Pic of FC Dixieland's Luke

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

Found this while going through some old paper files,forgot I had it.
Thought some might want to see it as I have never seen any pics of Luke on the net.

[Cajun Casey]

How cool is that? I'm looking at one of my guys right now whose father was a Luke great-grandson and the young dog has those same eyes. I'm surprised to see the color. Luke sure didn't get much in that department from his momma.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

That is actually a post card Bob Merkel gave back in 93 Mr Schuerer owned a Restaraunt in Amanna,Iowa.
Luke was the N0.1 Gun Dog in the country in 1990 handled by Bob Merkel.
That's pretty much where my kennel of dogs started from.

[kbshorthairs]

How cool is that?!?!? That was a great looking dog!

[mrcreole]

Gotta love Luke! My first time seeing a pic of him. If anyone has pics of significant dogs lets get them up.

[Cajun Casey]

http://www.gsp-photos.us/

You will find Luke's parents there. He was the product of a half-sibling breeding and I believe his mother beat his father out of a national title, if I remember the story correctly.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

You can find quite a few of the old dogs on that site but at one time there was more don't know why some dissappered.I have a pic of Bob Merkel & a Luke son FC Dixieland's WallStreet Ruffian some where.Will post it up when I find it.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

Yes Luke was from a half brother & half sister (Rusty) & (Liepchen) breeding through their dam Leigton's Ace Mona.
Cajun Luke must of got his color from Rusty.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

Heres a link to some Rusty dogs along with Sonny's sire & dam.
http://home.inreach.com/ylee/gsp.htm

[Wildweeds]

Pretty funny pic, whistles,orange hat,light jacket and A TIE!!!!!!!! you gotta be kidding me.That ol boy really didn't let his hair down even when it was down.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

The other side of Luke with his trainer/handler Bob Merkel.

[Cajun Casey]

Cool. Thanks for sharing. Don't suppose you've got Quailridge Sundance Rusty anywhere, do you? That would give me all four Rusty sons that are in my pedigrees.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

CC I sure don't but if I run across I will make sure you get it.I'm sure there are alot of old pics out there & people should share them,we like to see these old dogs that have got us where we are today.
Come on guys & ladies don't be stingy.The pink pic of Luke was an add Bob sent to me when I first inquired about breeding to him around 1993.

[Wagonmaster]

Haven't talked to Bob in awhile. My son used to call him the Chocolate Milk Man for his habit of drinking chocolate milk at the trials. Pat Waresk sees him often though. Got to hunt over Luke. We used to go down to IA to hunt quail along the MO border with Bob. Remember Gerald S. better than his dad. When that dog went on point, there was absolutely no question he had birds. We would walk one edge of an IA quarter section and Luke would do the other three for us.

[Vonzeppelinkennels]

I have never seen this pic of Rusty before.

http://westwindgsps.com/zrusty2.jpg