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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: jetjockey on October 22, 2014, 12:31:41 PM

Title: How skinny or fat?
Post by: jetjockey on October 22, 2014, 12:31:41 PM: In order to not completely sidetrack the other post, I figured we could start a post on what an inshape dog is suppose to look like. I see way too many hunting dogs (especially labs) that are WAY overweight when they don't need to be. Remembering that the coat can cover a lot, let's post some pictures. Here's my 6 year old Brit at her fighting weight. Her coat was grown out a little in the pictures, but you can still easily see her ribs and the striations of her muscles.
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Bango skank on October 22, 2014, 12:38:04 PM: Here is my lean mean hunting machine!
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: jetjockey on October 22, 2014, 12:40:53 PM: That dog could go all day! :chuckle:

Here's another during trial season in the fall. You can see all three dogs are not fat at all.
Title: How skinny or fat?
Post by: scottr on October 22, 2014, 01:29:46 PM: 8 months old and 44 pounds. He has a narrow waist and big chest. You can just see his ribs through his coat and the muscle definition in his legs.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fscontent-b.cdninstagram.com%2Fhphotos-xaf1%2Ft51.2885-15%2F10724218_1497621517166077_1030745179_n.jpg&hash=99fca049a131f8e2de4af0621bc20182fe8f2cfe)
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Revwrangler on October 22, 2014, 03:24:27 PM: My one year old lab Benelli. I take criticism all the time from people with non hunting dogs that she is too skinny. I have to remind people you don't want a fat hunting dog.
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Revwrangler on October 22, 2014, 03:26:05 PM: You can't see it too well in the picture but you can see her ribs too. When I took this we had just finished a morning duck hunting, but she was convinced we shouldn't be done. So she was sitting looking toward the sky while I loaded up.
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on October 22, 2014, 03:49:36 PM: Quote from: Bango skank on October 22, 2014, 12:38:04 PM
Here is my lean mean hunting machine!

That poor mutt is lucky to roll off his mat in the morning let alone going hunting. :chuckle:
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Bango skank on October 22, 2014, 07:43:07 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on October 22, 2014, 03:49:36 PM
Quote from: Bango skank on October 22, 2014, 12:38:04 PM
Here is my lean mean hunting machine!

That poor mutt is lucky to roll off his mat in the morning let alone going hunting. :chuckle:

I should probably make it clear, in case anybody believed that, that is NOT actually my dog. I googled "fat lab" and pulled that out of the images. I'd kick my own ass if that was my dog.
Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: HunterStrait on October 22, 2014, 08:26:17 PM: Still flushes birds.
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Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: Don Fischer on October 23, 2014, 09:06:18 AM: I don't like to see a dogs ribs but, when I run my hand over them I like to feel them. Bodie looks good but could use some mussel tune up. He can hunt a week end in the shape he's in and be ready to go a couple days later.
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Squirt is a bit heavier than Bodie but he's in about the same shape. Huskey fella! I can get a couple days out of him too. Both of them will far outlast me!
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Stormy is just a year and more wiry than he look's. He's noticably shorter and lighter than the other two. I can feel the ribs on all of them.
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Title: Re: How skinny or fat?
Post by: scottr on October 23, 2014, 09:38:12 AM: Good looking setters Don!