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My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 02:48 AM
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Nathan Nelson
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I bought Grendel 4 years ago, he was a derby dog. An upland derby is a game in which quail are put out in the field and the dogs are released the first point/flush wins the derby. His first owner ended up having a stroke and that is how I ended up with Grendel. Grendel is a small English Setter, he weights about 31 lbs.
When I got Grendel Bill Oxner came down and hunted with me the first time with Grendel.
I started record keeping about 5 hunts after I had Grendel:
Grendel has hunted/pointed:
Number of Hunts: 171 (some of these are morning and afternoon counted separately) Miles Ran: 2,900 Miles Ave Miles per Hunt: 16.9 Miles/Hunt Quail Shoot: 3,151 Pheasant Shoot: 2,491 Chukar Shoot: 641 Prairie Chicken 19 Woodcock 18
Grendel coughed up blood today and he is at the Vet's office tonight. I hope this was not his last hunt because this little guy has really done some hunting for my organization. Lots of happy Law Enforcement, Military and, Firefighter/EMTs because of Grendel.
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/24/16 02:51 AM
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Catch Dog
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Sure hope everything is ok.
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 03:24 AM
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bobcat1
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Sounds like Grendel is a heck of a dog. How old is he?
Bobby Barnett
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/24/16 04:22 AM
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Nathan Nelson
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He is 8 going to be 9 in about a month.
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/24/16 04:56 AM
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Prayers headed upstairs for the both of you
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/24/16 12:03 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/24/16 02:26 PM
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colt45-90
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keep us posted...has he been on heart worm preventive?
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 05:32 PM
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Nathan Nelson
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He ended up just having some acid reflux. Vet gave me some meds and said to cut his running down for a while. Pretty happy...
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 07:09 PM
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Good news indeed ... I ran setters once upon a time in a Shoot to Retrieve Field Trial and had a blast. Ron
It is TIME for Term Limits, cause Politicians are like childrens diapers and for the same reasons...Robin Williams "These are the times that try men's soul's"...Thomas Paine
"Those who fail to learn from History are doomed to repeat it" ....Santayana
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 07:26 PM
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Setters have the most beautiful gait of all bird dogs. Even if they don't, they look like they know what they are doing.
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 08:21 PM
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MikeC
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The best two bird dogs that I've ever hunted behind were English Setters. Beautiful dogs and poetry in motion when hunting.
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 09:04 PM
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i remember bill posting some pictures of a guy he hunted with with a couple of setters a few years ago. Are you that guy
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 09:58 PM
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He ended up just having some acid reflux. Vet gave me some meds and said to cut his running down for a while. Pretty happy... Now that's awesome! Congrats!
Bobby Barnett
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/24/16 11:36 PM
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I love those small quick, field setters. I sure hope he recovers quickly.
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Re: My Little English Setter
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01/25/16 12:42 AM
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Glad to hear your dog is alright and it sounds like he is the kind all of us would be lucky to hunt behind! I love bird dogs in general but I guess if I could only have one breed, Setters would be my pick. Hope it never comes to that because I love a good bird dog of any breed.
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/25/16 01:00 AM
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He ended up just having some acid reflux. Vet gave me some meds and said to cut his running down for a while. Pretty happy... that's great, I hope acid reflux is different in dogs than humans, my acid reflux turned to esophagus disease which can turn to cancer.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: My Little English Setter
[Re: Nathan Nelson]
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01/25/16 03:28 AM
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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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