Thread: 57th time lucky

I think I'm in a safe position to say that my dog dilemma is over, but not without drama yet again.
I was talking to a GSP breeder after the last stuff up and she had just mated her bitch so I went down on the list for that. In addition one of her boys had gone over another breeders bitch and those pups were due start of December. My partner and I only wanted a girl but out of two litters the odds are pretty good!
On Monday got an email from the lady to say that her bitch hadn't successfully got in pup which cancelled out her litter but the other litter had just been born and there were 11 pups! Hells yeh! I thought,

the catch

10 were male and they were keeping the female! haha

So out of two potential litters there was nothing for me. This was a bit disheartening as it's been a shit time lately without anymore rough luck. None the less I knew of a couple of others to try, called the first fella and said he'll be breeding in March with pups ready to go in May. Which is a pain because I've been trying to get something for a while and was hoping to have a dog to take in the bush next rut.
Any rate thought "well may as well call this one last bloke" sure enough they had a litter that was 5 weeks old from his dog over another blokes bitch but all pups had been sold. However, one bloke that day had pulled out on his pup which coincidentally was a female. I had a good chat about the pedigree and hunting lineage of them and I was set. "The only catch though is that they're out whoop" he said, "here we go" I thought but when he mentioned the town it was one only about 40 mins away from me! I guess most people he gets are from the city which is a few hours away.

Called the bloke who had the pups, organised to visit last night after work, drove down and loved her! Was a great bloke who was full of advice. He was openly very apprehensive about parting with her as he said she was the pick for him and after the bloke pulled out he seriously considered keeping her until his other half put the foot down. I have her on an unlimited register as he's really keen for me to breed her one day so he can get a pup from her; at this stage I dunno about that but good to know that he thinks highly of her. so the money is down and she's officially mine now finally. Picking her up boxing day. Touch wood she doesn't get bitten by a snake in the meantime!

Reckon I'll call her Ellie





The Future Deer Slayer!

Awesome mate, sounds like she was meant to be

Farkin Cracker

She looks like an Ellie!

Well done.

Cheers

Dino

Cool, worth waiting for the right one

Congrats on the new addition.

Awesome looking dog. Hope all goes well

You must be wrapped BH!! All that fluffing around and you have finally got your girl.
Good luck with the training and keep us updated with progress

Cheers guys, I'm very happy...knew the right dog was there somewhere just had to be patient and wait for it to all fall in to place.

Originally Posted by Dino

She looks like an Ellie!

+1
Neat looking pup

Beauty pup, looks like a great future ahead for you both. Look forward to seeing her progress

Fantastic Jack. Phillipgr will be as green as a sea sick monkey over that

How time flies.

After 10 years of great companionship from the best mate and hunting partner you could ever ask for we laid Ellie to rest this week. Toughed out the last 12 months with cancer but she was getting to the point where she was no longer the same dog.

One hell of a dog, utterly irreplaceable and a huge hole left in the heart of our family.

Very hard to have them go it seems such a short time with us

Awww, can't like that news. So sorry to hear your mate has gone. Is that her in your avatar picture with the ear muffs on? Would be great to see the full size version. I've always had a chuckle at that when I've seen your posts!

Originally Posted by Steelisreal

Awww, can't like that news. So sorry to hear your mate has gone. Is that her in your avatar picture with the ear muffs on? Would be great to see the full size version. I've always had a chuckle at that when I've seen your posts!

Yeah that was her as a pup, the original photo is long gone but she's chewing a bone with the ear muffs.

I was renting that place with my girlfriend back then. Now I'm married to her with 3 kids and a mortgage. Moo (that's what we called Ellie) got a front row seat to all the big changes in our life through that 10 years.