Thread: Meet Gus the Murray River Retriever

I had posted a picture of him before in the photo thread, but I feel a dog this good looking deserves his own page




Did a little write up of him here. Thoughts?

Never saw one on the Murray myself. Are they Australian?

He's very cool

can i have 1

Beautiful pooch mate, grew up with one as a kid "curly". They're great dogs, many years of happy hunting and good times together I'm sure.

Good write up too, I have seem them used on deer as well but the majority of the time it's been birds.

All the best mate

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Nice poodle 😆

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Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Beautiful pooch mate, grew up with one as a kid "curly". They're great dogs, many years of happy hunting and good times together I'm sure.

Good write up too, I have seem them used on deer as well but the majority of the time it's been birds.

All the best mate

Cheers Jack, my flatmate had one when I lived in Vic, at the time I hated it because it was more versatile than my flash Harry versatile breed would take that dog out on ducks one day, sambar the next, saw it stop a pig once and was a dream to live with. Here I am ten years later with a dog from the same line as my old flatmates!

I liked the idea of a smaller breed for deer and duck, with a decent coat for warmth, in a darker colour so they don't stick out in the bush or in the maimai. I'd been looking hard at other retriever breeds but they are a bit of a minefield in terms of health and ability. No puffing and panting like some other retriever breeds too, and a fantastic trainable temperament. My mind kept going back to that curly, so I thought why not?

looks like what I imagined the result would be if I ever had a wire jump one of the cockers...

There's certainly a lot of spaniel traits going by his looks. But in terms of temperament he is definitely more retriever than spaniel

He better have stopped chewing on my shoes...

Yep. Just finished the last one!

F-cking terrier....

I can't have your sparkly gold nike brothel creepers around here anyway. I've been getting funny looks

They are good for sprinting when the pimps are chasing you...

Number 3 for Gus, taken a few weeks ago just before his first birthday. Hoping for a spiker, but only hinds out with young fawns at foot so this one got it. Easy carry