You have to eat what you kill. That’s the rule. So while I was out washing Tooey (who had rolled in something muskily smelly out in the hunting field), Russ cooked up a wonderful Asian-flavored, pheasant soup. Appropriate, since ringneck pheasants were originally introduced from China into Oregon in the 19th century, their first appearance [...]
Archive for December, 2011
If you’re gonna hunt pheasants…
Posted in hunting / hunt training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, pheasant hunting, pheasant soup recipe, ringneck pheasants in Oregon on December 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If you’re gonna hunt pheasants in the rain…
Posted in friendship, hunting / hunt training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged Big K Ranch, hunting with Boykin Spaniels, hunting with Irish Water Spaniels, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS, pheasant hunting, Umpqua Valley, upland game bird hunting on December 28, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I hate pouring-down rain. If I have to be outside, or even if I choose to be outside, pouring-down rain is my least favorite weather. That, and frozen rain. Grick. So, guess what kind of weather we typically get in December in western Oregon? You got it. Pouring-down rain. But this winter, we’ve been beguiled. [...]
My dog ate Your home work!
Posted in life with dog, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged dog chewed homework, dog chewed thumb drive, Irish Water Spaniel, IWS, my dog ate my homework on December 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I have always wanted to say that, and now I can. I teach a variety digital arts at the Art Institute of Portland, and I take in home work assignments on a variety of digital mediums. I normally download student assignments onto my laptop or portable hard drives — but occasionally I will accept a [...]
Irish Corn Dog
Posted in hunting / hunt training, life with dog, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged duck hunting, hunting with dogs, hunting with Irish Water Spaniels, Sauvie Island duck hunting on December 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
One of the things that a hunt test doesn’t really test, is the patience of a dog to sit in a cold damp duck blind for hours, while nothing happens. Cooper was spending this cold December day indoors at an obedience match, but Tooey was willing to do a long “sit-stay” – outdoors. And sit [...]
Birthday ducks
Posted in dog training, hunting / hunt training, life with dog, Realta Rosario Cooper, Stanegate Second Thoughts, tagged dog picking up ducks, hunt training, Irish Water Spaniels, IWS on December 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Tooey, my sweet Tooey-Too, turned 3 years old yesterday. She got a bath, and a bone, and a Beginner Novice run at an Obedience match. She also got a chance to do some field training today. With Tooey, I’m just working with her as time allows, not really stressing it. She has one pass at [...]
