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Aye Mates, Every now and then a pup comes along that makes one really stop in wonder at their natural abilities exhibited, me new pup "MAC" is just such a pup. I have been about Labrador retrievers for near four decades now and have had ample opportunity to see the gamut o' abilities that are...

Aye Mates, Now in his 11th week o' life and under the continual watchful eye o' THE OL' DOG WHISTLER 🍀, the wee lad "MAC" has gone from needing to be led onto the place board to now jumping up on the command "MAC - PLACE". Once atop o' the platform, MAC has learned that he is expected to SIT...

Richard, the new owner of a wee pup he named HENRY, is captured in that most special moment of connection made betwixt an owner and their new gun dog prospect. Richard made a long trip up to Connecticut from Virginia to pick up HENRY, a beautiful black male pup out of the TRAD X AUTUMN...

Aye Mates, We find ourselves at that most special crossroad whence making the decision to take and start a new gun dog pup. An exciting time filled with anticipation, love, and acceptance for our newest "pack" member and one that will see us nurturing the wee lad with all the elements o' care...

"CASTING THE SPELL" So, we visited the TRAD X AUTUMN litter tonight and I cast a spell on me new gun dog prospect, a beautiful yellow male that has all the "right stuff". That gaze into me eyes is a precursor to many more such moments to come, a connection shared that will blossom into gun...

Have nine awesome wee pups out of our TRAD X AUTUMN breeding that are now nearing four weeks old. Five black and 4 yellow. Just loving watching them grow right now. Lots of early socialization and sensory stimulation. Cheers, THE DOG WHISTLER 🍀

Aye Mates, The bird drive and style o' me Labrador Retriever gun dog TRAD is illustrated in this image I captured earlier today whilst he was working a pheasant hunt for a trio o' gunners. Cheers, THE DOG WHISTLER 🍀

Aye Mates, So as ye may know, we bred me gun dog TRAD to a beautiful black (yellow factored) maiden named LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN STARRY NIGHT just prior to Christmas. I received a call earlier today that AUTUMN was whelping pups on day 63 since the first of four good ties we got over a few days...

"DIGNITY EARNED" I did this portrait of an older Labrador Retriever that belongs to a veterinarian friend of mine. T'was my objective to highlight the features that speak of her many years of loyal companionship and of the dignity that older dogs surely have earned. It seems to me that the...

"WORKING CLOSE" A young lad, a shotgun, good bird cover, and a close working retriever equate to fond memories that will shape and last a lifetime. "Working Close" both literally and figuratively, young gunner Nick and me gun dog TRAD have spent many days together afield in the chase o'...

"ONE FOR ONE" I shot this grouse in New Brunswick a few years ago with this old paper 20 gauge round and figured the cartridge to be at least 60 years old at the time. Shot this still - life image with a small Canon digital point and shoot I had at the time. I reprocessed the image today...

"THE ICE COLD STARE OF LOYALTY" HR UH TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD SH Me gun dog TRAD appears transfixed upon me as he waits for me to follow him into the deep winter snow of a New England forest. Irishwhistler

"DOWNED" A ringneck rooster sits motionless after having been flushed and subsequently downed by a single blast from a 20 bore in hopes that the retriever moving in will pass him by. Irishwhistler 🍀

Aye Mates, I have been busy the last three days with conducting breeding sessions for me gun dog HR UH TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD SH and a beautiful black (yellow factored female Labrador) LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN STARRY NIGHT. AUTUMN has an OFA hip rating of excellent and this will be a first...

Aye Mates, Got out with me gun dog TRAD yesterday and we got on some birds. I captured this image o' TRAD at work. "MOUTHFUL O' ROOSTER" Irishwhistler 🍀

Aye Mates, Did some wandering o'er the countryside today and through me memories as well. Heading west and making approach to a small river valley, I noticed that fog had set in just above the river. I immediately made a detour to an old farm I had hunted in me youth many times decades ago...

Aye Mates, Captured this image o' these Honkers as they were heading for the sky this morning. Note the top bird is sporting an "ankle bracelet". So much for house arrest. "SKYWARD HONKERS" Irishwhistler

Aye Mates, I thought this might be a good time to update the progress o' wee pup ALLIE MAE, now a 6 month old yellow female British Labrador out of a HR UH TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD SH x TTF BIRCH BRANCH MAGGIE breeding. We recently started e-collar conditioning and HOLD conditioning with...

"BRACE O' BROOKIES" Irishwhistler

Aye Mates, A portrait I did o' me gun dog "TRAD" approximately 2 years ago, "BLACK ON WHITE" Irishwhistler