A Hunting Vest .........For Your Bird Dog? Do You Use One??

 

 

That's The Question! We want to know what you think of bird dog vests. 

Do you have one?  If so, what kind? Why do you use one with your bird dog?  Does it work well and hold up for more than a season? Tell us anything you'd like about your experience.

(Enquiring minds want to know!) hee hee

MORE With Ginger - Day 8 - Adequan - Wonderful Progress

 

Photo's of Ginger Provided by ArtOC 

Ginger is really doing much better.  She is up early and very active.  She stays up and sits with us and is very engaged with what is going on.  After breakfast and dinner she wants to go out 3 or 4 times and she walks around checking things out.  She is more engaged with life again.  I carry her down the steps but she come in on her own.  When we are at work she is on her own and she has had no problems managing the steps but I know that's where the problem is going to come when it happens so I try and limit the times she has to go down on her own.  I enclosed a photo I took this AM.  She is sitting on her favorite blanket in front of the windows.  She is wide awake and enjoying herself.  After I took the photo she rolled over on her back and started wiggling around the rug like she used to do when she was young and having a good time. 

WWF Earth Hour 2010 - Lights Out Party!

This isn't a post about bird dogs, but it is an important one about the mountains and woods and streams we stomp around in.

In a Press Release on January 19, 2010, the World Wildlife Fund announced that Earth Hour 2010 will take place on Sat.,  March 27, from 8:30 - 9:30 PST.  Earth Hour is an opportunity for everyone and anyone in the whole world, to voice their concern for the environment by turning off their lights for one hour.....hence the name"Earth Hour".


The 2010 Earth Hour is expected to be the biggest call of action on our climate, in history! Among some who will participate are: Mt. Rushmore, The Empire State Building, The Golden Gate Bridge, the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign, The MGM Mirage and Caesars Palace. And that's just a few in the U.S. . The WWF is hoping that all 50 states will participate. Countries from all around the world will be participating.

Some people are planning pot lucks and parties. Another reason to have a party!

Please join me and my family, and the hundreds of millions of people from around the world in a show of solidarity, to demand climate action now....before it's too late.

If you'd like to see what's it's like when the whole world acts as one, watch the video here. It's Super Cool!  :

 http://www.myearthhour.org/earth-hour-video

I promise to cut off all of my lights for Earth Hour. Who's with me??

Ginger Day - Day 8 - Adequan

From ArtOC:
( I actually received this last night)

Ginger was really good today.  She was waiting for me when I got home.  I carried her outside and she walked around for quite awhile without a problem.  She was out 3 or 4 times and walking all around the house.  She was doing very well indeed.  We are getting another nice snow storm tonight so I brought work home so I can work at home tomorrow.  We're looking at a possible big storm this weekend.  Looks like we are going to get it good this year.  Thought the snow is a pain, especially with the dogs, The time at home that we can spend with them is a nice change of pace.  Looks like omelets for everyone tomorrow!

Ginger -Day 7 - Adequan

Ginger got her third shot of Adequan last night. She's been on it for a week now. Here is the report from Art.

After the injection last night, she was sleeping so sound this morning that I actually thought she died in her sleep.  She was completely limp and I had to really give her a shake to get her to wake up.  When she did get up she seemed pretty comfortable.  I really think the arthritis pain is very much improved.  She still has a lot of weakness in the rear end but she is more active, walks further and has less trouble getting up.  I don't know how much more improvement I'm going to see but I'm really pleased with the results. 

European Gordon Setter Kennels & Breeders

While researching the previous post, I came across this list of European Gordon Setter Breeders. Now I know that's it's not likely that someone will purchase a Gordon from overseas, I am posting this link for anyone who wants to surf some nice sites, not normally available through search. At least I've never seen this list, other than on this website.
Anyway, I was actually very excited to see sooooo many Gordon Setter breeders.  I was pleasantly surprised at how many countries had Gordon Setter breeders. I know the breed is fairly old, but I'm still getting "What kind of dog do you have?" from time to time when we are not in the normal hunting situation. Like at the Vets, even.

I haven't had a chance to look at them all, that would take a while, but you might check it out sometime. I found it really interesting.

Click on the link below, then on the site, scroll down and click on LINKS from the left side column. That will take you to the list.
http://www.saturnii.eu/

MISSING DOG IN POLAND

MISSING !!! (Poland,Kracov City)

Tattoo # K112    Chip # 982061600012173

Neo ( BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL Zambi ) has been missing since December, the 15th 2009.

He must have been snatched while enjoying his everyday walk with his owners.
They had been walking around the same area for several years until the day he disappeared.
We strongly believe he must have been taken overseas, as so far, no single appeal upon many we have spread across the country had brought any results.
Therefore, we would like to urge people across the Europe to keep their eyes and ears open.
His proud and devoted owners are desperate to get him back home soon as possible.
High reward is waiting for person who will help them welcome their beloved Neo back home.

Saturnii Cartoon's Kennel / Anna Przywecka  3530Houthalen, Belgium
email: saturnii.setter@gmail.com
phone: 0032 495 893 457

http://gordonsetter.ning.com/profiles/blogs/missing-polandkracov-city?id=1982392%3ABlogPost%3A71474&page=2#comments

Ginger - Day 6 - Adequan

ArtOC  Reports:

We gave the princess a bath yesterday.  What a chore!   For an old dog she is still pretty tough to handle.  When we were done the two of us were as wet as she was.  Anyway, she looks and feels a lot better and she was doing pretty good this morning.  I'm going to give her the adequan tonight so it has all night to work. 

Karen's Personal Note:

This drug that ArtOC is trying, Adequan, seems to have made a pretty big difference in Ginger's life. Hasn't changed her mind about not wanting baths, but the old girl is going up and down stairs with less difficulty and ArtOC says she gets up in the morning with less of a struggle. If you have an old dog, you know what it means to us as owners of these dogs, to see them moving again without severe pain.  If you have an aging dog, with arthritis, you may want to check with your Vet to see if Adequan is an option for him or her.

Interesting Fact on Age and Dogs

Between new medical breakthroughs, proper nutrition, and the fact that people are taking better care of their dogs,  in the last 80 years, or so, the average dog lifetime has increased from 7 to 12 years. That's quite a jump!


Source: John Hinkle,  ArticlesBase.Com




And GINGER is 15!

Gordon Setters One of Original Breeds in Beginning of AKC

 

Photo's From AKC.COM

Pictured in the AKC "Meet The Breeds".

Gordon Setters were in the first group of dogs to be registered when the American Kennel Club, (AKC), was first formed in 1884. They are in the Sporting Group as a gun dog. 

The Gordon Setter Club, (GSC), was formed 7 years later in 1891.

 For More Information on Gordon Setters or the AKC, link below.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/gordon_setter/