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A German Pointer thread.
I saw a few comments on GSP's in another thread so I thought I might I just start a dedicated GSP (wirehaired also welcome) thread.
We got our puppy early December. Fien is now just 5 months old. An absolute handful but what a joy. I'm very keen to hear some tips from other owners. 10 weeks http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/262/70358611.jpg http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/816/68734328.jpg 3 months http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6411/93911251.jpg http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/231/21817252.jpg |
Here she is at 5 months. The vet told us yesterday that she will become very tall for a *****. Between 80 and 70 pounds, I personally don't think so but time will tell.
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Great Pics Garp,
I especially like the second and the third one. (sorry, I can't give you any "pointers", :D) (Damn, I wish I had time for a dog) |
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here is my Ursula a Deutsch Drahthaar (German Wirehair Pointer). She's loads of fun and too smart. gosh I miss her, I have my Mom and brother watching her while I'm deployed.
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If you take too long, somebody will decide for you.... Whichever set you chose, you can't go wrong. |
my buddies german wire haired pointing griffon
Victor..http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269259497.jpg |
This was Luke.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269395916.jpg Took the photo the day I had to put him down. He was 13 and had some senility/dementia issues going on, he was starting to get unpredictable and aggressive. We got him from Shorthair rescue at 6 months. He was really a hooligan: We had to add an additional child-proof lock to the cabinet where the trash can lives because he figured out how to defeat the single one by sticking his paw in and pushing it down. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269397008.jpg We also had to change all the door knobs from the handle type to the knob type, as he knew how to open them (and knew which side to push and which side to pull). He also figured out that if he pulled food off the kitchen counter or table we would hear it hit the floor and come take it away from him, so later when he got the chance he would pick up the pan/plate/bowl and gently set it on the floor (he moved a full bowl of cereal, with milk from the counter to the floor without spilling a drop). He had a fetish for paper towels, and would steal the napkin off your lap to tear it to small bits and eat it. He was a particular fan of toilet paper rolls, and has pulled the cardboard tube off the holder in the bathroom, and left the toilet paper still hanging coiled around the spindle. Of course he was a poop eater, sometimes scarfing it while it is still hanging out of the other dog's butt like some sort of nasty custard machine. Here he is pointing a chicken someone brought to the vet: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1259624674.jpg He would have stayed there all day if I would have let him. He had a very strong prey drive, and was unbelievably birdy, but due to abuse before he came to us was afraid of loud noises, and would immediately come to heel if there was any shooting going on anywhere nearby. Someone could have broken him of his gunshyness, but I don't think it was me, and the consequences of screwing it up would have been pretty severe, he could easily have become a neurotic mess, and that wouldn't have been fair to him. Really too bad, I bet he would have been an outstanding hunting dog. He was a menace to society, but I sure do miss him. |
Here's Chopper. About 95 pounds worth.
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The poop eater part is pretty gross but it could happen to ours too, she didn't have the opportunity just yet. Her order of preference is fresh cat poop, than comes horse dung and finally all the other critters poop. Just a couple of days ago she swallowed a toad (mating season for toads around here), since then we have caught her moving around toads every single day. Quote:
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I love it, very nice looking dog!! |
Garp & Geronamo, thanks for the compliments. The home comings are always a blast to watch her reaction. She gets so excited and vocal. this is my 3rd deployment; the hardest is when I come home for leave, leaving her then is hard. She is a good hunter and a blast to fish with. I have to be fast, she learned what setting the hook means and she come in as fast as I can reel in. That and she wants to swim out to where you cast.... Oh and the time she brought me some rotted carp......http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269429199.jpg
here is a picture after a day of hard hunting. as you can see she thinks she is a lap dog, we both were tired. |
and you thought your dog was RETARDED!
i present to you THE KING OF RETARDS: mr. SNUGGLES.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269433916.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1269433971.jpg my buddy owned a weiner dog eating(i kid you not) wolf hybrid. one day said wolf splits and IMPREGNATES an AKC german weimereiner with bloodlines down yer arm and leg. my buddy is threatened with a LAWSUIT(statutory dawgie rape) and is presented upon gestation (9) puppies. my older son happens to be there and is conned into taking one. it ends up at my house due to a host of reasons. i become his surrogate father. i am a labrador person. and this freeking RETARD has now become one of the family and sleeps on his pillow in my bedroom now despite doing everything on the planet to PISS ME OFF TO NO END including pissing on my very nice and spendy FUCHS wheels! |
OJ that is too funny!
Curse my allergies! We've looked at everything from labs to WPG's to std poodles and there is just no way i can have a bird fetching buddy in my house without permanently carrying an inhaler. |
i love the pictures of all the dogs. you can see their personality's in every picture. they all are great dogs.
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This Berit in 2005...she is now 78lbs and has not lost one ounce of energy. She is great with my 3 year old and protects my 5mos daughter like one of her own. I got her to be a companion to my GS/Spaniel mix who is now 16 years old.
