Hello All:
Just thought I would brag a bit about my VERY
SMART Moon Boy!!!
As you all know, we bought Hunter to hunt
birds, hence his name. Well we took him on his first real hunt
yesterday, and he did AWESOME!!!! He got 4 pheasants and did like a
pro, out, flush, back retrieve to daddy give and wala a bird dog is
born!!! He has such an instinct and focus when it come to birds.
It is so fascinating. I know some may not agree with the hunting of
birds, but we do NOT hunt for sport, we eat what we hunt or we do not hunt
it. I do not agree to hunting just to kill something, our meat comes
from wild game and that is our main source of meat. I hope that I do
not offend anyone by these brags, but I hope it helps knowing that the
animals are not wasted. The animal is always used to the full extent,
bird wings are used for future training the meat is dinner and the
feathers are used for projects at school.
He has such a
drive to be given direction, his focus is so intensely on us. He
thrives on his training sessions and was so completely high from his hunt
yesterday, you could just see that his brain has grown by his
experience. I recommend training them for something, these dogs are so
smart!!!! They NEED the stimuli of some kind of
training. Even if it is just ball throwing. These are not your
average dog, they are SMART beyond words. It would be such a
waste to throw these dogs in the back yard and not give them their full
potential.
Ok, I have compared our friends yellow lab
several times on the list, same age, but that is it!!! Hunter has
been worked with, not by a professional, but by novices (us). Luke
has not done anything but exist and eat expensive food.
Hunter showed him what a smart dog can do. Luke would not even do
anything. Labs are supposed to be better at all of that, but he
would not touch the bird at all. He has no idea what to
do and really does not care to do anything but run around. Hunter
just sat and waited for the fetch it up command and was thrilled that he was
the only one getting the bird.
A follow up on his wound from surgery: He
is healing really well, he was sewed up so tight under his chin, I don't
think he will ever have a double chin. I wish I had that vet do some
work on me!! He seems to have more energy now, I don't know if that is
related to getting rid of the bump but I am glad he is feeling
good.
We put up the Christmas lights and our reindeer
that move their heads, it has been 4 days now, and he still barks like crazy
at the deer!!! He is afraid but insistent that they leave his front
yard right now!!!! He doesn't understand that they are not real.
We have walked him up to the deer but he still doesn't get it. Quite
the comedy scene!!!!
Excuse my major brag, but we are very very
proud of our boy today!!!
Carol