A lucky pup

Our dog Sako recently had her second and last litter of pups. The plan was never to keep one as life is hectic enough with three kids under five as it is. I had planned on another couple of years before bringing in a new pup to take the reigns from Sako when she was getting on in age. Despite weeks of argument and sound logic on my behalf it became clear no amount of reasoning was going to win my point. So here he is, the chosen one, Sako’s son Tine..

Kennel training has begun and despite the amount of work ahead I am excited to see the outcomes and rewards that come with it. He’s gonna be a big boy I think!

So cute, and judging by the size of those feet yeah he's gonna be a whopper :)
Great to keep a good line going. I wish I had kept a pup from my old Rottie boy.

when those cute brown eyes look at you.....logic goes out the window.
enjoy the puppy love times.

Hell yeh he has good size feet for a pup, will no doubt fill them and become a big boy. Good luck with the training but it will be worth it in the end.

No matter what the old dogs never look stoked with the new additions to the family..

I am not showing these pictures to my wife. She keeps saying, you know what you need Dave….

Tine continuing to grow. The young pup is coming along nicely. He’s happy and quiet in his kennel, has manners waiting for his food, has manners exiting the kennel, sit (stop) command going well, recall foundation has been set and he couldn’t get enough of chasing around his first duck wing the other day. Starting to get the hang of the do’s and don’ts around the house like not jumping on the kids and chewing things haha. He’s pretty responsive to a growl and works things out pretty quick which is choice. He plays with his mum Sako well although I wish she wasn’t such a sook and would growl him when he starts being to rough on the biting. Long road ahead with a lot more to do as he grows but he’s a happy boy.

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Originally Posted by Flyblown

I am not showing these pictures to my wife. She keeps saying, you know what you need Dave….

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Divorce?

Oh my god he is so cute :)
Sounds like you might have an old soul in a young dog. Seems to listen pretty well from the start and pays attention to what is going on around him. I've only had one of those :)

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Originally Posted by stagstalker

Tine continuing to grow. The young pup is coming along nicely. He’s happy and quiet in his kennel, has manners waiting for his food, has manners exiting the kennel, sit (stop) command going well, recall foundation has been set and he couldn’t get enough of chasing around his first duck wing the other day. Starting to get the hang of the do’s and don’ts around the house like not jumping on the kids and chewing things haha. He’s pretty responsive to a growl and works things out pretty quick which is choice. He plays with his mum Sako well although I wish she wasn’t such a sook and would growl him when he starts being to rough on the biting. Long road ahead with a lot more to do as he grows but he’s a happy boy.

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Such a lovely looking dog reminds me of my yellow lab.

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Originally Posted by Flyblown

I am not showing these pictures to my wife. She keeps saying, you know what you need Dave….

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Give her a pat on the hed and ttell her you aleady have what you need. You'll get either a smack in the ear, or huge points :thumbsup:

Getting bigger. Training going well too despite a good spell away with work recently. Started heel the other day which he picked up super quick and part way into force fetch to get his delivery better on retrieves. Lots of enthusiasm.

grown heaps since your last post....good to hear things are going well.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

grown heaps since your last post....good to hear things are going well.

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Was at the vet yesterday, his mum Sako is 31kg. At 6 1/2 months old he is 25.5kg

Gee he's a good looking dog,are you training your dog's using the blue print? Or do you use another method?
Iv seen sako at work on your YouTube clips and wonder on your training method

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Originally Posted by Bullers243

Gee he's a good looking dog,are you training your dog's using the blue print? Or do you use another method?
Iv seen sako at work on your YouTube clips and wonder on your training method

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Mostly the same general principles as the blueprint but on my own schedule. Focussing a lot more on waterfowl this time to have a more advanced dog on retrieving hopefully. With Sako I focussed a lot more on big game like the blueprint which is pretty easy in comparison I reckon. First time trying to do what i’m doing with him, so learning more and more as I go.

if your arm isnt sore...you arent doing enough retrieving to bore the dog LOL.

Geez in the famous words from Jaws....We're gonna need a bigger bed :)
He's a whopper for 6 month. Glad to hear he's chugging along well

Deer number 5 for the young hound. Starting to get the hang of what it’s all about. Tracked me a stag after the shot a couple weeks ago that would have been damn hard to find without him. Also got onto his first few ducks during the season but we kept it minimal as i’m still busy working his directional and blind retrieve training etc in that department. Into it full time next season.

Tine had his first opening weekend over the last couple of days. I have been really slack with training over the last 6 months but the work we did prior coupled with his keenness and drive did the trick. He did a mountain of work finding many ducks in the long grass and waters edge.

That looks like a lot of work/fun for the 2 of them