Opening day for duck hunting

Yesterday, opening day for duck hunting, Josh took to the marshes

with his Dad and grandfather. This time he had his own license and gun. He

shot two ducks and Doindogs Abbie retrieved them!! The pictures tell how

happy Josh was!!

 

 

Wilson on opening day

Here is Wilson on opening day. He is a 5 month old son of Ch. Doindogs Chelsea Marie. The yellow female is a daughter of Doindogs Mike and a granddaughter of Doindogs Jet

Gary

Gunny's first Merganser retrieve

Hi Don,

 

I promise I will stop sending you photos of gunny after this one! This is his first merganser retrieve in fast water..This was part of a double that he handled very well..

 

Regards

 

Rod

This is a Pat/Storm pup, born 28 Jul 11 now owned by a great fellow in Newfoundland!

Kadnook update

Good morning Don

 

We received your newspaper article on Monday regarding L.L. Bean Freeport.

Certainly brought back memories of our visit there with yourself.

We do not have anything like that here in Australia.

 

All is going along OK here. Jill had another treatment last Monday, all her bloods were stable and the readings were OK.

 

We have had some very wet weather recently. This winter has been our wettest for 21 years, and two weeks ago we had our windiest week for 47 years with winds up to 146 kph, YES I have had more than enough of the wind. We lost the big silver gum in front of the dog shed, luckily it fell straight across the gate out into the next door neighbours paddock, a small part of the concrete flooring was the only other part damaged other than the gate, I’m still cleaning up the tree after cutting it up into firewood. We lost the tree that you helped me cut up a branch from while you were here – a branch off one of the trees near the dog yard gate – and one of the bottle brush bushes at the front also blown over – and a large blue gum on the neighbours property was blown down near where the other one came down last year. So there is an abundance of firewood around. The local Shire Councils are still cleaning up all the fallen trees along the roads.

 

As a result of the wind we were without electricity for 3 days, the portable generator did a super job keeping us powered up, freezers working etc., we did miss the hot water though.

 

John Stott and ‘Millie’ are on the Championship Retrieving Trial circuit. Millie finished 3^rd in the South Australian C’ship 2 weeks ago, then 2^nd in the Western Australian C’ship last weekend, and the National starts on Friday – there are 3 Kadnooks entered in the National this year being conducted in Western Australia.

 

Hope this finds you both fit and well.

 

Regards

Wayne.

 

KADNOOK LABRADORS

www.kadnook.com

Jil is doing great

Mets lots of people and have had her in many an interesting woods and water.  Not swimming yet, but goes in up to her belly.  She's 75% coming to the whistle, has chased down and retrieved live Quail (Sorry I couldn't get on film, but didn't come together..soon maybe)Starting to get Heel and Stay..always hungry and lots of fun!!

 

Cheers,

Peter

Pucks litter-mates

Here is a link to a facility in Australia that now has Puck’s mother and three of his litter-mates. I visited them, and couldn’t have been more impressed with them. Kadnook has been very involved in guide dogs for the blind, including the failed attempt to breed a good dog by crossing a lab with a poodle.

http://www.righteouspups.org.au/AboutUs.aspx

Don

Keough and Key (Fatal Porcupine Encounter)

Below is the account of Keough's unfortunate encounter.  We sill miss him.  The new pup Key is wonderful...very attentive and already responds to his name and some basic commands.  We sense that he will respond well to training.  He seems a bit slow on the bathroom training ...but that will come.    Fatal Porcupine Encounter

 

On Friday August 24^th we were entertaining company on our back deck and our (barely) one year old black Labrador, Keough had joined us and was getting acquainted with our guests.  We live in the country and our house is surrounded on all sides by forest and streams.  Wildlife is quite common around our house and we  regularly observe animals nearby.   It was late evening and dark when Keough decided to go down the steps of the deck.  He was only out of sight for a few moments  and returned whimpering;  full of porcupine quills.   Quills were embedded in his nose, chin, face, chest and abdomen.  We immediately brought Keough into the house and began removing the quills using needle nose pliars.  The dog was very cooperative at the start and seemed to sense that we were trying to help him.  We removed at least 150 quills but as his initial shock wore off and the pain began to intensify, he became increasingly agitated and we decided to call emergency veterinary services.  We were able to bring him in for treatment immediately.  The vet sedated Keough and removed more quills.  While sedated and he was carefully examined, it was determined that some quills had penetrated deeper into his chest area.  Several quills were surgically removed from his chest. After approximately 2 hours at the Veterinary Clinic he was sewn up and we took him home.

