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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: newbie76 on March 02, 2012, 12:13:20 PM

Title: New Puppy!
Post by: newbie76 on March 02, 2012, 12:13:20 PM: We are picking up this puppy in about a week! We are very excited! I need ideas for names........it is a she :) Also, I have never had a GSP before or don't know anything about them.....my son looked for dog ads and found this one...so any tips would also be appreciated ...
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 02, 2012, 12:33:26 PM: Very cute! I was just looking(not buying, they're all sold) at a friends' litter in Bellevue night before last.
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: YellowDog on March 02, 2012, 12:35:53 PM: Quote from: Happy Gilmore on March 02, 2012, 12:33:26 PM
Very cute! I was just looking(not buying, they're all sold) at a friends' litter in Bellevue night before last.
Happy, do you visit the MM website? There is a guy (I think he is a pro trainer and field trial guy??) selling a 5 month old male pup that has a bunch of training for $400. Seemed like a pretty good deal but I know nothing about the breed I just think they are cool dogs and know they can hunt.

Congrats to Newbie on the little pup.
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 03, 2012, 06:06:49 PM: Quote from: YellowDog on March 02, 2012, 12:35:53 PM
Quote from: Happy Gilmore on March 02, 2012, 12:33:26 PM
Very cute! I was just looking(not buying, they're all sold) at a friends' litter in Bellevue night before last.
Happy, do you visit the MM website? There is a guy (I think he is a pro trainer and field trial guy??) selling a 5 month old male pup that has a bunch of training for $400. Seemed like a pretty good deal but I know nothing about the breed I just think they are cool dogs and know they can hunt.

Congrats to Newbie on the little pup.

send me a link.. not sure what MM is?
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: YellowDog on March 03, 2012, 11:18:29 PM: Sorry it was on monster muleys but it sold this morning. I believe it was located in Utah.

http://www.monstermuleys.info/dcforum/DCForumID49/4245.html
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: RadSav on March 03, 2012, 11:38:03 PM: One of the best dogs I've ever hunted behind was a female GSP named "Chase". Apparently her name was originally some girly name the kids had given her as a pup. She was stubborn, fast and loved shoes when they brought her home. So the first two months the whole family was chasing her around the house trying to get their shoes back. She loved the kids chasing her so the name was changed. By the time I hunted with her she was the most disciplined, well mannered yet happy dog you could imagine. I've yet to hunt with a dog that had more stamina chasing wild chuckars.
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: newbie76 on March 04, 2012, 10:40:39 AM: That is a great story!!!! Maybe we should wait to get her home before naming her!
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: Happy Gilmore on March 04, 2012, 01:50:26 PM: Can't do all that much training with a 5 month old but, still a decent price. Question would be is the guy training the dog he owns himself or, has it been with a pro? Has the pup been with the same person who trained the one he owns? You'd have to ask some questions. I don't like the looks of his back in the pictures. Looks roach-backed. Topline and proportions of the dog don't look good. Had to say at that age too because the growth spurts and they'll get all goofy looking on and off.
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: RadSav on March 04, 2012, 01:55:56 PM: Quote from: newbie76 on March 04, 2012, 10:40:39 AM
That is a great story!!!! Maybe we should wait to get her home before naming her!

He also had a cat named "Ralph Damnit" which they called "Damnit" for short.
Title: Re: New Puppy!
Post by: newbie76 on March 05, 2012, 07:13:53 AM: Quote from: RadSav on March 04, 2012, 01:55:56 PM
Quote from: newbie76 on March 04, 2012, 10:40:39 AM
That is a great story!!!! Maybe we should wait to get her home before naming her!

He also had a cat named "Ralph Damnit" which they called "Damnit" for short.

That is funny for a cat but what a sad name! Reminds me of this little girl I used to tutor for the children's literacy program who was named Biatch....some parents should be shot