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It looks like we will be getting a new addition to the ranch family, he's 4 wks old & we are driving to Nebraska to pick him up June 5th. We decided to call him "Cooper". My other three GSP's are getting older (8,11,16) so it is time to add some younger blood to the hunting crew! Hope to have occasional "action" updates on him. Here's a pic sent to me from the breeder at 4 wks old!  | ||
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Good lookin' little feller. Hope to see some more of him as he grows. Bob So many guns, so little time | |||
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Only thing I can't see that I'd like to is a beard and a little bit of a rough coat.  | |||
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Lets see some fresh pictures of this handsome boy. Guessing from his feet, he has a ways to grow. DW | |||
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Hope you have great luck with him. I *LOVE* a GSP....my BEST friend (gone since 1975) was one. | |||
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Hi guys, Yes, Cooper is growing slowly. Like most puppies he needs a lot of attention! dwheels: luckily through years of careful selection & breeding they were able to get rid of the undesirable traits (i.e. beard, rough coat, , stubbornness, poor hunting drive, ...) that unfortunately plague lesser breeds (GWH, Draathar, Griffon's,...)  He's just turned 10 weeks old, loves tormenting my other 3 GSP's (8,11 & 16 yr). Hopefully this pic of him working on his hunting technique comes out. Photobucket has changed their format?  So far he's a keeper! Jim | |||
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here's the pic I meant to send of him working on his hunting technique!  | |||
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With those back legs, he looks like a jackrabbit cross!  \ 465H&H | |||
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Aren't we about due an update here? So many guns, so little time | |||
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Great dogs we have some here for professional partrige hunting never got tired very strong dogs ,i love them and your puppie is real handsome . www.huntinginargentina.com.ar FULL PROFESSIONAL MEMBER OF IPHA INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL HUNTERS ASOCIATION . DSC PROFESSIONAL MEMBER DRSS--SCI NRA IDPA IPSC-FAT -argentine shooting federation cred number2- | |||
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Sorry for the late reply, I have been out of the country hunting (Scotland & Tanzania), so haven't had time to reply. Also poor planning on my part as I haven't had as much time to work Cooper. He seems to be coming along well, great nose, not afraid of the shotgun & seems to run well (downwind of good cover, 40 yds out,...). Here's a pic of him at 5 months old working in the river, he can swim now!  He's just turned 6 months old & we got his first wild bird today, a Hungarian Partridge! It was pretty windy, I made a lucky shot on a fast, going away bird. Broke its wing & it went down. Cooper hurried over to where he landed & ended up tracking him for about 30 more yards & got him. Made a nice retrieve.  When he dropped it at my feet, it took off running & he had to go get it again! The second time he brought it right to hand. Great day & a great start for Cooper!  | |||
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Beautiful dog. You are lucky and will have many great days afield together. I miss my GS who was with me for 12 good years but died some years back. I have so many wonderful memories of times with that dog and cherish them all. Good luck and good hunting ! | |||
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Until he's bigger, you can call him Mini Cooper. | |||
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Brice, that's what my wife has been calling him  | |||
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Wow, Cooper looks so much like my Maddie that passed away a few years ago, with the big brown saddle on the rump, all-brown head, and flecking. I miss her :-( | |||
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I love my German Shorthairs. Trained and hunted with them for years and they never once let me down. Beautiful dog you have there. | |||
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Another big day for Cooper! He got stuck on the wrong side of the river so had to swim across to me (50-60 ft)! He got sprayed by a skunk, so will get a shower tonight! He got his first wild pheasant, a young rooster & made a nice retrieve.  | |||
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Another good day for Cooper, we got 4 nice roosters. One landed in the deep part of the river (6' deep), he swam out to it, tried to grab it but didn't retrieve it, I had to wade in about 300' downstream where it was shallower & grab it. Maybe I'm asking a lot out of a 6 month old pup? Overall, he did great, otherwise made nice retrieves & held pretty nice points. Seems to be making nice progress.  | |||
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Pretty dog for sure! Handmade paracord rifle slings: paracordcraftsbypatricia@gmail.com | |||
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Looks like you have a winner there. | |||
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Looks like he's doing very well indeed. Thats a hell of a nice shotgun also. DW | |||
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You need to introduce force fetch training. | |||
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Cooper is lookin' good. He got lucky and got a good home. That goes a long way toward making a good dog. Thanks for sharing him with us. Rob So many guns, so little time | |||