 

Keough seemed to sleep okay that night and appeared to be himself the next morning.  However, as the day wore on, he became less and less mobile, would stand motionless and would not eat.  Saturday night was rough for Keough as he did not seem to be able to get comfortable by lying down, and consequently, he did not sleep.  We attributed this to the tenderness of the surgical wound. Sunday was much the same; he would not eat and could not lie down.  We did manage to get him to drink some water.  He was very tired and was falling asleep on his feet.   After lunch we decided to take him back into the vet.  Chest x-rays were performed and if was determined that some quills had penetrated the lung wall and his lungs were filling with fluid.  The vet consulted with a specialist in PEI, who recommended that Keough be put down as the likelihood of further surgery saving him was not good.   The specialist indicated that Keough would likely not make it to PEI for the procedure.  It was a very sad day to lose our great friend and companion at such a young age.  We still miss him very much.

 

The following day we called Don at Doindogs to inform him of the unfortunate news and tell him what a great dog Keough was.  As our luck should have it, we were able to obtain a new 8 week old black male pup the very same day. We named him “Key”.

We have learned from this experience and are beginning to control the porcupines on our property. Additionally, we will not be allowing the dog in the yard off-leash after dark given that porcupines seem to be more nocturnal as opposed to coming around during the day.  Although the recall command would not have saved Keough as we did not see the encounter developing, perfecting recall may very well prevent similar encounters and we plan to diligently instill this command with our new pup.

 

Regards;

Denis

Gunny's First duck retrieve

Hi Don

 

We got Gunny’s first duck retrieve under our belt! He picked up this Teal hen like an old pro..The bird flushed from a gully and fell in thick cover on the opposite side..Gunny had to cross the gully, exit on the other side to find the bird and cross the water again for the return. Not an easy retrieve for a young dog but he handle it perfectly!

 

Best Regards

 

Rod

Thank you

Hello Don,

 

My Mini Poodle and I have recently begun Utility training. Over the past few years I’ve often found myself checking your site for the informative articles and CKC Obedience Rules, so I thought I’d send a note to thank you for maintaining such a useful site.

 

Donna

Hugo

Hi Don,

 

Joanna here. Thought will drop a quick line to tell how Hugo’s doing. We couldn’t be happier with him. He’s adjusting well to our family, loves to chase Jack around J. He almost doesn’t cry at night. We let him out around 12 am for last pee and he holds it till 6 in the morning. Hasn’t gotten into any trouble yet but we keep a close eye on him, otherwise he’s in his crate. Down to half a bag of food, so will probably stop by sometime this week to pick up more if that’s ok. Will call first.

Thanks for everything,

 

Joanna

 

Playing at the beach

This is a Jill/Storm pup, born 27th. June, will be 10 weeks Wednesday!

jil (pic)

Hey Don,

 

Jil is doing great, this is a pic from a stroll we went on this morning.

Also met up with Gary Faloom, nice guy and very passionate about Labs. Will

most likely do some running and socializing with his group. He sent me a

bunch more info also. Hope all is well!

 

Peter

 

 

Cooper Boy

Hello Don

 

I hope this email finds you in good health. Thought I would sent you a couple of pictures of Cooper Boy. He is doing excellant, weights about 53 lbs now.Has real good muscle tone due to all the swimming he does at the trailer. This is the first lab I have had that likes water and its kind of neat!  I have had him to a couple of private training lessons with Kelly Wilson of "Nothing but rewards" and she was great. We go back in September to regular classes for the next session. Cooper is very smart and it does not take him long to learn.

