Thread: Photos of your dog

A few pics of Cruz - 6.5 years old by William - the top sire at Black Hills Labradors
He is good at flushing Pheasant and Quail on the farm at Athenree - but I don’t shoot them - just try to breed them for the locals - hell, some might fly over to your place Ruff
He was great at indicating fallow when I had a block up the back of Te Puke - he knew every route that we could take through the bush and he would flush deer hiding in rubbish round the farm or orchard
He now spends three days a week with me on predator control killing possums and rats at the Te Puna Quarry Park or at the farm - it has been great to keep both of us fit
He is very strong and seems incredibly intelligent - I don’t know if it is scent or memory - but he can lead me round a line of fifty bait and trap stations over several hours - either at the farm or at the Park without missing a turn in the bush - don’t let Clark try to convince you Chocolate Labs are meat heads - 35 years of Yellow Labs - two were meat heads compared to this one
Any Lab will end up overweight if you feed them too much - Black, Yellow or Chocolate - they may have different constitutions - feed and exercise them accordingly
All puppies look cute - but this is Cruz at six months old -

He can indicate a possum or rat in a trap long before we get there - indicating a nearby possum trap on Tuesday -
A tidal estuary down the end of our street - new houses getting too close so we have banned shooting this year - he just has to watch the ducks -

Sent him up a rock wall at the Quarry on Tuesday to see if there were any rats up there - don’t let people try to convince you that Pedigree Labs cant step over a cow shit

I have lost the urge to kill game birds but now and again - he gets to carry a rabbit - he loves to carry dead possums - we have a game - I chuck them down the bank and he goes down and brings them back - until I get sick of it

Originally Posted by time out

A few pics of Cruz - 6.5 years old by William - the top sire at Black Hills Labradors
He is good at flushing Pheasant and Quail on the farm at Athenree - but I don’t shoot them - just try to breed them for the locals - hell, some might fly over to your place Ruff
He was great at indicating fallow when I had a block up the back of Te Puke - he knew every route that we could take through the bush and he would flush deer hiding in rubbish round the farm or orchard
He now spends three days a week with me on predator control killing possums and rats at the Te Puna Quarry Park or at the farm - it has been great to keep both of us fit
He is very strong and seems incredibly intelligent - I don’t know if it is scent or memory - but he can lead me round a line of fifty bait and trap stations over several hours - either at the farm or at the Park without missing a turn in the bush - don’t let Clark try to convince you Chocolate Labs are meat heads - 35 years of Yellow Labs - two were meat heads compared to this one
Any Lab will end up overweight if you feed them too much - Black, Yellow or Chocolate - they may have different constitutions - feed and exercise them accordingly
All puppies look cute - but this is Cruz at six months old -

He can indicate a possum or rat in a trap long before we get there - indicating a nearby possum trap on Tuesday -
A tidal estuary down the end of our street - new houses getting too close so we have banned shooting this year - he just has to watch the ducks -

Sent him up a rock wall at the Quarry on Tuesday to see if there were any rats up there - don’t let people try to convince you that Pedigree Labs cant step over a cow shit

I have lost the urge to kill game birds but now and again - he gets to carry a rabbit - he loves to carry dead possums - we have a game - I chuck them down the bank and he goes down and brings them back - until I get sick of it

Hi Time out, this is cruz's father doing both his jobs although at 10.5 he is well retired from the show ring but is out hunting when ever possible