Bluebird Catahoulas

12/31/2024

11/22/2024

Love these kids 🫂🥰

08/11/2024

Social outing today 🥰

07/26/2024

Sam Says it's too darn hot 🥵

07/07/2024

Changing things up this weekend since we're spending our weekend at our JW convention out of town and Desert-Rose is really enjoying her time with the kids and I one on one. I keep trying to retire her from SD work but she never forgets her training and her zeal to do the job. Catahoulas really NEED jobs as long as it's fulfilling to the individual and you have a happy dog in the end it's perfect. That's why I love this breed so much... Not many can actually do everything Rose does not many can make good solid bomb proof service dogs but the ones that do and can are irreplaceable! I don't know if I'll ever truly replace her as I seek a new prospect but for now we'll continue to enjoy working together no matter how little we actually get out and go places together like this. But man oh man I hope I can find an excellent prospect before she is forced to fully retire!

06/23/2024

06/14/2024

We have this pattern around here. We're not allowed to find more than three raccoons per night 🤦 first drop Rose and friends dog found two separate individuals at some water. Rose made contact first so everyone went to help her and we lost the second one. Dispatched the caught one. Already down two the first drop now 😅. Dropped them at the second place, not sure what happened but these rusty old dogs completely lost it after Rose spooked it across the canal. ( #3) We should have realized it was over now since we had found three 🤦😅. We ignored history (usually skunk, porcupine badger ect "trash" after the three correct finds) and dropped the dogs again. Only moments passed before we could hear they struck "something" that something being a little badger... Of course 🙄🤦. But I think Rose has a grudge against badgers cause the last one they didn't even pursue. it popped up and attacked them. Rose got a beating from the sucker that incident and she has some ugly battle wounds from the most recent one too. I think she's getting too old for such fun but you couldn't tell her apart from the pups when they are out... In fact she is always the last one that is ready to load after a long night. But boy she struggles for the next few days.

These dogs couldn't possibly be forced to do this. These dogs LIVE and LOVE to work!

We got to work alongside Sam's brother Dean and it's remarkable how much different their styles of hunting are within the litter. That litter is brand new blood to me. Usually my dogs are very catchy (Dean is more catchy) while Sam is pretty much all bay (so far) which is not super helpful in the way we hunt raccoon around here, but I'm hoping it'll make for a better tree dog when we start working up north more. Mostly crop and Hayfield hunting meaning we find and catch them on the ground or in water more frequently then in trees. Occasionally we'll pull them out of culverts and rock piles too.
Being Rose and Sam are the only ones that I have with me, I'm not sure how Sam's raccoon hunting future is going to proceed since Rose has to take a step back. So he'll be more Solo hunting as his career develops. It's hard to think about not hunting behind Rose. I know the day will come when she's completely out and another day when she returns to the earth. And it's gonna make for a very emotional house here.

Gosh. If nobody reads my "blog" that's okay. I'm moreso just journaling with this page since I'm not so active anymore. I still want to capture the memories and moments in chronological order so I am utilizing this page. So until next entry!😅🤷🥰

06/14/2024

Just chilling with her bestie 🥰

04/15/2024

I've never had one like Sam before... He loves toys which is so weird 🤣. But not only does he love toys he loves to share them with everyone 😅🤦 shoving them in people's face lap arm anything to make sure you see his new toy he's so happy with 🤣🥰

04/10/2024

We found a great new place to board (they also offer training) great overnight rates and excellent quality care. My dogs had a blast they came home tired and well mannered which to me is everything because I typically avoid boarding if I can because most places I have found don't enforce good manners and operate more like an animal shelter. These ladies here at Prairie Fauna Kennels in Turtle Lake ND are doing an outstanding job! I can't recommend them enough!!!

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04/10/2024

This is the pupdate Pic my new boarding facility sent me when I was out of town. I think it's safe to say they were having a blast there 🥰

04/10/2024

The timeless Desert-Rose aka Princess chimpanzee aka Ding ding... My whole heart 💗. Love this kid to the moon and back 💞

04/04/2024

Sam loves his new baseball he found in the field 🤣