 

There are a couple pictures of Cooper with his santa hat on. We do xmas at the trailer each year in July and Cooper was a reindeer this year.

 

Take care and we'll talk again soon

 

Patrick

 

Doindogs Chelsea Marie with her 2012 litter

Pictures of Trooper

We have certainly been enjoying Trooper's company as she has found her place in our little family. Attached are a few pictures of Trooper. Feel free to share them on your site.

 

Pearl getting acquainted

Hey Don,

 

Here are a few pictures of pearl getting acquainted with our property and

the beach last eve when we got home.

 

I'll continue to send pictures and keep you guys up to date.

 

Thank you again for everything

 

Cheers

Chris

 

Dogs out today for some exercise

Hi Don,

I took the dogs out today for some exercise. I took a couple of videos of them. I was by myself, so just a couple of simple retrieves.

Evan

6 great iPhotos (PEI)

Back to our favourite vacation spot in PEI. What a week for everyone! Great weather, lots of swimming, swimming, beach fun, and morning jogs! WHAT A LIFE!

 

Hope all is well!

 

Tara and family

 

Tucker update

Hi Don,

Tucker and I have been making some good progress in these last few weeks. He’s really starting to show some maturity. He seems more interested in Retrieving every week. I am keeping my sessions short and ending them while he’s still excited about retrieving. I think the book is right in saying that a lot of dogs are trained too fast and are expected to progress onto difficult tasks before they have the maturity to do so. More time should be taken at the beginning of the Dog’s life to teach obedience rather than to retrieve.

Some things that I have noticed this year in particular is his ability to swim in the marsh and the use of his nose. It’s one thing if a dog can swim out in open water and perform a retrieve but it’s a different ball game in the weeds and mud. Tucker plows right through it like no other and loves every minute of it! He uses his nose very well too, it’s fun to watch him work on live quail. You can actually see him using the wind to his advantage to find the bird, very impressive! I’m really excited to see what he can do this year come fall.

I don’t know Peter but it sounds like he has trained retrievers before. It would be interesting to get his perspective on things as I am the only one I know with a working retriever haha.

I have attached a few pictures of tucker. You will notice one picture of Tucker showing off his soft mouth by holding an egg in it!

Take care,

Andrew

Updated Obedience Rules

 

Updated Obedience Rules now available: 

http://www.doindogs.com/Obedience_trial_rules

Bailley saying hello

Bailey still needs a few elocution lessons
mind you! :-)

Noah Video

Hi Don

Here is Noah's video's from today. 

Vanessa

Pictures of Tacho (Storm and Bella litter)

Hi Don,

 

I can’t believe it but this might be the first time that I actually send you pictures of Tacho! We just got a new puppy – a German Shepherd – and couldn’t be more impressed and pleased with Tacho’s maturity. He was such an easy puppy, a joy to train, and now he’s turning into the best big brother I could imagine. We’ve had countless compliments on his stunning good looks and his calm temperament. We couldn’t be happier to have a Storm/Bella pup. I’ve attached a few pictures for you. He’s almost 1.5 years old now.

 

Hope to see you soon.

 

Regards,

Danielle

 

Brie's boat ride

Hi Don,

I made a little movie of Brie.. the only thing I couldn't do was remove our voices from it.... don't no if you want to post it to your site..

It's up to you.... Brie was doing more bumper training today at east bay sand bar and we drew an audience.... The people wanted to know where she came from and how old she was... Shining Star she was and she will continue to be.....


Paula

Justin and Brie

Hi Don,

Justin and Brie had another awesome boat ride on Sunday... Justin is getting more comfortable with her moving around in the boat now...
There was an eagle perched in a tree along the lake and as we approach the eagle it spread it's wings and let out a screach...
Brie wasn't really sure of it at first so she hid under my legs...lol... By the time we finished our boat ride we seen 6 eagles and had one
tired puppy.....Take care.......


Paula.....