A Western Bird Dog Experience
My life can be delineated into phases, each marked by a black Labrador at my side. However, a recent trip to Montana with my great friend Gary Shaw has spawned a new obsession from within.
This picture is of Gary and I around 0730, with a limit of Sharptail behind his Wirehair, Birdie and his Setter, Belle.
Gary is an incredible dude with some serious dog-power on his truck. However, the rockstar of the trip was his 18-month old Setter named Belle who runs like the wind and found more birds than I may see in next few months of hunting.
Recently, Gary had to make the tough decision to send her to work with a field-trialer in the Derby stakes this fall - but Belle’s impact on me was profound.
A special thank you to Belle, Gary, and the rest of his dogs.
I love when the sunlight shimmers off the backs of my black dogs.
I love to watch each of them lick their lips, their thirst quenched by the next retrieve.
I love to see their steadiness as the volley of birds and shots flow across our decoy spread.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
WE ARE GETTING A SETTER PUP!
However, there is a beauty of a white dog on point – tail flagging, their body and mind motionless. Birds hide amid the flowing waves of grass – a moment frozen in time.
We are excited to announce the addition of an English Setter pup to our string!
The hope is to build a pointing/flushing brace for our upland pursuits – an exciting opportunity and challenge.
She will get her BlackFoot Tribal name in October when we pick her up from famed dog trainer Talmage Smedley of T’s Doghouse.
