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Runnin’ with the RedBirdDogs!
Guest writer Maria's take on Monday late afternoon's adventures in the hills southeast of Walnut Creek. We explored the Walnut Creek Open Spaces of the Diablo Foothills. Maria and husband Scott are...
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"Just a Dog"
by Richard Biby of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Originally published in the February 2006 issue of The Versatile Hunting Dog "From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a dog", or, "that's a...
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Trips Taken for the Love of a Breed
PUPPY EXPRESS--DELIVERING THE DOGSby guest author and dog lover Scott Maze. "We learned a lot in our first year of breeding Transylvanian Hounds, but I confess I never really thought about the...
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Story of a Rescue Vizsla's Last Chance
Taken from the pages of Yahoo Groups: VizslaTalk. This was a story of an urban Vizsla that was on deathrow and rescued from the clutches of death by a very kind couple;Mr. and Mrs. Toadvin. Here is...
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Ground Squirrels Hide from Vizslas
In the hills, ground squirrels are in abundance. Bailey and Chloe love to chase them into their burrows.Once they enter the hole, Chloe and Bailey take great joy in digging after the little rodents.In...
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Bay Area Vizsla Comes together to Say Goodbye
Shelia and Rosie in 2009The Vizsla community lost a wonderful member last month. Twenty-five of us got together for a Memorial Vizsla Walk and eighth birthday of her dear Vizsla, Rosie. Chloe and...
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Early morning hike - Las Trampas
This is just a visual post. Pictures taken at sunrise on the eastern slopes of Las Trampas Wilderness Area just west of Walnut Creek, California on November 23, 2013.
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Vizsla's Obsessive Compulsive Order
Chloe found a log floating in this small pond during our eight- mile hike this morning. The water-soaked log must have weighed at least 15 pounds. Chloe weighs in at 41 pounds.Here she strides...
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Just a Normal Sunday Morning
The sun came up over the Mount Diablo range hills around 7:30 this morning. We were out before it came up and the dogs enjoyed the upper 30 degree weather running the open spaces. We parked at the...
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Late November: Vizslas Loving Morgan Territory
Three hours of trail hiking in Morgan Territory. First part was taken with a four other people and two Vizslas. One was Louie. He is one of Bailey's pups.Louie in front, Risco to the right and...
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Wild Turkey fly in Briones
Looking closely at the above picture, you'll see four full-sized female turkeys in the air joining three that had already landed. They landed on the slope on the other side of the valley we were...
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Why God made a Dog
June 2009 Walnut Creek Open Space I first posted the poem "Why God made Dogs" in June 2009 when Chloe was 18 months old and Bailey was just 12 months old. Now 4 and 1/2 years later, in the same spot,...
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Is Blogging a Excersie in Bragging?
Interesting article about the evolution of the "selfie" into a "braggie" over the last few years:...
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What Happened in the Reeds?
What happened in the reeds this morning? I wish I knew, because Bailey came out a different dog after coming out of the tall reeds with the very live pheasant I had shot (nicked).It was a cool 28...
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A First Vizsla Hunt in the Philippines
Story to follow. Pictures sent from the fields by my friends Ken and Ramon.The three first Vizslas in the Philippines in the fieldKen in the fields of the PhilippinesNice warm December rice paddy...
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Classic Pheasant Hunt
Winter solstice hunt. Shortest day of the year. Bailey running the fields of Hastings Island this cool 27 degree Sunday morning at day break (7:20 a.m.) My long time friend, Grant, joins me behind...
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Best First Aid Tips for Bird Dogs in the Field
An excellent write up by veteran dog handler Bob West posted to Gun Dog Magazine December 17, 2013. Click on title below to open link:Best First Aid Tips for Bird Dogs in the FieldOpening...
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End of Year Hike along Carquinez Straits
Today, December 29th, we took a hike in the hills above the Carquinez Straits on the Martinez side.http://www.ebparks.org/parks/carquinezThe hike started at the staging area on Carquinez Scenic Road...
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From Point to Bird in Hand
Bird's Landing December 30th. Pictures taken by Ryan Faulkner And something to do with those birds: Emeril's Roasted Pheasant Total Time: 3 hr 22 minPrep 35 minCook 2 hr 45 minYield: 6 servings...
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