Gun Dog Magazine is the best magazine for hunting enthusiasts who are owners of retrieving breeds. Each issue is guaranteed to be filled with useful information devoted to you, your dog and the sport of upland bird and waterfowl hunters.
WITH THIS ISSUE we welcome Tom Dokken as our newest GUN DOG contributor;Tom is taking over the “Retrieve” column following the departure of Chad Mason. As Chad explained in his farewell column last issue, a recent move to a larger city and a diminishing enthusiasm for writing about gun dogs and bird hunting indicated it was time to pass the baton, and we thank him for both his candor and his many years of outstanding service to the magazine. Although this issue marks Tom’s inaugural effort as a regular GUN DOG columnist, he is already well known to most of you as a trainer, seminar leader, author and the developer and marketer of the popular DeadFowl series of retrieving dummies. He’s been featured in a number of articles by Tony…
TYLER DENSFORD IS a retired U.S. Air Force veteran from Mississippi who just received a service dog named Able from non-profit Retrieving Freedom, Inc (RFI). RFI trains service dogs for disabled veterans and children with autism, as well as diabetic alert dogs. I had the great fortune to hunt with Able and Tyler, who became a paraplegic and is remanded to a wheelchair after falling 50 feet from a Black-hawk helicopter during a training exercise in 2016. Before the accident, Tyler had plans to become a pilot, which he still hopes to do. He has not let this disability dictate his life. “Rather than wilting away in bed, I decided to take this crappy situation and run with it,” Tyler said. Katey McClenny | Via email FIRST RETRIEVE This is…
1 KEEP’EM SAFE Gunner Kennels makes bomb-proof dog crates built to last, and the latest addition to GKs’ lineup is the G1 Medium, which is perfect for dogs weighing up to 45 pounds. This five-star-crash-rated kennel comes with a lifetime warranty and is made in the U.S. Double rotomolded walls provide two layers of protection, and the Paddle-Latch door keeps canines secure. $430 gunnerkennels.com 2 LADY KILLERS Syren builds shotguns for the female form, and the L4S Sporting was made with a Monte Carlo comb for a woman’s high cheek bone, plus a shorter length of pull (13¾”) for better fit. The 12-gauge gas-operated auto-loader—available in righty or lefty—is just under seven pounds with a slender forend for smaller hands. Five Exis HP extended chokes are included with the multipurpose…
This is DIESEL sleeping on a gun after a hard day of hunting pheasants at the Black River Fish and Game Club in Clinton, New Jersey. — Roy and Phyllis Billich, Clinton, NJ Good day in the field with our three well trained versatile hunting dogs: REMI, a Braque Francais; VINNY, a Bracco Italiano; and GUNTHER, a Large Munsterlander. —Lance Olson, Kettle River, MN This is our 7-year-old Brittany, PAIGE, on opening day of pheasant season. Paige is fearless with lots of heart and loves to hunt pheasants and chuckars. — Ron and Sharon Vail, Moro, OR This is RUGER, an almost 2-year-old shed-hunting Lab. We took him dove hunting once and he retrieved the lone dove we shot. He loves the dog park and retrieving sticks from the water.…
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IT ISN’T JUST Americans that are overweight, it’s our dogs. Sure, we’ve all seen fat Labs, but English pointers and setters? Aren’t they supposed to be the wiry endurance athletes of the bird dog world? Dogs, like people, have widely varying metabolisms. I’ve owned a springer spaniel and several Brittanys as well as a half dozen English pointers and English setters, and while the spaniels tend to pack on the pounds far easier than the pointers and setters, they’ll all get fat if you let them. Notice I said, “if you let them.” Barring some kind of health issue, if they pork out, it’s your fault, not theirs. When my dogs have become a little too chunky for my taste—and they have on rare occasions—it was my fault, not theirs.…