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Last week in the French Alps. She loved it.
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I REALLY wish digital was available in the 80's:(
This was my 1st dog Dart (Dartanian) Trained him myself while working swing shifts. We had so many great hunts together. Never another one like him. Only lost 4 birds in 10 yrs. After him tho...training the other two was a piece of cake! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1300755758.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1300755777.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1300755800.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1300755838.jpg |
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Callie (rest in peace) GWP/Siberian Husky
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Looking at all the pictures in this thread of these simply stunning German Shorthaired's takes me back to when I was 5 and Dad bought his first GSP.
Dad was a keen sporting shooter (quail and rabbits mostly) and a 'dog man'. He negotiated for months to buy a very particular dog from a then world renowned breeder down here. I remember the trip to Jack Thompson's property for a demonstation of this dog's abilities...and how I fell in love with the dog immediately (so did Dad ;) ). Norrie (I don't remember his stud name) was a Champion of Champions Stud and Competition dog. I think he was 6yo when Dad got him. For the first week, Dad slept in the garage with the dog...I kid you not. Norrie was pining so much for his old owner that he howled the neighbourhood down so Dad moved into the 'doghouse' to build a bond with him....and what a bond it was. Mum was concerned we had a 'snow-dropper' (stealing stuff from the clotheslines) with peculiar tastes...for months and months all of Dad's underwear would go missing from the clothesline overnight. Nothing else, just Dad's stuff. One day we were doing a big garden clean up and I pulled up a pair of Dad's underpants when weeding. Turns out that Norrie loved Dad so much that anything with his smell on it would become buried treasure! When I showed Mum, she turned around looking for Norrie and he had slunk away into a corner, hiding his face with his big paw from Mum...he knew before she even said anything to him he could be in some trouble. Things I particularly remember...Norrie's mouth. He would not ruffle a feather of a quail. His abilities were extraordinary; he would point when we thought there was absolutely nothing there and he would be right on the money every time. He would collect the bird and deliver it back to Dad and put it in his hand; never on the ground. He could climb trees like a bear. Part of keeping him in training involved a rubber duck/bird thing that Dad would hide up a tree in the neighbourhood park. When given the command he would retrieve the training duck from several feet up a tree. He would go down the rabbit holes without hesitation. He brought a baby out one day (Dad had shot the mother) and put it in my hand, not Dad's...ever so gently and just sat by me as I cuddled it. Protector...we were his family and no-one could get near us when he was around. He was a friendly and very well behaved dog; until his family were threatened. Mum used to drive me to school and then take Norrie for a run in the park. In the weather wasn't so great she would let Norrie take himself whilst she sat in the car watching. He would run and run around the ovals, but never took his eye off Mum. On one morning, Norrie was reluctant to go for his run. He would not leave Mum. She was getting annoyed with him and finally after many games with her he took himself off around the oval. A man approached the window of the car and started asking Mum about directions to a street she knew did not exist nearby. Mum knew something was up...but Norrie appeared out of nowhere and put himself between the man and the car. No barking (he never barked)...but a low rolling growl, hackles up and teeth bared at the guy. The guy made a lunge for the door handle and Norrie took him down...and then chased him out of the park! Mum never saw the guy again. He would ride 'up front' with Dad in the car, sitting on the passenger seat. He would predict traffic light changes and would brace himself for the stop when the lights were starting to change. If he went to work with Dad, he would be content to stay in his bed. Once given the command to stay he would not move until told - even it that was hours. Although one day a 'salesman' came in attempting to sell some 'hot' stuff and was waving a control arm around at Dad. Norrie flew out of the bed and had the guy on the ground and by the neck in an instant. He let go when Dad told him, but wouldn't get off the guy until he said he would leave...great judge of character! So many more stories to tell...he was simply amazing. He could go from playmate to hunting dog at the click of your fingers...we were truly lucky to have him. |
Great story!!!SmileWavy
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Beautiful dogs!
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My German Shorthair is now 13 "Jake". We don't hunt anymore but when we did, he was fantastic. About 5 years ago, while pheasant hunting alone, just myself and Jake, I could tell he was onto a bird. We were hunting along a barbed wire fence with a small lake on the other side of the fence. I eased the safety off of my Browning A-5 light 12 and two birds jumped up, going in two different directions. I nailed the hen with my 1st shot then shifted 90 degrees to the big rooster flying away over the lake. I missed with my 2nd shot but capped him with my 3rd. Jake was returning with the hen, he dropped her at my feet then looked at me. I took a spent shell and tossed it in the direction of the floating rooster, that was way out in the lake. Jake jumped the fence, swam out to where the shell hit the water then turned and looked at me again, I kept giving him hand signals in the direction of the rooster he finally spotted the bird and swam out and got it. He was a great hunter.......my only double kill.
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Here she is in full action with a couple of our young chicks.
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Some awesome dogs posted here...thanks for sharing!
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Great video!!
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