Posted by don gerstner on 8/20/2017, 9:13 pm, in reply to "Re: Well, I'm off!"
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: Don -
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: We have had this discussion before.
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: I do not do prairie or even deep south All
: Age. I respect those that do, but it is not
: something I will ever get involved in. I
: simply do not have the places available to
: me that would allow an all age dog to do
: what it does best. I never will, and that is
: that. So, to focus on all age breeding
: would be a mistake...for me.
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: For the things I do with a bird dog, heavy
: Miller breeding just does not seem to work
: out all that well, so it is actually
: something I avoid.
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: For me, Miller breeding is like A Rambling
: Rebel breeding is to some all age folks.
: You know..."A little is a good thing,
: but a lot may get you into trouble".
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: Hope you find what you are looking for.
: With a bit of luck, we may both find what we
: are each looking for. We shall see how this
: season goes.
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: RayG
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: Ray I also had Reward dogs.I went to Ames
: plantation to see Redemptions Reward run and
: bred an extra nice female to him.Tommy Davis
: was handling him at that time.He was a
: really small but power built dog. About 35
: lbs would be a fair guess.TJack wanted a pup
: out of the litter and flew into Ks and
: picked.He later on leased about 40 thousand
: acres to run dogs on which I was friends
: with the owner.
: The dogs I kept were nice dogs strong fast
: endurance good nose style and good stuff.But
: just not exceptional.These dogs had extra
: work and care on total wild birds only.I did
: not care to use them as stud dogs.
: I was looking for the best and gave up and
: started looking at Miller dogs.After several
: DNA failures on bought pups, I lucked
: out.Millers On Line bred to a well bred
: Millers White Powder b###h prover DNA
: correct.The breeding was right and the pups
: I bought turned out as good as they were
: bred to be.I would love to find a true line
: bred up close Miller bred b###h.
: Don -
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: Rocky's sire is Ch. Erin's War Creek. His
: dam is by Ch. Erin's Braveheart out of a
: dam that was sired by Ch. Elhew Fibber McGee
: out of Caladen's Rock the Rail, who was a
: Blackhawk/Guard Rail bred female.
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: I saw War Creek compete and he impressed the
: heck out of me. a powerful dog that ran to
: the limits...AND handled.
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: In recent searches and inquiries, I had had
: no luck finding prospects out of
: Redemptions' Reward/Evolution breeding so I
: went after War Creek breeding which goes
: back, on the dam's side to old line Gunsmoke
: breeding, which I do like.
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: Not full on all age breeding for sure, and
: not exactly classic shooting dog breeding
: either, but I thought there was plenty of
: mustard in there for what I had in mind.
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: RayG
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: Hey, Ray sounds like you might be on the
: right
: track.How is that young dog bred?
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: Harry -
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: Thanks for taking the time to look. I do
: appreciate it and value your opinion.
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: The Tracys do tend to keep those derbies
: close when they are training. With the
: breeding on many of their dogs, that is
: probably a very good thing.
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: How are your youngsters doing? I hope they
: all will be competitive this year.
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: As far as Rocky goes...I think I'll keep
: him.
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: But I do owe you one. You let me have pick
: of your Lobbyist/Opequon Creek litter about
: 5 years ago and she was very close to being
: SD derby of the year. I don't forget.
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: RayG
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: hey harry -
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: If you get a chance, take a look at my
: derby(Rocky) when you are up at Jeanette's
: place. I would be interested in what you
: think of him.
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: Ray, I think you've got a good one there.
: Lots of class, broke on multiple finds.
: He's running a little short for my taste but
: so are my derbies. Tracys shorten them up
: this time of year, they'll be letting them
: go soon when they're satisfied with them
: around birds. Derbies especially run short
: as they're breaking them and need the
: control. Other than that - if you want to
: sell him....
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