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, that dog was a rescue dog my youngest got as she went off to college. On a visit back home the dog went with me
while hunting Gambel quail a few years back one Nov.. To my surprise she pointed and I flushed out a quail. I knocked it down and the dog went straight to it and brought it back. I was shocked! After my daughter return to college I dashed to the shelter and found that a lady with a papered Portuguese Pointer had an accidental breeding by a Rottweiler. So, she brought all the puppies in.
They were all gone at my visit.
Thus, ensued all manner of enticement from me for my daughter to come home often. Well, I had a good quail season that year.
Then when she returned home for the summer, I worked more with the dog and she became good at retrieving doves. The hitch was she always took the dog back to college with her, being 300 miles away. So, I knew our local college President and began taking him out to lunch. Then suggested he write her a letter to state she could get all her biology classes here at our local college.
He did and She liked the idea and returned home for a year or so. I was in heaven, until advanced classes were needed. But I got to really work with the dog and found her to be quite smart. When she transferred to another college I struck a deal for her and my daughter agreed the dog would be happier living on our farm rather than in an apartment. I've had her since 2014 and really like
the way she works. Not a wide ranging dog. But put her with my German Shorthair and they make a good team. One close the other more wide ranging.
You should see the looks I get when one of my hunting buddies sees that dog point. Then retrieve the bird... DM