Northwoods Bird Dogs

08/29/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/elegant-quotes-about-dogs/

August 26, 2025 Elegant quotes about dogs A startling piece was published in The New York Times on August 20, 2025. Recently released research concluded that only 16% of Americans daily read for pleasure. Reporter Maggie Astor wrote that “the study defined reading broadly, encompassing books, maga...

07/21/2025

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July 18, 2025 Fare well, sweet puppies At six weeks of age, the nine puppies out of Northwoods Stardust by Cold Creed Hank still sleep in a pile. Of the chores Jerry and I do around the kennel, some are fun and some are not so fun. In the latter category are the daily hosing of the kennel runs (Jerr...

07/05/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/spring-cover-dog-field-trial-results/

06/16/2025

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June 16, 2025 Bird dogs in boats Caddie (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023) and Brian Smith, her owner. What’s a bird dog to do when the hunting season has long passed and any spring work is also over? Caddie (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023), on left, and Lacey (CH E...

06/02/2025

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May 30, 2025 Northwoods Cedar named Runner-Up Champion at the 2025 Invitational CH/2X RU-CH Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2019), on right, poses with handler Eric Saetre at the 2025 Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational. Cedar was named Runner Up Cha...

04/30/2025

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April 17, 2025 American Woodock (Scolopax minor) © Ruffed Grouse Society / American Woodcock Society On a cold, cloudy day in late March, Jerry and I took our one-year-old female setter Dilly (CH Woodville’s Yukon Cornelius x Northwoods Redbreast, 2024) to a nice woodcock spot of young aspen and ...

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 Vixen, 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...