[KMO20057]

Just a warning, some of these pics show some geese not int he best shape... as hunting goes!

So we went out and were able to not do a true hunt, but allow Sammy to carry some geese and listen to gunfire. A good first step before the real deal next Saturday! The guns didnt bother her one bit which was great to see. We knew she was fine with them before, but it has been several months so one is always nervous!

The geese were a little bigger and heavier than her dummies... she will grow more and lelarn how to carry them better LOL.

and on to the pics!

"Hey guys, I am having some trouble getting the hang of this!"

"Oh I think I got it!!"

"Here ya go dad!"

"aren't you proud of me?"

"Ack! Feathers!"

HAPPY DOODLE!

 

[kim26]

Great pictures. Sammy is so cute. How do you keep her from playing/eating the goose? Does she know "drop it" really well? She seems very well trained for such a young age. I'm impressed. You must have worked very hard with her. Do you cook the geese and eat them?

 

[KMO20057]

We worked with a dummy since we got her. My fiance has done most of the training, he works with her every day. She is trained to fetch, heel, hold the bird until he tells her to drop it. She is also whistle trained so if he blows one long hard whistle while shes out there, she stops and sits. Then he will give her a direction with his arm and yell "Over" or "back" to help her find the bird/dummy. Shes still learning the directional stuff and that usually takes a couple of years to get down well, so we're pretty proud of her for only 9 months!

We do eat the goose... the geese from this weekend are being made into teriaki jerky by the guys who own that farm. Other times derek brings it home and I make it in the crock pot just like beef stew or roast beef. Its very dark and tough unless cooked right, but in the crockpot with veggies and beef broth it tastes just like roast beef!

 

[Jac]

Congratulations Kelly! I know how hard you two have been working with Sammy and how very responsive Sammy has been...she has done so well! You have every right to be proud...plus she is a beauty!

 

[movistar]

I love her. And the pictures. She is doing exactly what she is genetically programmed to do and she LOVES it!! You can tell

I have people ask me quite frequently about the Labradoodles ability to hunt. I would love to show them a picture of your baby with your permission when they ask. Coming from Montana (lab country/hunting country) and moving to Southern Illinois (apparent bird hunting capital of the world!!) hunting is really important to alot of puppy parents!

What were the disposition of the parents? Were they field trial tested?
I ask because my poodle seems a little to prey driven sometimes and I am not certain how that would translate to retrieving.

 

[gracielou]

Great pictures and I'm impressed how well she has done so quickly but then again she is a Doodle!!! :lol:

 

[Donna]

Beautiful pictures, what a good girl!

 

[Belle]

Beautiful, Beautiful dog!!! Great photos!!!!!!

 

[seazr]

I'm going to show these photos to our friend that runs a hunting club (and breeds hunting dogs) and snickers at Dakota!! :lol:
Diane (and Dakota)

 

[bdbanddad]

Way to go Sammy, that is very cool. It is great to see dogs get the chance to do the things they were born to do. Send more pics after next Saturday.

 

[Chesterpal]

My dad was quite impressed by a doodle as a hunting dog. He thinks ours are funny but didn't realize they could be trained like that. I tried to further impress him with Chester and Archie going after a stuffed squirrel but it didn't have the same effect on him.

 

[NurseLeslie]

Hey, Is Sammy an F1 or F1B doodle? Leslie

 

[dshell74]

doodles as hunters

Gus has shown quite a bit of aptitude towards flushing and pointing, which makes sense given that both labs and poodles are hunting/gun/bird dogs. My dad has started working with Gus on scent-tracking and he loves it! My gsd/dob mix loves to hunt anything and everything that moves, but, he doesn't have that necessary hunting dog type of mentality as he wants to chase and maim versus flush, point and retrieve.

 

[Clippart]

My husband is interested in teaching Kenai to be a bird hunting dog. Can you give us some information on where your husband learned to train your dog, or how we should get started with that?

Thanks!

 

[MinnesotaChill]

Also from MN!

I just started browsing today and found your post about hunting with Sammy. My husband really is interested in a hunting dog and we were told about Labradoodles, but not too many are known to hunt. Can you help direct me to finding more information?

 

[lauren46]

aww....how sweet. when my dad gets home from his hunting trip we hope to take riley out for his first real hunt. we took riley out once with our black mutant pheasants that we are raising but he couldnt find not one ....

hopefully he'll do as good as Sammy!