I hope Scooby Works Like This

I did a little searching on youtube last night and came across this. Very exciting! Scooby will stalk birds in the yard and hopefully he can do it in the field. I've got lots of work ahead of me though. Whatever these dogs were looking for was just recently there. You should check out some of the videos on youtube.





I may be hunting with a video camera one day!





As promised, a recent photo of Bubba!

Recon Done - Nice Gun Cleaning Kit

Note from Trailer Boy..."Trailer recon has been done. Bottom line...it is ugly on the outside, pretty on the inside. Tires and a lot of TLC would take care of it. It was in a lot better shape than the chicken house it was in...."

We'll be looking into the fix up and if financially feasible, try to get it fixed for the trip. Lots of other priorities right now with Soccer Girl leaving next week!

Saw this cool gun cleaning kit in Orvis. I'm thinking of creating one that could work along side of the immortal "Gun Vice". Bass Pro has the plastic toolbox version of this (boooooring). I'm working on a design now. I thought it would be nice to put a mini-vice on the butt end but it may be too barrel heavy. I know a model 12 that will test the design! Got my table saw back from sister #1 last week. The old dog and sister #1 put a new motor on it. The 1952 motor finally burned out and I had an old motor on it that I acquired from someone. It worked great if you were cutting 1/2" balsa wood but wouldn't cut much else. The new motor is great.
JB and I are going to try to shoot some skeet in the next few weeks. That should be fun.

L8R...LP

The Dog Trailer

It was thought that "The Dog Trailer" was crushed by a chicken house (somewhere in Jackson County). The sky is falling is no strange occurrence to these chickens. It appears that we have new information it may have been a different chicken house that collapsed. JB will be going on a Dog Trailer reconnaissance to get the status. It seems unlikely that we would pull the dog trailer for one dog unless storage becomes an issue. Once JB does reconnaissance, we'll determine what we need to repair the the trailer and get it in working order.
JB lost Buck a few weeks ago. He was in pretty poor health and just went outside and laid down. I guess that's the way a bird dog would want to go. It is certainly easier than putting a dog down. It took me a long time to get over putting Duke down.
Scooby had visitors on Saturday night. We had a going away party for Soccer Girl as she heads to UAB in a week to start soccer practice. Division 1 soccer will be a new experience for her but if she can make it through 2 knee surgeries in 13 months and still play at the highest level, I think she'll do well. Scooby is so full of energy. He visited everyone, multiple times and was a bit wild at first but he settled down after a little while. Settled down for Scooby is still kinda wild but he's learning...I have to remind myself, he's still a puppy.
I hope everyone enjoys reading the "dog blog". Please comment and send me any content you want added. I have a new picture of Bubba to add soon.
Have a great day!

Bubba

We may be biting off more than we can chew but Bubba will be with us this fall too! Bubba is the old dog's new dog. He's a full bred weimaraner. The picture is when he was a pup. He's neadly 40 lbs now. I pleaded with the old dog to name him Shaggy (so we'd have Scooby and Shaggy) but he wouldn't budge. What kind of a name is Bubba? "Hey, as soon as you're done putting new tires on the house, un-hook Bubba so we kin leave!" I guess the old dog spent too many years in the south with all of his friends, Willie, Bobo, Barrack, Lenny-Sue and Bama. It just ain't right to name a soon to be field champion "Bubba". Oh well, I tried. Bubba will still be under a year but from what I hear from the old dog, he's gonna be a good one. Hopefully Bubba won't be shot (trained) prior to turning a year old. I suggest a shock collar.

I spent part of my lunch hour back at Bass Pro yesterday. I have determined a few things. First of all, you can buy ANY item of clothing in camouflage. Why would you buy a camo wallet? What if you dropped it in the woods? If your wallet is in your pocket, isn't it already camouflaged? I think a hunting wallet should be blaze orange. Secondly, do you know you can buy skunk scent removing shampoo? I remember bathing one of the dogs in tomato juice and he smelled like a skunk dipped in tomato juice. I'm not going to buy any because if I do, I may have to use it. Finally, there sure are many kinds of shotgun shells. The Old dog is going to give me the 411 on shotgun shells.

L8R...LP

Some Random Thoughts

I got a late start this morning. Scooby was ready to go outside. I bought him a new bed at Bass Pro when I was there the other day. The dog seems to like eating his beds. Eating is not the right word, he likes pulling all of the stuffing out of them. It's just puppy stuff. JP is about to kill him because he also likes to pull up azaleas and play with them. He also chewed the arms on 2 Adirondack chairs and a table...and a deck board...and the trim in the laundry room...and he's eaten a little sheet rock from my never ending basement project. But back to getting a late start. I followed him outside this morning and as he walked off the deck, he went on full point. I told him easy and walked up right behind him, told him OK and he went tearing off across the back yard...never saw what he was pointing. If you look at the bottom of the screen, I have a news link that searches for "Pheasant Hunting" articles. These were a few good ones yesterday.

Here are some useful links for the upcoming campaign:
Nebraska Game and Parks: http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/hunting/hunting.asp
Bass Pro Shops: http://www.basspro.com/

Cabellas: http://www.cabelas.com/
JB sent a link about a good deal on some LL Bean boots: http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?qs=5801412&langId=-1&email_id=515906&categoryId=33170&quantity=1&catalog_id=TA&feat=&productId=452945&jspStoreDir=llbean&attrName_3=23486&attrName_2=23485&attrName_1=23484&catalogId=1&storeId=1&display_id=43753&attrValue_3=Brown%2FCamouflage&attrValue_2=10+1%2F2&attrValue_1=Wide+EE&ddkey=ReturnProductEmail

If this doesn't get you fired up, nothing will!


Be on the lookout for the old dog's new dog! Have a great day!

Planning Planning Planning

Welcome to my blog. For you non-techie folks, it is a place for me to spew my thoughts about the USOPHT 2008 campaign to surround and kill the wiley ring necked pheasant. This will be my first trip back to the land of the corn in over a decade and the first time that a dog of mine will play a part in this fun. Hopefully he will play a good part. Why the name "Will This Dog Hunt"? It's not only about a canine. It's about getting together several old dogs with some new dogs and creating some new stories to tell. I must say that I am excited about the the opportunity to hunt again. I went to Bass Pro and looked at weedless pants and boots and shotgun shells and shock collars...for the old dogs. My hope is that we will all be able to get together this year!

Meet Scooby. He's about 10 months old...just a pup in the picture...he's a full breed Vizsla born in the land of corn. Field champion parents and he's been pointing dove, blue jays, cardinals, leaves and butterflies since he was 4 months old. He almost lost his life last night as I bought a retriever dummy for him, covered it in pheasant scent, and threw it for him to retrieve. Now this dog brings back sticks, limbs, tennis balls...you name it. He took that dummy and went straight into the bushes and wouldn't come out. Needless to say and according to Gun Dog, he received negative reinforcement (aka a thrashing). I had to go inside until he came out of his hiding place after the attitude readjustment. We tried it again with the dummy on a training rope (the retriever dummy, not the Vizsla dummy) . He got back on track and retrieved it several times. Well, that's all for my bloggage today. Check back often and comment!

Son of old dog!