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Offline Machias

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Changed Puppies
« on: January 06, 2010, 06:50:36 PM »
Well I made an initial pick for a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon pup when they were 4 weeks old.  Now that they are 6.5 weeks old the one I picked is turning out to be a loveable little couch potato.  Not too adventurous at this point.  I know it's really about impossible to see what a 6, 7 or 8 week old pup will turn out like, but I changed males, his initial personaility seems more like what I am looking for, much more of an explorer, bold, and really uses his nose.  Here are some photos.





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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 11:17:16 AM »
cute looking little guys...

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 11:21:16 AM »
you traded in your pupppy, heartless :chuckle:

cool, looks like you got a change of direction using dogs out hunting. alot better looking dogs than the last ones you had to ;)

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 11:24:06 AM »
Tell me it isn't so!! You abandoned that poor little pup after he gave you nothing but devotion. I am appalled.
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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 12:17:28 PM »
I use to hunt with a guy that had a Griffon. When at home or at quail camp you would have thought the dog was nothing but a lazy, spoiled, ugly bag of bones covered by what looked like hair with the texture of 16 guage wire, ( in fact one time we had two of the guys in camp get drunk and start arguing which end of the dog was better looking the nose or the rear).
BUT, once the guns were uncased and the owner said "Hunt em up", it was all the Labs and Britts could do to keep up with him.   

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 12:20:26 PM »
Nice looking pups.
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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 01:23:05 PM »
I use to hunt with a guy that had a Griffon. When at home or at quail camp you would have thought the dog was nothing but a lazy, spoiled, ugly bag of bones covered by what looked like hair with the texture of 16 guage wire, ( in fact one time we had two of the guys in camp get drunk and start arguing which end of the dog was better looking the nose or the rear).
BUT, once the guns were uncased and the owner said "Hunt em up", it was all the Labs and Britts could do to keep up with him.   

My wife says "They do grow up to be ugly dogs"   :chuckle:
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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 01:27:36 PM »
My wife won't let me get one because they are ugly. Little does she know it will definatly be my next dog. But I have a long time since I ended up keeping one of my pups from Aug.

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 01:47:59 PM »
you traded in your pupppy, heartless :chuckle:

cool, looks like you got a change of direction using dogs out hunting. alot better looking dogs than the last ones you had to ;)

Ouch, I like the way my Leoaprd Curs looked, but I really liked the way they hunted and handled.  :)
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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2010, 01:52:58 PM »
 :chuckle:, im just jealous of the way they hunt and handle

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #10 on: January 07, 2010, 02:02:51 PM »
Good looking pups!

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2010, 02:18:33 PM »
Cute little suckers.  I'm thinking that one of those dogs is my next dog, as well.  Since it's going to be a house pet 9 months out of the year, I actually wouldn't mind that lazy little guy.  I'm thinking that it's not going to be a problem getting any of them to hunt and my dog training ability isn't going to win me (or the dog) any prizes, anyway.  I just want to shoot pheasants. 

Wish I was in the market for a dog...I'd go look at him.

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #12 on: January 07, 2010, 02:50:36 PM »
I'm a pointing dog nut and that first pic is dynamite!!!  Have fun, nothing like a nice dose of puppy breath  ;)

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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2010, 03:31:26 PM »
Cute little suckers.  I'm thinking that one of those dogs is my next dog, as well.  Since it's going to be a house pet 9 months out of the year, I actually wouldn't mind that lazy little guy.  I'm thinking that it's not going to be a problem getting any of them to hunt and my dog training ability isn't going to win me (or the dog) any prizes, anyway.  I just want to shoot pheasants.  

Wish I was in the market for a dog...I'd go look at him.

And you know what there is no way to tell, he'll probably end up a little fireball anyways.  This pup was my first choice initially.  It's so hard to choose from photos and short 1 min. videos anyways.  It's a crap shoot with pups, you look for pedigrees with good hunting lines and good hunting parents and you lessen the odds of getting a dud and greatly increase the odds of getting a good hunting dog.  It was a toss up between the two and right now anyways this pup is just acting more like what I'd like to see in a pup.  The Griffs are such good compainions dogs as well.  That is one of the big things I was attracted too, as well as the closer ranging type dogs that does a great job on waterfowl.  It's going to be alot of fun getting him trained up in upland, waterfowl and trailing.
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Re: Changed Puppies
« Reply #14 on: January 07, 2010, 04:17:14 PM »
post a pic of your leopard curs.

 


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