Where too from here?

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08-08-2014, 10:22 AM
Ruff

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Where too from here?

The bitch at the front is "Grace" Bracken's daughter (Brick's Granddaughter) Brick is the paternal Grandfather, the maternal Grandfather is "Hamish of Ballyblack", Brick's half brother and one of the highest winning dogs in NZ Live Game history! She has a double up on the "boogie" gene! The Dog at the back is "Elvis" Brick's son and almost a dead ringer for him and he goes as hard and fast in cover as his Dad did. These two are my next BIG hope... bred to Brick as close as we can without going silly, and with potential for the next decade to come to still be dominated by the progeny of "Brick of Ballyblack". I have high hopes for the results of this mating.
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08-08-2014, 03:49 PM
stingray

A new chapter :cool: I have followed the Life of Brick for a long time and was saddend to hear of his passing. What has become of Cheyene.
08-08-2014, 06:42 PM
Ruff

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A new chapter :cool: I have followed the Life of Brick for a long time and was saddend to hear of his passing. What has become of Cheyenne.

I sold Cheyenne. She is now known as "Jane" and hunts several days a week with her new owner and is making him very happy. Awesome kind little dog, maybe just a bit too nice for me... she is good every aspect, but I struggled to see X-Factor. I am used to X-factor and have hopes for one of the ones from this litter... Cheyenne is perfect for her new owner.

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09-08-2014, 02:04 PM
gsp follower

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Originally Posted by Ruff

I sold Cheyenne. She is now known as "Jane" and hunts several days a week with her new owner and is making him very happy. Awesome kind little dog, maybe just a bit too nice for me... she is good every aspect, but I struggled to see X-Factor. I am used to X-factor and have hopes for one of the ones from this litter... Cheyenne is perfect for her new owner.

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you are hard to please ruff
but to have top trial dogs in any endeavor i know you have to be
what did you consider the x factor she didnt have
10-08-2014, 09:26 AM
Ruff

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you are hard to please ruff
but to have top trial dogs in any endeavor i know you have to be
what did you consider the x factor she didnt have

She didn't lack anything at all and part of the decision was she was so suited in temperament to the guy who bought her. I got her to breed with Brick, but she was late having her first heat and by the time she did Brick was too old. The Gun in question had liked her so much as a pup he had a pup ordered from her when Brick did the job. Two years later and no pups he approached me to find a dog for him. I thought long and hard about it on the way home from the shoot that night. I found her very easy to work, almost too easy, there lacked a challenge in it for me. She just never puts a foot wrong but she still has plenty of drive. I knew I couldn't find a better suited dog for the guy than her and I knew he could afford her. I only gave her one Novice Field Trial and she placed after having a really nice find, flush and retrieve on a bunny but failed in the runoff after being adversely affected (as were several dogs that day) by the stinging nettles abundant on the grounds.

I think in all reality I am suffering now from 14 years of walking behind Brick a dog Bob Whitehead rates as the best Springer he has seen and going forward, while we have the blood to breed back to him(and obviously have by the results of the progeny we are on the right track) I am waiting for this next litter where I will keep a dog and hopefully get something closer to the style of the old boy.

My mate Daniel Layne is running this Bitch and she is a real little female version of the old boy. My next litter will be very similar to this and I will keep a dog, I seem to relate better to the Dogs than ther Bitches. Springer bitches are just so bloody kind and I think I need something with a "bit of mongrel" in it... a bit like me. :cool: This is "Missy" at Eight Months.
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10-08-2014, 03:59 PM
el borracho

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Attachment 27953shoulda got me to handle her , when ever i look in the mirror i say "geez boy you got the x x x facta"
10-08-2014, 04:33 PM
Ruff

I doubt anyone has "facta"!!!! :P
10-08-2014, 05:24 PM
EeeBees

Ruff wrote...

failed in the runoff after being adversely affected (as were several dogs that day) by the stinging nettles abundant on the grounds.

The stuff can kill dogs...what the blazes...
10-08-2014, 05:26 PM
EeeBees

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Pretty little dog...
10-08-2014, 06:55 PM
Ruff

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Ruff wrote...

failed in the runoff after being adversely affected (as were several dogs that day) by the stinging nettles abundant on the grounds.

The stuff can kill dogs...what the blazes...

Nah, you're thinking of OngaOnga, this was a milder version. Still pisses them off though and a human antihistimine will usually bring them right, but in this case, not in time to win!;)
10-08-2014, 06:56 PM
Ruff

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Pretty little dog...

You mean the one in El Baraccho's post?
10-08-2014, 07:09 PM
EeeBees

No!!!! Missy:D I think the other one is probably a bitch:D:D
10-08-2014, 07:12 PM
Ruff

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No!!!! Missy:D I think the other one is probably a bitch:D:D

:thumbsup:
10-08-2014, 07:24 PM
ONYVA

were you at Spa park NI cross country a couple of weeks back with these dogs, if you were I spoke to you and said I liked your dogs.
10-08-2014, 07:26 PM
Ruff

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were you at Spa park NI cross country a couple of weeks back with these dogs, if you were I spoke to you and said I liked your dogs.

No. Sorry!
10-08-2014, 07:26 PM
Ruff

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were you at Spa park NI cross country a couple of weeks back with these dogs, if you were I spoke to you and said I liked your dogs.

OH heck, do you mean me or the BITCH El Baraccho posted?
10-08-2014, 07:30 PM
ONYVA

sorry, you and your dogs.
10-08-2014, 09:39 PM
Ruff

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sorry, you and your dogs.

No, not me.
12-08-2014, 10:25 PM
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I think in all reality I am suffering now from 14 years of walking behind Brick a dog Bob Whitehead rates as the best Springer he has seen and going forward, while we have the blood to breed back to him(and obviously have by the results of the progeny we are on the right track) I am waiting for this next litter where I will keep a dog and hopefully get something closer to the style of the old boy.

i havent had that with gundogs but have had at least one or two working dogs that i struggled to get the like of again ruff as any thing close was usually wanting in comparison.
i guess she,s handy to you so breeding wont be a problem ??
i thought for a while you were describing a ''regret dog'' but your obviously well dogged up not to regret passing her on
31-08-2014, 10:31 PM
Hales Smut

Good luck Ruff. Keep us informed what the result is. I am in the same position. I wait/hope that my Glynvilla Griffin bitch comes in heat to keep back a few pups to keep that line going.
About bitches. Just as with humans, not all females are easy. I have always had bad luck with dogs and succes with bitches. Some of them were not easy at all.