Running Tough

Today it is about 35 degrees with not so warm water but Chiloe ain't bitchin! Look at his horrific coat thanks to all the drugs he has taken for that F'N Addisons disease. In this pic he has already made 2 very long, nice retrieves on geese, thanks to my piss poor shooting. As you can see he is ready and in fact did retrieve 1 more goose. Wet, muddy and cold but my boy keeps going. For as much of a wimp as he can be on certain things....this ain't one of them. I am proud of you partner. From here on out he is hunting with his vest. I hope by spring his coat is back to normal.

Houston, I have a problem......again

Chiloe loves to lay under my desk. That would be fine except this always happens. He spreads out and barely fits under the desk and then when he wants to get up he is flat ass stuck. The tile floor is too slick so he has no traction to move until good ol dad comes by to bail his butt out.

Its BLINGTASTIC BABY!!!

My boys first band. Not that he has a clue but I sure do. I was very happy as it is something all duck hunters cherish. It was banded on August 26 2016 near Plumas Manitoba and shot on October 3 2018. The duck flew a few miles between those two times.

Bloody, but happy

You can see the blood on Chiloe's face from getting these big Canada's. He really made me proud with some of the retrieves on these. One sailed across the field......and the fields up here are huge....Chiloe was busy retrieving another and did not see it go down. I handled him out to it and it was a long way back to me carrying a 15 pound goose. The other could arguably be the best retrieve any dog of mine has ever done. We dropped four geese, 2 of which were stone dead in the decoys and the other 2 were hauling ass out of the dekes and away from us. I sent Chiloe and he damn near ran over a dead one and went for a cripple. He tackled it and came up with it. He then looked around and saw the other runner. He drops the one which is now in really bad shape, thanks to the tackle, and chases down the other which is half way across the field. I was so proud I could have cried.The guys really were impressed as well. Terry asked how I trained him to do that in which I replied I have in fact tried to train him not to do that very thing for 3 years! While he did EXACTLY what was the right thing to do in a hunting situation that would have gotten him disqualified at a hunt test for switching. What the hell do they know???   LOL

Chiloe....International Dog Of Mystery!

Chiloe and I met up with my taxidermy school roommate Terry LeDoux in Manitoba to do some duck and goose hunting. As always we had a good time but the hunting was a little slow due to inclement weather. Rain, more rain, snow and mud made things tough but we still managed to kill birds.     

Here is a mallard shoot and in this photo we are joined by Terry's son, Travis. A great guy, Travis worked hard to see we got on some birds. Chiloe is holding his first banded duck.

                   
We are joined by Travis's son Jake in this photo. A very nice shoot and both Terry and Travis are quite impressed with Chiloe's ability. They have seen lots of dogs work, none better than mine. Their words, not mine.

                     
A hard day for the dog but he held up great. A happy time for both dog and especially master!