Tonester I agree with you 100% about the Irishwhistler !MNTonester wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:17 pmMy thoughts exactly! Nice progression with the pup and really makes me miss Irishwhistler (Mike).mnaj_springer wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:06 pmThis thread is incredibly fun to scroll through!
Congrats on the fantastic pup!
I started to and probably got a half dozen and the little guy said no more. I thought of incorporating help and decided it just wasn't worth it . I didn't want to traumatize him. Right now we have a great relationship Axe & I and I want to keep it that way. A visit to our vet took care of the remainders. I plan on live trapping a porcupine and see how Axe react's . He was about 50 yrds ahead of me on a tote road and I did not see the initial encounter. When I heard him barking I knew something was up as he has never barked in the woods for no reason . I called Axe and saw him backing up to look at me while keeping his eyes trained on the hillside as if to say - check this thing out - No problem telling Axe to leave it and follow me -Thank goodness !
Hopefully we don't meet a skunk but they are around. I remember my last shorthair Max caught one by the business end once. It was a young one all by itself and woods had been smell'n of skunk just prior to Max catching it so the smell though bad was not to the aweful levelMNTonester wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:32 pmOscar has yet to have a run in with a porkie, but he sure loves tangling with skunks
All I can add is - It's not easy doing what we love ..... It really is amazing how fast they grow and thank's for following along. The only draw back to them growing fast is we to are growing fast. I wish I had my "young legs" for Axe . Not that he minds as he is happy to be with me no matter what we may be doing. He is a super little dog ! His first trip out this season he pointed 3 grouse & 2 w/c . Only out for a couple hrs. By NY standards that's pretty good. If you have ever watched cadyshack the scene in which the man was playing the game of his life in a lightning storm and how happy he was ~ That was me
He's quite a character ! I wish I was better at telling his story as well as with photo's. I guess what I am trying to say is I'm just Ole man Chris and he's just Axe and we do our part to harrass the local dwindling grouse population. Nothing better then hiking from the house and heading home at days end to see smoke coming out of the chimney. Take off the cold weather gear when you enter , pup smiles , shakes off and gives you the that was awesome look and curls by the woodstove.
