Training the Ultimate Bird Dog
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Book Description
In order to be a registered "Llewellin", a Setter must be directly descended from 6 particular "pillars", or foundation dogs, that resulted from the breeding kennels of two nineteenth century Englishmen, Purcell Llewellin and Edward Laverack.
Llewellin bloodlines include Bondhu, Bomber, Gladstone, Tony O, Royacelle and Blizzard. Combinations of these lines have produced some of the finest grouse, pheasant and quail dogs ever. They are excellent for National Shoot To Retrieve and National Challenge competitions.
About the Author
1947 was the year I fell in love with a dog! And what a dog she was, White, Lemon, and ticked Lemon, 40 pounds of loving female who wanted to do my bidding with every fiber in her being. Taffy was her name and Llewellin her strain, and we cleaned out a corner of Virginia of Grouse, Quail and Woodcock. By 1963 I had bought my second dog, (Dean's Dixie Belle, Dashing Count Bondhu/ Golden Arrow) from Mr. Ira Grice of Sardis, Ms. After training ( I'm not sure who trained whom) I bred her to "Blizzards Sundance" and that was the beginning of 56 years of breeding and training Llewellin Setters.
In those early days we gave dogs away to confirmed Quail hunters and other small breeders, and occasionally were able to sell a dog. I found that crossing the blood lines of Bondhu, Gladstone and Blizzard, made outstanding dogs that were a pleasure to own and hunt over. Excellent loving dispositions, intelligent, birdy, natural retrievers, brave and devoted to the gun. Medium sized dogs that had tremendous stamina in any kind of weather, we still breed for these same characteristics today. Many now breed very large, high strung, big running dogs today, and I suppose if you only hunt Chucker in the mountains of the west that would make sense. But large dogs that fill up the dog box are hard to haul, and hard to handle as a house dog. I have trained all kinds of dogs over the years and the methods used with German dogs or Labs, or Pointers just won't work with a Llewellin. There is no hound blood in the Llewellin, and they just will not take the kind of abusive handling that makes that kind of dog. The more personal attention and love you give your Llewellin, the more it will give all of it's talent to you. In over 50 years of breeding and training, we have loved every dog that's come through our kennel.
Training the Ultimate Bird Dog,Deane Harris,Bookman Publishing,1594530696,Animals / Pets,Dogs - General,Hunting - General,Pets
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