Grande Ronde Retrievers

We had a great opening day! We tried 2 spots on Ladd Marsh where we thought the birds would be, then found a third spot with a food plot and water nearby. That is where the birds wanted to be. Dusty and Quill both had great points and retrieves. I love watching the dogs natural instincts combined with some training bring it all together.

A big part of hunting with dogs is just the experience. They inspire you to visit beautiful places!

This why I love pointing labs. We had a combo pheasant/duck jump hunt yesterday and a conventional duck decoy hunt today. Dusty found two ducks that others had wounded. Quill found the shot pheasant in a sea of cattails. Both dogs retrieved ducks in both cattails and in the water. I would have never found 5 of the birds we brought home without them. The versatility of these dogs and their genetics kicking in ceases to amaze me.

Happy 4th of July!

Dusty got another chance to retrieve a couple of birds today. Not the banner day I was hoping for but it was still good to be out enjoying NE Oregon.