Secret Weapon...

[Fishinfool]

A friend of mine called Thursday morning, and asked if I wanted go out and look for shed whitetail antlers. I suggested we wait until the snow melted a little more, but he said he was bringing a "secret weapon". It turned out to be a friend of his with a dog trained to search for sheds.

We found one spike shed, the dog did considerably better... It was fun to watch "Luger" work.

Larry

 

[CajunBass]

Well, whadda ya know.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Ill be.
He's having too much fun.

 

[chaparrito]

Cool. What kinda dog izzat anyhow?

 

[Alpo]

A fuzzy one?

 

[islamoradamark]

dat bezz a dog that can find some sheds

 

[Fishinfool]

Cool. What kinda dog izzat anyhow?

The owner went into great detail about how its an uncommon German bred all around hunting dog, with several working titles, but I'll be darned if I can remember the breeds name. Strange looking dog, but well trained. He must have ran 15 miles for the 2 or so miles we walked. He also pointed a pheasant, and located an occupied coon den in a tree while we were out.

EDIT - He is a "Drahthaar".

Larry

 

[rog8732]

In that first picture close-up of the dog, he could pass as the identical twin of Jack Nicholson as a werewolf in a movie called "Wolf", or "Wolfman" ???

I spect our member Patrick Grashorn of stag grip fame would love to have that dog for finding sheds.

 

[schgsd]

"Some consider the "Drahthaar" to be a different type of dog than the German wirehaired pointer. While the breeds are genetically indistinguishable, "drahts" have to meet rigorous hunt and show tests before being eligible for breeding."

Nicely done. There are few things more rewarding in this life than to be part of a working team with a canine.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

"Some consider the "Drahthaar" to be a different type of dog than the German wirehaired pointer. While the breeds are genetically indistinguishable, "drahts" have to meet rigorous hunt and show tests before being eligible for breeding."

Don't know how we'd enforce it, but this sounds like a good way to improve performance in our own species.

 

[schgsd]

Don't know how we'd enforce it, but this sounds like a good way to improve performance in our own species.

My experience is with German Shepherds. In Germany in order to register a purebred GSD one must have met a number of qualifications, all designed to preserve the qualities of the breed. Here in the States, Rin Tin Tin was the worst thing that ever happened to the breed. Everyone had to have one, and where do you think all that breeds health problems have originated from?

I suspect it's a similar situation over there with Drahthaars.

 

[DWFAN]

Looks a lot like an Irish Wolf Hound. Irish Wolfhound - American Kennel Club

 

[rwsmith]

Wow....

All purpose dog.