The Duck Hammer wrote:...when the time comes.
Suspect preparing him to be useful will help make the six months until teal time pass much quicker.
The Duck Hammer wrote:...when the time comes.
So far he's being the good uncle and much more patient with the pup than might be expected. Has even abandoned his usual sleeping place by our bed to camp out by the pup's crate on the other end of the house at night. Proof positive that the coyote is stone deaf.
Expect to get back out to your piece today and see how the draining project has gone without the serious machine work it surely needs. Have learned it was supposed to be plowed by the end of this month, which probably couldn't have been done if it was properly burned and ditched a month ago, let alone starting last week with a hillbilly's shovel...
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
DComeaux wrote:How does his loss of hearing relate to sleeping by the pups crate?
DComeaux wrote:Wow!! That couldn't have happened without a lot of machine work, as you've mentioned. I'm free on the weekends if you need a hand. You know I don't mind doing work out there! Just give me a call!
Rick wrote:If all goes according to plan, I'll be swapping them out at the mudhole to help keep both fresh. Peake has really been double-whammied on that deal, as his has been the toughest beat any of mine have worked, and he's been my first without another working dog in reserve to spell him.
The "old" dog may be deaf, but he's still far from ready for retirement and swam nearly a mile of this morning's hike just to be doing so.
Gather it's been a while since you've had a new pup sleeping away from its litter for the first time. They can holler.
He's in Houston for med tests ("Just checking things out.") this week and may have much more pressing concerns than he's let on.
Wish I'd been around when your buddies flooded the east blind, as I could have shown them how to make relatively quick, easy and readily adjusted dirt water controls that much better served than those gates things they put so much time, effort and money into. And I wouldn't have cracked a shovel handle digging them out to let the water drain lower than their gate holes allowed.
DComeaux wrote:Gather it's been a while since you've had a new pup sleeping away from its litter for the first time. They can holler.
Yeah, it has. Didn't even enter my mind.He's in Houston for med tests ("Just checking things out.") this week and may have much more pressing concerns than he's let on.
I hope things are good with him and he is only "checking things out".Wish I'd been around when your buddies flooded the east blind, as I could have shown them how to make relatively quick, easy and readily adjusted dirt water controls that much better served than those gates things they put so much time, effort and money into. And I wouldn't have cracked a shovel handle digging them out to let the water drain lower than their gate holes allowed.
Timmy used a lot of coonass ingenuity on those. I had nothing to do with the engineering, construction or installation, but they are a one of a kind design, for sure.
Rick wrote:
Gather it's been a while since you've had a new pup sleeping away from its litter for the first time. They can holler.
I've been looking at a lot of lab breeders websites, some of those folks are breeding dogs that don't look like they could make a lap around the living room.Rick wrote:
How big will depend on the particular breeding. The official standard says females should run 55 to 70 pounds and males 65 to 80, but the popular notion that Chessies should be big dogs makes it harder to find them within the standard than above it.
DComeaux wrote:I couldn't edit so I quoted myself to add... I have to ask...... you did shut the gate between the inner and outer canal, correct? And how did that work? I would screw it down a bit until the rod began to bow and I would kick or tap the rod with my foot. The gate would slide down with each tap. I was afraid that if I tried to screw it down without tapping on it the rod would slip out of that wallowed out hole again. The 90 end of that rod is pointing at the road through the gate hole.
Darren wrote:Rick wrote:
Gather it's been a while since you've had a new pup sleeping away from its litter for the first time. They can holler. We've thankfully moved on from that...
Even if Peake is head over heels for this pup, he's quite the uncle to spend the night next to his kennel; Bless Uncle Peake!
Rick wrote:No pat answers to those question.
How many seasons is going to depend on the dog's genetics, physical conditioning and what's being asked of it. My first one put in ten-and-a-half seasons of daily, mostly high volume light goose hunting before a genetically bum hip forced his retirement, but I've seen others that were way out of shape and about shot even as light duty weekend dogs at eight.
How big will depend on the particular breeding. The official standard says females should run 55 to 70 pounds and males 65 to 80, but the popular notion that Chessies should be big dogs makes it harder to find them within the standard than above it. My first two both topped out at a lean 96, but by making downsizing a priority when choosing their breeding, the last two have gone 73 and 66. Hoping the current pup ends up near the bottom end of the scale, as well, as our days of loading a truck with geese day after day are behind us, and it doesn't take a big dog to do it on an occasional basis. (Mighty fit little 38lb Brittany handled 53 blues, snow and specks for us one morning, just wasn't ready to go do it again the next.)
AKPirate wrote:Jason is usually right but sometimes wrong
DComeaux wrote:OH BOY this is the life!
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