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Been having a great fall, spent most of last week getting a nice bull elk on our ranch for my buddy John. Packed it out on horses, always lots of fun, but have been neglecting Cooper a bit. So I decided to take him out today & we got a big wild rooster (& he made a very nice retrieve!)  dwheels: The gun is a 20 gauge Lang, underlever with 30" damascus barrels, circa 1890. | |||
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You insensitive sucker! I have two e Setter's, love them dearly but they don't come close to my old shorthair's. Then I fell into a Red Setter pup and he is super! Figure I have enough time in this life for one more pup, after me e Setter's are gone, getting Stormy was really hard on them. Anyway I'm pretty much convinced the last one will be another Red Setter and some insensitive sucker like you come's along and post's a photo of a shorthair pup. It is appearing to me that the last pup will have to be pup's, one of each! | |||
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Great looking dog. At only 8 months, I'd say he is doing extremely well. Congratulations. | |||
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What a great profile. It shows a classic GSP nose profile. I like the solid color of his head and I bet he doesn't shed as much as my Drahty does. You should be proud of him. He still looks like he has a little growing to do, to catch up with his feet. | |||
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Well, it's been almost two months & Cooper is doing well. We've been hunting wild Hungarian Partridges (Dec-mid Jan), but now the season is closed & are left with release pheasants. The two ranches we hunt have enough wild pheasant to make us work hard. He's actually hunting quite hard, retrieving nicely & only occasionally chases a rabbit! He wasn't too fond of Christmas.  | |||
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Are you shooting B&P shell out of those Damascus double barrel? | |||
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Norseman, No, in the photo with the B&P shells, that is a 12 g H&H Royal Sidelock with normal fluid steel barrels. In the 20 g Lang underlever with damascus barrels, I do shoot reduced load, RST shotshells. Jim | |||
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Your dog doesn't look right, it looks naked without a beard! Proud owner of 2 Deutsch Drahthaar's. Cabela's is discontinuing there B&P shell's with the "Gordon System" in Oregon and they are closed out at $5.88 a box and I bought 20 boxes which will be perfect dove shooting and quail hunting. I wonder if it closed out nation wide? | |||
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Cooper has grown into a wonderful dog, Jungleboy. Thanks for posting all the photos of him -- and of your lovely shotguns. Norseman: "Gordon system"? There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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It's supposed to be reduced recoil but it is not. However, it patterned very nicely and totally dusted those clays. Maybe Springfield/Eugene Cabela's might have some left over. All 20 gauge are gone in Tualatin. | |||
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Back in the winter of '70 duck hunting I found a grown female GSP running loose, lost, no collar. No one around the park knew anything. I took her in and home. Cold SOB of a winter, -30 and 2' of snow. At home on the ranch with the folks and chickens etc. I guess she got in trouble. I left for the Army just a couple weeks later. Everything turned out wonderful for her. One of Dad's friends raised GSP's and welcomed having her for nothing but, the feed bill. He bred and raised a number of litters from her. I never saw her again after I'd left, regretfully. At least she had a great loving home and was appreciated. The friend and all his dogs etc are many years gone now. I have no real regrets. Still wonder at times who she belonged to. She was totally afraid of even seeing a gun so maybe she was shot at and ran off, or shot over way too close maybe. She was ruined for hunting for anything I heard. Cooper is a beauty, thanks for sharing with us. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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Well, Cooper is now a year old! Went by quickly, he has turned out to be a great buddy. Now that bird season is over, he has to tag along with us whether we're hiking, shed hunting or riding the horses. Still loves to chase rabbits & has unbelievable energy & stamina. Hope to be able to make many more years of updates on this little fella.  | |||
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He's lookin' good. Thanks for sharing him with us. So many guns, so little time | |||
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Cooper went on his first motorcycle ride last week! He thought it was pretty fun (I think?)  | |||
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. What a wonderful post, a great looking dog, awesome shotguns and fine wingshooting tales! Please keep it going! Cooper reminds me a bit of a bitch that we had Purdey ( everyone has to have a Purdey right!) Half GSP and half English Pointer. A great bitch that had a magnificent nose. When she was young she looked a bit like Cooper. Only picture I have to hand is this one  Keep the post rolling and wish you both many many happy hunting years together ! Charlie Ps I hope you don't mind me posting a pic of another dog on your thread. . "Up the ladders and down the snakes!" | |||
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Well, Cooper is now 17 months old & doing well. He was pretty much a ranch dog over the Spring & Summer (riding around on a 4 wheeler or truck while I irrigated, moved cattle, put up hay,...). However, Sept is here & we have been out twice already, went to the mountains with a good buddy & his Griffon for Blue Grouse & got three. Two days later we went to the plains of Southern Montana & limited out (3) on Sharptail Grouse. Cooper seems to remember his job & has done well so far, hopefully many more over the next 6 months!  | |||
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