who says a dog doesn't have to work

Robert Stanfield

Robert Stanfield

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I took the kids out in the airboat just to ride some today and we stopped and a camp site where My youngest Austin started working the dog with a oragne dummy . I missed the best picture of the jump form the platform to the mud. she found it the first few times though we could only see a little piece about the size of a quarter showing above the mud the last time she keep feel stuff and would diver under the mud coming up with the root or what ever he felt she was covered and mud and could not see what she had just that she did have something :) She is good at diving after ducks but I never expected here to diver under the mud
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Wis Boz

Ok ...well all I can say is the four of us (that included the dog) had a good time. Bear (dog) keep running out playing in it having a ball if she was to get in a trouble I could have gotten her. I also thought that I reflected I was surprised and some what proud that she would still dive under in the mud
 
I only write this because you might not be aware that some hard charging dogs can tear a cruciate ligament pushing real hard in mud. It's probably not a problem with every dog, but I wouldn't put my dog that stuff on purpose. It looks like fun though.

Mud consistancy varies greatly. Here in NW Montana our mud is mostly a fine silty sand, while east of the mountains they have that infamous "gumbo" that clings like clay and makes any dirt road impassable after a rain storm. Where I grew up duck hunting, my buddies and I were the retrievers for our Dads, no dogs then. I remember wading through mud up to my waist, it was like a stinky quicksand, I think a dog could have "swam" that stuff without injuring a cruciate.

I only mentioned it because you might not have known.
 
I guess I see where ya'll are coming form as you are thinking about your local types of mud. When I was younger I do remember going through (will not say walking through) that "gumbo" type mud. This stuff is just "soupy wet" mud that looks dry on the surface and is about neck deep on me, it is all this dog has ever known. Even years when the water is up there may only be 10-12" of water on top of that soup


Not saying it isn't possible she could hurt her self swimming in this soup I just find it unlikely since she has been doing it since she was a pup both at play and during hunts, for that matter I guess she could get hurt jumping in or out of the truck or boat maybe I should do like other people and leave her home in the kennel 24/7
 
Yeah, you're right. Each of us has to know our dog, know the conditions and risks and decide for ourselves where to draw the line. Out here we have to worry about dogs falling through the ice in winter, getting heat stoke in summer, snake bights in early bird season, fox tails, ect. ect. If wanted to 100% insure our dogs safety we would never let them out of the kennel, they would hate that.

It's just up to us to decide what is best for our dogs and be intellegent about where we draw the line. I didn't know if you were up to speed on the ACL issue with mud or heavy snow, a lot of people aren't.

Have fun, it looks like you have a great dog with lots of heart.

John
 
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