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Old Friends Putting On Some Miles
Roger and I go back 23 years. One day, a year or so ago, our companies did a joint venture. This got Roger and I talking again about dogs. Roger had been a Weimaraner guy. One of the first people I...
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Trees and Vizslas
It has been said that Vizslas have paws like cats. Well they sure do love trees. These pictures are of Bailey and Chloe climbing trees. Squirrels run up these things and frustrate the dogs often....
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Hard working Red Bird Dog looking for work
"It says here on your resume Mr. Bailey's Wildest Dream, that you will run for hours in an attempt to fulfill the goals set for you on any given day and that you will work for only food and lodging."...
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A Perfect Water Retrieve
First pheasant hunt of the season was this morning. Perfect weather. 55 degrees at 7:30 when Hastings Island opens the fields to hunters. This is Bailey and my fourth season. We are comfortable in...
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Three Ways an Artist Cooks Pheasant
https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A35GH8MqGuJWfAThe above attached thirty photo set shows how an artist prepares pheasant. (Tap on above link to open)Maria is a friend who had never cooked a pheasant...
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Vizslas Along The San Francisco Bay
Point Pinole Regional Park 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.October 9, 2014 Sometimes I just let the pictures speak for themselves. Ramon was good enough to join us on our 6-mile hike.
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Hidden Treasure - Salt Lake City - Neff's Canyon
Neff's Canyon. http://alltrails.com/trail/us/utah/park-city-ut is a hikers wonderland in the fall. Erie and Seeker stand next to me at the entrance to the trailhead. I was lucky enough to have to be...
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Bird Dog Kentucky Whiskey
A classic 1973 Heritage china hunter and hunting dog decanter Ezra Brooks liquor bottle #185, A Hungarian Pointer and pheasant flushed picture framed, and a pint of Bird Dog Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey....
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Fall Hill Hike with Vizslas after the First Rain
Eight miles along the trails of Briones Regional Park this morning. The trails were a bit muddy from the rain that had come through the area yesterday. The air was crisp.Happy Camper - Life is...
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Great Fall Hill Hike - Morgan Territory
Morgan Territory Regional Park is a great get away from it all. Up here the dogs and I can get away from all signs of civilization. For two hours we enjoyed both the ridges and the valleys of...
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There one Minute and Gone the Next
A few years ago I posted "Faith-based training" on this blog. How when you hike in thick fog your dogs are there one minute and gone into the white blanketed distance another.This morning, we once...
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Ducks Back on the Pond
Finally the waters have returned to our ponds in the hills. The ducks enjoy the fresh water and so do Bailey and Chloe.Bailey and Chloe love a good swim. Nothing more fun than swimming after ducks....
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All The Money in The World...................
"All the money in the world can't buy this peace and simple happiness with two friends of man." - Ramon Garcia, Jr. Picture taken in the middle of Briones Regional Park at the top of Mount Mott 1/3/15....
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No Trail up this Mountain
In my annual sabbatical into the Arizona desert around Quartzsite Bailey and Chloe join me for eight days living "off the grid".Mountains behind the motor home to the right is Quartzsite Hill, and to...
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Hangin' with the big dogs
At the top of Mount MottMax, a seven-month-old Golden Retriever, with his front paws on the park bench in Briones Regional Park. This shot was taken an hour into our hike. Max is a very sweet and...
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OutFox head gear 2015
Diane, the creator and manufacturing company that makes the "Outfox" field guard, dropped off her new proto-type for me to test. So early this morning, my granddaughters and dogs headed up to the...
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So Mean
Planted (placed chukar - a smallish game bird) birds in the field for mostly young Vizslas in the Northern California Vizsla Club "Fun Field Days" event last Saturday morning.One of the pups found a...
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Vizsla in the year 1435
Look to the little red dog lower left. Seems to even be on point.The Journey of the MagiArtist: Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) (Italian, Siena or Cortona ca. 1400–1450 Siena)Date: ca. 1433–35Medium:...
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History of the Vizsla from Hungarian Viewpoint
About the Hungarian Vizsla The Hungarian vizsla is one of the ancient breeds of Hungarian dogs. It developed independently of all the other vizsla breeds, and its origin likely dates back to the...
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Historical Vizsla Document
http://www.katavizs.com/historical_document.htmThe above is the link to the rest of the document AND a link to the original Hungarian letter.This document is the most important document of the modern...
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