New Member Florida
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:02 am
Hello Everyone,
As my user name suggests my name is Darren, I am 21 and new to the gun dog world; however I have some great guidance and help from my friend and his family who have been training GSP's, GWP's and retrievers for 30+ years.
I stumbled upon the forum researching gun dogs about ten months ago and have browsed occasionally.
My GWP, Barrett, is 8 months old and is already proving to be a great dog. He had the opportunity to leave my side for a month and go with his brother (Ruffas, left in picture below, Barret on the right) to Dorchester Shooting Preserve in Georgia and learn a couple things. The two pups have had the opportunity to chase birds 16-18 hours a day there. My friend also had the luxury to take them on guided hunts where right around 2,000 birds were shot over them (Ruffas 1500 & Barrett 500 or so).
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/231 ... 36.jpg?v=0">
Some people criticized us for having pups out and in the wild so early, however, having three months of free access to unlimited amounts of birds on 1200+ acres is hard to pass up.
Look forward to getting more great information from here,
Darren
As my user name suggests my name is Darren, I am 21 and new to the gun dog world; however I have some great guidance and help from my friend and his family who have been training GSP's, GWP's and retrievers for 30+ years.
I stumbled upon the forum researching gun dogs about ten months ago and have browsed occasionally.
My GWP, Barrett, is 8 months old and is already proving to be a great dog. He had the opportunity to leave my side for a month and go with his brother (Ruffas, left in picture below, Barret on the right) to Dorchester Shooting Preserve in Georgia and learn a couple things. The two pups have had the opportunity to chase birds 16-18 hours a day there. My friend also had the luxury to take them on guided hunts where right around 2,000 birds were shot over them (Ruffas 1500 & Barrett 500 or so).
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/231 ... 36.jpg?v=0">
Some people criticized us for having pups out and in the wild so early, however, having three months of free access to unlimited amounts of birds on 1200+ acres is hard to pass up.
Look forward to getting more great information from here,
Darren
