With a heavy heart I'm putting my started female GSP up for sale. Between career and life changes, we just don't have the time to hunt with her like I had planned and she deserves. She's 2 years old, fixed, and has been through formal pointer training with Pete at Pecan Hill Kennel. I got her from Charlie Rose at Wildrose German Shorthaired Pointers out of a Gabe x Annie litter at 7 weeks old and she's never had any health problems. She's only been hunted over pen raised training birds and she does a good job. She needs someone who will be able to hunt more than I can provide her. Pete is extremely high on her and she is going to make someone a hell of a bird dog. PM me if you have any questions.

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That sucks you have to get rid of her, but it sounds like you're doing the responsible thing. Great looking pup

How much do you want for her?

Asking $3,500 or best offer for to a good hunting home

Mateo84 said:

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I understand that these dogs have a desire to hunt, but can they just be a good family pet as long as they get enough exercise?

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Mine hunts maybe 5% of the year. The other 95% of the time she is a "velcro dog" . She loves to be close to us and even sleeps in my son's bed every night.

Mateo84 said:

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I understand that these dogs have a desire to hunt, but can they just be a good family pet as long as they get enough exercise?

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IMO, it'd be a disservice to not hunt it. Even if it's just a few times a year, that's what they are born and bred to do, and in this case, trained to do also. That's for this particular dog. They make great family pets, but need plenty of room and exercise (daily). I wouldn't waste a registered, solid hunting dog for strictly "family dog" status and would maybe look for non-registered pointers. You'd be wasting money on the registered dog anyways just because of its certifications that wouldn't be important to you.

Just to add on that ^. Some breeders won't even sell a dog to you if it won't be hunted with or do field trials.

Aggie just has too much drive to spend to be maintained in a house without land to run. The trainer even says she'd thrive in a home with acreage. We've tried to exercise her in other ways but she just isn't happy doing that. But you take her out to the field and she vibrates with excitement.

Bump for the workday crowd.

Did you go through them chewing stuff up? Mine snacks on anything if I leave him out when I leave the house

They probably won't chew up anything Sean wouldn't!

highvelocity said:

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Did you go through them chewing stuff up? Mine snacks on anything if I leave him out when I leave the house

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Of course. But that's just a dog thing in general I think. It's just the longevity of it in a bird dog. Honestly he's never really chewed much other than he LOVES stuffing. Usually from pillows, dog beds, etc. It's his crack.

He'll be 2 next month and he will still occasionally go and "get" something, and take it to his bed, but it's as if by the time he carries it over there he thinks, "ohhh sh**, this will get me a beating" and then he doesn't actually chew it anymore.

Have you contacted Charlie Rose to see if he has anyone in the market for a started dog? I guarantee he's the type that will take her back if he has any chance of placing her for you.

Figured I'd post an update and see if anyone is looking now that quail season is upon us. Hoping a fellow Ag could give her a good home or would know of an outfitter looking to add a dog. As of October 7th she is now 3 years old.

Aggie has been living,training, and looking for a buyer at Pecan Hill Kennel in Brookshire since July 7th. They are having issues locally with selling dogs since Harvey rearranged a lot of people's finances, which is understandable. So I come to my fellow Ags again.

Here are some updated pictures of her in the field last week. I'm told she's an absolute machine in the field and is loving every second of it.

"The Souls Joy Lies in Doing"

If you can find her a good home. That's great. She was bred to "do". Most dogs were. If you can get them to someone that is also looking to take advantage of utilize these attributes, then good on you.

Stuff happens. It's not like you invested this time and money knowing you were going to spit the bit shortly after. Don't take any crap. Get that awesome dog to someone looking. And that's that.

If Aggie was not so expensive she would be hunting with me and my lab. That is a good looking pup!

Picking up my almost 2 year old all-black gsp up from T&T in Christoval soon or I'd be interested. Can't imagine how tough that is after all the time and money. Best of luck.

I believe they have dropped the listing price since I posted here originally. I think they have her listed at $3,000 now but I'm open to other offers at this point. I'll give them a call tomorrow and double check.

Hard core?

BlueSmoke said:

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"The Souls Joy Lies in Doing"

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Indeed.

Hope the pup finds a good home doing just that.

Just spoke with them and they've dropped her down to $2,500.

Has the dog been sold?