counting the money spent so far. But we love him and will go hungry if necessary to keep him healthy. He will be 14 in January. Still gets around good, eats like he's always starving, and is pretty active despite his age.

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Amen brother. My wife and I have a pact with our animals and ourselves, as gut wrenching as it is, that just as soon as we get to the earliest point where quality of life is beginning to decline, and there`s nothing we can do, we`ll help them to the rainbow bridge. We owe them that for what they`ve given us. Always tears, though.

 

[billflangjr813]

Hey,

So when I was growing up most bird dogs stayed outside, were fed table scraps and cheap dog food. They certainly weren't spoiled. So here's what happens in my house now. This is my soon to be 13 year old Brit. She's an incredible bird dog, I'll hunt her half days this year and it'll probably be her last big hunting year.
Take Care
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Hunt that Baby as meany years as you can. She lives for the Hunt and the love you give her. Sweet !!

 

[HNDLDR]

I got a labradoodle this go 'round. 18 months in I still can't decide if he's the dumbest dog I've ever had or the smartest.

We have Golden doodles at our house. Very intelligent, very sweet, maybe a little stubborn sometimes.

 

[HNDLDR]

My hunters safety instructor had an old lab that was blind and deaf and just laid on the floor of his garage and never moved. That is until the day he carried his shotgun in to show us. That old dog went absolutely nuts thinking he was going hunting.

Lives for the hunt is right.

 

[Buzzsaw]

THE OUTLAW JESSIE JAMES

 

[wyogeargeek]

My Gracie, not the hunter that my Henry was but still gets the job done good enough for this old guy. Couldn't ask for a better companion.

 

[Physhstyx]

Very spoiled