Upland adventure and limitless memories await...
There is nothing more special than the unique balance of peacefulness and excitement found behind a quality bird dog. All stress seems to dissipate as you unload your attentive partner from his crate and place the shotgun over your shoulder. It may be a cold, crisp morning with seemingly every surface glistening with frost and a soft crunch below your boots. Perhaps it is among the pines where you are met with a light breeze and the golden grasses lazily dancing to and fro in cadence; a hushed version of nature's metronome. Your dog moves quickly, excitedly, with fluid yet animated motion combing cover and feed strip or perhaps casting widely to a field edge. He's on a mission. He knows why he's in that field, he's hardwired to do this job at a deeply instinctual level. You are part of this, you are on his team, and he yours. Up ahead you see him standing staunchly - head and tail held high. As you near you can feel the excitement and see the intensity in your dog. Every fibrous muscle seems to vibrate in anticipation, his tail quivers every so slightly. Your heartbeat quickens as you approach him and begin the flushing attempt with him at attention. All the sudden, from the ground explodes a rooster cackling as he burst into flight. A shot is fired, time moves so quickly yet so slowly as you notice intricate feathers dancing through the air falling gracefully to the ground. You snap back to attention and see your dog is in pursuit making quick work of locating the bird and hastily, but ever so carefully, returning the bird to you. As he approaches you can see his sense of pride and accomplishment on a job well done. He releases the bird into your hard and you take a moment to admire the impossibly iridescent feathers and the elegantly long tail. You thank this bird for his life, this hunt, and these memories that will last lifetime. That evening your dog quietly curls up with you on your favorite chair and gazes into your eyes. At this moment you realize he's not just a dog. It's not just a hunt.
STARTED DOGS
SELECTION
Our started puppies begin as a planned premium litter following our cornerstone values of proven ability, temperament, health, conformation and pedigree. The pups we retain are selected for their exceptional representation of our breeding program values. If you would prefer, we also do allow for you to select your own litter and pup then chose to keep the pup with us to enter into our custom started dog program
DEVELOPMENT
Puppies are maintained on a premium diet and receive comprehensive preventative healthcare. The puppies are extremely well socialized and spend their first few months growing up and becoming accustomed to various aspects of life in the home and field. They can be expected to go on walks with us on foot, horseback, or with an RTV just to softly train handling. No corners are cut to get your puppy off on the right foot.
FORMAL TRAINING
Pups are typically entered into a formal training program under a full-time professional trainer at about 5-6 months of age. We team with a trainer that we feel would be most suitable to the pup's temperament. Typically our started dogs are very well started on basic commands, retrieving to hand, and are green steady. Occasionally we have more seasoned dogs available.
Whiskey
6 Year Old
Orange Roan
Spayed Female
Whiskey is a dog if you want a family-friendly turnkey incredibly buddy. She is a heartbreak dog and we are dreading even considering looking for a retirement home. She truly is a devastating dog to consider not retiring with us but we don't know if that is the right decision for her. Be prepared to sell yourself well as we are not planning to place her unless a truly special home comes along that can offer her more than we do. We aren't set on finding her a home elsewhere. She has been Dan's girl since she was born. If you are someone whose kids want the playfulness and excitement of a puppy but you want a housebroken, trained animal with an off switch she is your girl. If you are a childless home that wants a literal furry best friend that has her own identity and is up for anything - she is your girl. Whiskey is 6 but plays and has the personality of an 8 week old puppy. She's SUPER playful, engaging, happy, sweet, and probably the most intense dog we have ever owned. She makes eye contact that looks into your soul and she's a level of intelligent that almost makes her creepy. She is NOT a boring dog. She is great with children, other dogs, and cats (she WILL point cats for extended periods of time when she is bored though).
She is very adaptable, fun-loving and trainable. She was a very talented juvenile field trial dog then became one of Dan's hunting dogs as after her first litter we got addicted to her ability to produce stupidly naturally talented pups. She is fast, snappy, and driven in the field with a nice gun dog range and is also adjustable to type of hunting and terrain. She's not afraid to take a long fence line and get out there but she's happy to dig in to rough brush too if that's where birds are. She has a wonderful nose and is smart working her birds. She was started breaking steady to wing and shot but we let her get sloppy as she was primarily used on running pheasant so she will track and is currently steady to flush. That said, if you are someone who likes a finished performance she could probably use some steadiness tune up - if you want to go get birds and have fun - she's ready now. She has a very nice natural retrieve. We didn't ever force fetch her but I can't think of a time she didn't bring a bird back. She is an extremely fun dog to hunt but a really big personality and companion too. She travels great (she's an awesome truck buddy) and is easy with all grooming, handing and vetting. She's quiet and easy in her crate and house trained.
She's PennHip'd and has clear OFA eye, heart, patella, elbows. She was spayed on 9/17 and had yearly bloodwork done at that time as well. She is UTD on all vaccines and has been preventative heartworm/flea& tick as well as annual bloodwork, urinalysis, and fecals.
Please fill out a questionnaire or email us to talk about Whiskey.
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