Yesterday was a dark day. My 10 year old lab Tia passed on. God speed baby ill miss you so much. Say hi to sluester for me and save me a spot
Tia started out life as a reject. The guy that left a deposit backed out on her. A trials/hunting breeder in Temecula Steve Nicholson made me a great deal on what would become the best lab i have ever owned. i got her just in case Winda got hurt , little did i know that she would have to take over soon as Winda's body gave up on her.
just over a year old she took over 100% of my bird hunting. Trained from the get go for heavy cover. she was a nothing short of amazing. her ability to go into anything and find birds no matter how heavy the cover. She would routinely go into areas where other pro trained dogs could not find the bird and she would.
Watching her check the wind. Go down down wind from her entry point and zig zag back and fourth till she cut the wind, GAME OVER! you could always tell when she got the scent of the bird because she would start snorting to get more in her nose. DEATH SNORT!!!!!!!
I owe a lot of that to my brother Mike aka Sluester. He also gave her the yap bark she would do when working with bumpers for the rest of her life. ( thanks mike)
flooded salt ceder was her HELL and she went into it fearless. often coming out cut and tore up. Never a whimper or cry. She has had over 200 water retrieves in a month. Her total number of water retrieves is a secret but its in the thousands.
was not just ducks she was just as at home with upland
But her heart was in the duck blind at my feet in my layout boat.
God my baby girl, i will miss you so much. You left to soon but you what a life you lived.
God Speed.... i will see you again
Tia started out life as a reject. The guy that left a deposit backed out on her. A trials/hunting breeder in Temecula Steve Nicholson made me a great deal on what would become the best lab i have ever owned. i got her just in case Winda got hurt , little did i know that she would have to take over soon as Winda's body gave up on her.
just over a year old she took over 100% of my bird hunting. Trained from the get go for heavy cover. she was a nothing short of amazing. her ability to go into anything and find birds no matter how heavy the cover. She would routinely go into areas where other pro trained dogs could not find the bird and she would.
Watching her check the wind. Go down down wind from her entry point and zig zag back and fourth till she cut the wind, GAME OVER! you could always tell when she got the scent of the bird because she would start snorting to get more in her nose. DEATH SNORT!!!!!!!
I owe a lot of that to my brother Mike aka Sluester. He also gave her the yap bark she would do when working with bumpers for the rest of her life. ( thanks mike)
flooded salt ceder was her HELL and she went into it fearless. often coming out cut and tore up. Never a whimper or cry. She has had over 200 water retrieves in a month. Her total number of water retrieves is a secret but its in the thousands.
was not just ducks she was just as at home with upland
But her heart was in the duck blind at my feet in my layout boat.
God my baby girl, i will miss you so much. You left to soon but you what a life you lived.
God Speed.... i will see you again
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