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June
25th,
2005
Pheasant Shoot
 Jesse
at 8 weeks 1st Time Rabbit hunting. |
Jesse at 6mths, 1st Pheasant Shoot. |
June
6th and 20th, 2004 Pheasant Shoots
Where is Craig and Lily? No wonder they are
always late. Its hard to get a good nights sleep when you sleep on the
Floor! |
Tom Rempel's Other GSP Cane, waits his turn to burn
up the field.
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Deuce, Brewer and Sadie patiently waiting on the chain
gang. |
Brewer Patiently waits for Mitch to return from
Bird Planting.
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Mike Rennie and Hiedi cooling down in the middle of their
pheasant run.
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Ken Wight, Stephane Lacasse and Sadie walk back to
the Event Tent after working the field.
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Glen Mulhall and Bob Donogh, MPDA Veterans, talking about
the good old days. |
Glen Mulhall, Grand Master bird planter, and his pupils. |
Good Olde Fun in the beginning
of May, 2004
 Brewer
and Uma playing at the May 16th, 2004 pigeon shoot. |
 Brewer
in Grass at the May 16th, 2004 pigeon shoot. |
 Brewer
retrieving a Pigeon. |
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 Lili
Koshyk with Sante Colonnello, Don Gabrowski, and Steve Sante |
 Sante
with his Irish Setter Ameila on point! Who says Irish can't point? |
 Fausto
Man's the Launcher at a casual weekend get together. |
 Fausto
Shooting clays with friend Colin Stone manning the launcher. Ken Wight
gets ready to act as backup in case Fausto misses...consequently I couldn't
miss that day. If only I had this kind of luck all the time! |
 Dana,
webmaster's wife, takes aim as Ken coaches her. Patches is steady to
flush, even with all the commotion. |
 Blair,
Ron Marykuca's 12 month old GSP, on an intense point. Photo by Craig
Koshyk. |
 Ameila
working the field, like a thorough bred in the home stretch. |
 Griffon
Handler awaits his turn at the Bismarck NAVHDA NA test Craig and Lili
attended. |
 NAVHDA
Judges evaluate a NA participant at Bismarck NA Test. All judges must
have a consensus for score awarded in each area of evaluation of a dog.
All participants are evaluated against a set standard and not compared
against other participants. |
April 25th, 2004 "Spring
has Sprung!" fun shoot
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Morning meeting with field
coordinator Ken Wight, Brian Bunkowsky, and the rest of the MPDA crew. |
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Cars and canines...waiting for
their chance to run in the field. |
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Mitch Drives truck on field as we
go out and plant birds for the next brace. |
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Ron and Fausto in the back of
Mitch's truck planting birds. |
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Brian Bunkowsky, a new member and
his certified pointing lab "Pump". |
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Pump hits bird sent and hits the
breaks hard! |
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Pump on Point again. |
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Pump with a nice retrieve.
Notice how he waits for Brian to say "Give/Out". |
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Nicky and Dell, "The Drahthaar
Duo", on point as Erich approaches planted bird. |
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Nicky is torn. Do I eat the
bird or give it to Erich? |
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Dell backs Nicky on another point.
Where's Erich when you need him? We know Herb's got the camera! |
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Close up of Nicky on point. |
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Dell on an Intense point! |
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Sadie calmly waits her turn in the
field. |
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Patches anxious to hit the field.
Did someone say I am next? |
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Sadie and Patches hit the field
hard and fast. Fausto Chepil walks out into the field with them. |
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Sadie with an intense point. |
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Sadie Points planted bird in
launcher. |
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Patches backs Sadie, 100yds away.
Now that's a back! |
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Sadie Retrieves the bird promptly. |
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A head snapping point! Sadie
Backs, as Fausto approaches to flush. |
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The Bird is flushed. Patches
and Sadie stay steady to flush. |
RRV NAVHDA Fun Shoot at
Thompson's Hunting Preserve Barnsville, MN - April 17, 2004
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Some of the Red River Valley NAVHDA members with Ken
Wight watch Fausto Chepil and Patches work the field.
RRV members from left to right: Doug Nowatski, Dan Philips,
and Eric Ketterer.
A special Thanks to Dan Philips for his hospitality and billeting
the MPDA members who attended the NAVDHA Fun Shoot. |
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Sadie, Ken Wight's bitch locks up on a chukar. |
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Ken Approaches Sadie to place a check cord on her, in
order to keep her from breaking after the flush (Steadiness Work). |
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Rear View of Sadie's point. Notice her
intensity! Ken with check cord mucked up my photo! |
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Erich Mantler, Ken's gunner approaches Sadie to flush
the bird. |
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Erich Flushes the chukar and shoots. Fortunately
he finds his mark before the bird get over the large pond. |
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Ken releases Sadie from the check cord and sends her
into make the retrieve. Chukar firmly planted in Sadie's grip
she promptly returns to Ken. |
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Sadie on point again, this time in some tall cover. |
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Handler Error 101! I prematurely whoa'd Patches while
she was trying to hold a bird on the move! Patches waited
patiently as I chased the Chukar and flushed the bird. By the
day's end Patches was Steady to Flush, Wing, Shot and Fall! Now
we just need to work on her creeping! |
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Ken Wight, Doug Nowatski, Eric Ketterer, and Dan
Philips walk with Erich Mantler as Nicky works the field ahead
of them. |
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Erich Teases Nicky with Chukar that he retrieved and
was reluctant to give. |
Training at Ron Marykuca's Warehouse
Ken and Sadie #1 |
On our first Saturday "training session", Ken has begun force fetching with
Sadie. Notice little "Force" is actually required. |
Ken and Sadie #2
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Sadie now holds the dummy because she has been asked to do it, not because she
wants to hold it. |
Craig and Uma |
Craig whoas Uma, a nine month old "Epagneul de Pont Audemer".
Uma is one of 350 dogs remaining of this versatile breed that originates
from the Normandy region of France. |
Craig, Ron and Ron's bitch Blair |
Craig, an experienced handler, assists Ron and Blair
with the Whoa command. |
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