Saturday, August 28, 2010

Meet Cody


Jerry Lewis poses Cody in North Dakota

On Tuesday of this week, I was in Beach, North Dakota at Jerry Lewis' summer training camp to look at some puppies. We put three pups down and walked them through the fields. One of them was consistently ahead of the others and to the front, handled naturally, and found a covey of sharptails, which he flushed and chased a short distance. Then he rolled back and checked the spot again and put up two more birds. "I like this pup," I thought, "he really hunts!" and after a brief once over to check for any physical problems, Jerry and I made a deal and started the paperwork. 

After leaving Jerry's camp, I headed over to see some dogs at the Montana Shooting Dog Championship in Circle, Montana. Jim Michaletz had a horse for me to ride, and I rode six braces on the spectacular course that the Big Sky Field Trial Club has on the Scott Brown Ranch. I met a number of people I knew only by reputation and phone and e-mail exchanges - Jim Michaletz (owner of my new pup's sire, CH Jetsetter), Tom and Shannon Nygard, Austin Turley, Dave Noel, Jim Tande, Doug Ray, Travis Gelhaus, and others. Everyone made me welcome and I am grateful to all there for an excellent time. After the morning braces, I remained in camp and walked the pup in a little field behind the camp. He found, flash pointed, and flushed a bevy of sharptails and, as he did the day before, went back to the spot and found three stragglers, which he also put up. I was impressed with this determination and good sense in a pup just turned five months old.

So this is Cody (CH Jetsetter X RU-CH Johnny's Jewel - and to be registered as Wenaha Code Red). I have the hope that we all experience with a new puppy - at this point all things are possible.

7 comments:

Karen Thomason/Gordon Setter Crossing said...

Beautiful little pup! How exciting, getting a new bird dog! You are so right when you say, "all things are possible". It's all in what you DO with the pup, that makes him a great bird dog. Good luck!

Solon Rhode said...

Congratulations on your second Jetsetter pup C-man. He knows how to hunt, not just get his point to kick iin and your off and running.

Solon

Dale Hernden said...

Give him a big hug for me.

Jon Uhart said...

Awesome, my buddy is hoping to get a pup out of that same litter. I guess there's only two left? I'd be interested in a repeat breeding for sure. Congrats.

Jon Uhart said...

Awesome, my buddy is hoping to get a pup out of that same litter. I guess there's only two left? I'd be interested in a repeat breeding for sure. Congrats.

Peter Houser said...

Well, "Cody" is an old proper name for Coyote, the trickster. I hope your new pup runs like his namesake, but I hope he does not play too many pranks!

Jared Tappero said...

COngratulations Mike. Picked up a little white and black pointer female about a month ago, just coming four months. Hope all goes well on safari. Looking forward to catching up at K-Arrow in November.

Best, Jared