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That is a darn cute pup Scott. I think Omaha would make a good name.

Too many syllables. I'm trying to come up with a name that is easy to say loudly and is one syllable (I'll consider two syllable names as well, but one is my preference)

Try saying Kate loud, then Babe. If you were far away, you would hear all of Kate, but you'd lose the "B" in Babe and end up hearing "abe".

Reason for that is their name is the signal that they should retrieve the bird. Some retrieves are started from a ways away, and they might be upwind from you where the sound doesn't carry too well. I dunno if I'll trial her or not, but in trials two dogs are run side by side, and if both dogs go after the bird when the first dog is sent on the retrieve, the 2nd dog is out of the trial right there and then. Both dogs are supposed to sit at the gunshot or at the handlers whistle to "hup" or sit.

Sue is a good short name

She looks like a "Lucy" to me.

I always heard that you want the name to be 2 syllables and the commands to be just 1. She looks like a Miss Kitty to me or maybe Cisco. Good looking pooch at any rate.

I recently got my wife's elderly aunt a rescue dog (against a lot of family advice). He was severely abused, having no fur or skin on his back when rescued from four years of being chained outside. Over about two months, the rescuers did an incredible job with this little guy. He is half-pug and half-Pekingese. They convinced him to think of himself as seriously regal -- he prances rather than running. He has made it know to all that he is very self-important. When he greets a visitor, he puffs out his chest, waiting for recognition. He looks kind of like Yoda. The silly little dog is all black, with some gray on his chin. My wife decided he looks like a piece of recently lit charcoal.

We decided to evaluate names from friends and relatives over seven days before giving him a new name.

My wife's suggestion was adopted. He now has the regal name of "Kingsford." Most of our pets have had some very unusual names. As far back as I can remember, all have had a one or two syllable names that stuck.

Anyway, if your little friend was at our house, we'd probably wait until at least next Friday or Saturday to decide on a final name for that wonderful little critter. She really won the affection of everyone at our house, maybe even our cat. She is far too precious to have an ordinary name.

Ken

Thanks guys. I'm not rushing into things by any means! She can have a very unordinary long registered name, but she needs a good "call" name. "Cal" was California Dreamin'.

Cisco, most of the commands will be made with a Spaniel whistle

The only voice commands in the field would be the dog's name to tell it to retrieve the bird, hup, here, over, and back. The last 3 are also used in conjunction with hand signals.

If the dog is trained well, you will only hear an occasional beep on the whistle (if at all) and the dog's name called for the retrieve. Not having to give any commands usually means that the dog is really, really trained, or the trainer doesn't have a clue as to what's going on and is hoping that the dog will carry the day.

Out of the field, the sky is the limit. A short list of the words that my dogs knew is: inside, outside, upstairs, downstairs, bone, ball, toy, kennel, hurry up (potty on command), O.K., leave it, no bird, give, here, hup, heel, lay down, put your head down, and of course NO. Cal would only retrieve if his name was called. He wouldn't go if someone (even me) yelled "Carl", "Cat", or any other name except his. "Carlos" would cause him to take a step or 2 but he'd stop as soon as he heard the 2nd syllable. (Then he'd look at me as if to say "Why the .ell did you do that?")

One beep on the whistle was hup, two beeps means turn the other way, 3 beeps means "here", 5 beeps means "quit what you're doing right now and get your .ss over here RIGHT NOW!"

She's already starting to learn that the hand with the palm facing her and down at my right side means "here".

It'd be a whole lot easier with a trained dog listening to the commands so she'd see what that "noise" meant. I've been told "your dogs mind you better than my kids mind me."

Looks like an "Oreo with milk" to me. Call her treat

That's thinking out of the box!

Scott,

I miss her already! Bring her back

You got the right Omaha. Wow she's a darling!

Scott, sorry I wasn't around when you came through to pick her up. She looks like a little cutie pie! I hope she turns out to be a great hunter for you. How about the Name Dolly? If you wanna stick with a one syllable name, go with Doll?

Exactly what my 8 year old daughter said as she was being crawled all over by this adorable little pup last Saturday!

That's 2 for Lucy!

Beautiful Dog!!!! Is that a Brittany?

How about Missy? Yeah I know it's not one syllable but hey...

English Springer Spaniel - from the field side of the family tree. There's a lot of FC/AFC/NFC/MH in the pedigree. She's related to Reba going back a few generations. In the pedigree there is Sunrise Zoomer, Badgercourt Druid, Sunrise Zinger, Pondviews Windy Acres Yankee.

Mikey, wait 'till I bring her over when Sid and Mom is there - then tell them there are still 2 not spoken for.....

Still two left? You have any contact information? I am looking into getting another bird dog. I had a brittany for a while. Unfortunatly he was taken from us when he got out and ran across a busy intersection. He was a very good bird dog and quick learner!

Julie Hogan is the breeder.

Tell her how you found out about her. My name is Scott, and they named the pup Cherry.

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I dont' believe you. She doesn't look anything like Reba MacEntire. Much cuter.

Great looking pup.

Hey this is Friz's daughter here!
So esshup and the un-named puppy came over yesterday. She's "cute as a button," as dad said. I think she's absolutly adorable, and suggested the name Carnival or Carnival Spirit, with the nickname Car. She's also very lively, but not misbehaved. She comes when you whistle, and stayed near us while we were touring our ponds. She's also curious, and likes to stick her nose into everything (including our pond) and chased, attacked, and sucessfully destroying/razed/shredded/annihlated a little tree brunch. As we were walking by the pond, we suddenly heard high-pitched yipping, like a child crying, and turned to find the poor puppy at the bottom of a hole. It wasn't deep to us, but it was over her head. We rescude her and found that while she was favoring one leg, she didn't seem to have broken anything. She was carried the rest of the way, but before she left we tested her out again and she was walking fine, though she still ran with a slight limp. We were happy to learn today that the vet said she was fine.
We inspected the progress of our new pond, and it's coming along nicely. We also visited the fish in our other pond and saw many small fish that appear to be baby minnows and/or misquito fish. We did not see any redears or golden shiners. Dad's very worried about them. I told him they're just at the bottom and center of the pond were we can't see them, like they're supposed to be.
Good Night!
-Friz's daughter

Tell dad not to worry. The larger fish are probably in deeper water due to the heat just as you suspect. Redears are bottom oriented anyway.

Hi Cecil
Thank you for the YP info, it's already on it's way back to you.
Regards,
Friz

Yep, the mosquito fish are better at breeding than rabbits when there are no predators in the pond!

No worse for the wear for sure. She followed me around my pond today, and even into the water when I waded out. She swam for about 5' in distance. She likes AquaMax fish food too.....