Northwoods Bird Dogs

04/01/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/living-in-southwestern-georgia-in-winter/

March 29, 2025 Living in southwestern Georgia in winter On a find in the middle of a block, Northwoods Confidante (HOF CH True Confidence x Red Sunshine, 2022), call name Sophie, oozes confidence and style. Photo by Ben McKean. Jerry and I have reached the age when many of our siblings, friends and....

03/15/2025

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February 28, 2025 What if I’d said “WHOA”? Northwoods Eddie Setter (CH/RU-CH Northwoods Sir Gordon x Northwoods Valencia, 2023) The video shows two young setters working wild bobwhite quail in southwestern Georgia. The dog in front that stopped looks, at first, relatively sure. But then he sta...

02/09/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/be-an-advocate-for-your-dog/

February 7, 2025 Be an advocate for your dog Northwoods Rudolph (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023), a.k.a., Rudy, a.k.a., Goober, is recovering from serious abdominal surgery. Jerry and I needed this advice recently as we struggled with a serious injury with Rudy, our big, handsome, t...

01/21/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/fall-2024-field-trial-results/

January 16, 2025 Fall 2024 field trial results Big smiles are easy for a dog’s first championship. Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2018) is the newly crowned champion at the North Country Shooting Dog Championship, held near Eau Claire, Wis. Proud owners are E...

01/12/2025

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December 30, 2024 2024: Hail and Farewell Jeff Hintz and Cooper (HOF CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods V***n, 2015) In a nod to the CBS News “Sunday Morning” feature, Betsy and I want to honor two special people and nine dogs that passed away in 2024. Jeff Hintz (1948 – 2024)Though our mutua...

12/05/2024

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December 4, 2024 Legends of Coverdog: Blue Streak 4X CH/4X RU-CH Blue Streak At the banquet preceding the 82nd running of The Grand National Grouse Championship held in early November in the Eau Claire County Forest near Eau Claire, Wis., our 4X CH/4X RU-CH Blue Streak was named this year’s Legend...

11/14/2024

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November 13, 2024 Montana is for young dogs The posture of Chet (May’s Pond Hank x Northwoods Stardust, 2024) on this staunch point is impressive for a six-month-old puppy. “There comes a time when it is absolutely necessary for the breaker to go afield with his dog and do nothing but let the do...

10/24/2024

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October 23, 2024 The Pointers of Northwoods Bird Dogs Northwoods Comet (HOF CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods V***n, 2018) Even though Jerry and I are primarily known for breeding setters, we also have had a line of pointers for 27 years. It doesn’t have the breadth of our setter breeding progra...

10/16/2024

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October 11, 2024 Autumnal musings from “Peanuts” © Peanuts Worldwide LLC Here are two depictions of autumn as imagined by the brilliant Charles M. Schulz. Only he could have conceived of and drawn Snoopy dancing with a falling leaf. In the second strip, Woodstock reviews various signs and finds...

10/16/2024

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/smoky-gold-and-other-observations-from-aldo-leopold-about-a-grouse-hunters-favorite-time-of-year/

October 2, 2024 “Smoky gold” and other observations from Aldo Leopold about a grouse hunter’s favorite time of year Photo courtesy of Rob Zimmer “There are two kinds of hunting: ordinary hunting, and ruffed-grouse hunting. “There are two places to hunt grouse: ordinary places, and Adams Co...

09/10/2024

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September 4, 2024 Gallery: September 2024 Beginning with their first dog in the late 1990s, Barry and Jill Frieler have owned six setters out of our dogs. On a recent afternoon in their Minnesota home, the current pack found a sunny spot for napping. Clockwise from top: Northwoods Highclass Kate (No...

08/23/2024

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August 9, 2024 Dogs make people better Tally (May’s Pond Hank x Northwoods Stardust, 2024) is at Northwoods Bird Dogs for puppy training and accurately locates a pigeon on her first puppy point. As are many of our clients, Joe Wech and his wife Deb are repeat puppy buyers. This summer, they picked...

08/11/2024

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07/26/2024

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/spring-2024-pointer-puppies-in-early-training/

July 19, 2024 Spring 2024 pointer puppies in early training Sage is a female owned by Joey Paxman and Amanda Allpress from Montana. Sage joins another female pointer and two male setters they have from us. The puppies out of Northwoods Comet by CH Miller’s Upgraded Version are in the early stages ...