Last two dogs I've had have been German short haired pointers and I've been very impressed with the breed, I trained one to find shed antlers and the other is just a family pet. My little girl is dog crazy and turns 5 soon so I bought her a beautiful liver roan pup out of some great stock in western Kentucky. He delivered him today and the kids are ecstatic

Congrats!

good lookin pup there RM trapper. I love them shorthairs. I lost my old boy last September and didn't know what do with myself this past bird season, I didn't know how long it would take to get another one but then in mid December I was reading a book called The Rufus Chronicles by CW Gusewelle about his dog Rufus and well... the rest is history. my new pup is at boot camp now,AKA the trainer lol.best wishes to you and your pup.

Super nice looking pup. I have had shorthairs my whole life (all 31 years of it lol). They are great dogs. I hunt mine, but as long as they have a job and are in an active family, they are great. Shed hunting sounds like a good job for a shorthair. Keep us posted on your pup. What's the little fella's name?

The kids named him "diesel" , I do a lot of shed hunting and having a dog makes it a lot more fun, they are definitely a high energy dog. If we had birds now I'd be grouse hunting them but they are all but scarce here

Great looking pup.

Thanks Matt, maybe I can teach him to find morels. Lol

Diesel is a good name for a shorthair. No bobwhites in your neck of the woods?

New pups tug at the heart. A cutie for sure!

No Idaho we don't have any bobwhite around here, but middle Tennessee has them but their number a aren't good, in the mountains I live in my family hunted grouse but they are really struggling. When I waa growing up dwee hunting you would always hear them drumming. Now it's a rare thing to see one

I said we don't have any bobwhite but we do have a few but they are as scarce as the grouse now, I'm not in a great area for bird hunting

Dang that's too bad. I know a lot of the south has struggles with bobwhite populations. Figured Kentucky might not be in that category. I'm assuming it's from habitat loss? Sorry if I'm hijacking your post with bird questions. You have a real nice puppy there.

Nice pup. Mine would trail anything I put it on. Hated bears tho, and would look back every 10 steps and give me " the look" so I wouldn't forget it. He never broke on me, terrific dogs.
If you start him swimming young, he'll break ice for ducks and goose retrieves. Mine put some good labs and cheesies to shame. Would never quit a retrieve.
You have my envy.

Osky

Nice dog

Thanks guys, nothing like a good dog. The kids have been playing with him all evening and had to make them go to bed. These dogs are really high energy but they are also great with kids and very loyal

Beautiful looking pup . I never had a house dog until three years ago .Now I have 2 . The older one has shown some promise to be a shed hunter and is slowly learning to be a bird hunter also .And the 4 month pup has all the traits to be a great dog if I can channel all of her energy kids and dogs are perfect together .Learning responsibility by taking care of a dog is a great way to start them on the way to adulthood .

Beautiful Pup!

W side I agree about teaching the kids responsibility. My little girl does really good to be only 5, and the boys are pretty good too. Surprisingly the pup did really good for first night in the crate, only had to let him out once at 3 this morning to pee

Nice pup

nice - great dogs