tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-240055162011-10-05T12:32:20.498-07:00This blog is dedicated to my first Bird Dog Hoss. He is a German Wirehaired Pointer of the AKC variety.Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-86402227496411104672008-12-06T16:14:00.000-08:002008-12-06T16:30:19.785-08:00<a href="http://www.arttowngifts.com/images/wooden-signs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 489px;" src="http://www.arttowngifts.com/images/wooden-signs.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />It has been forever since I posted to this blog. I have been super busy with other things but now I am back. I have to tell you about the latest thing at one of the <a href="http://www.arttowngifts.com/">best gifts sites on the web</a>, Arttowngifts.com. They are now offering a complete line of <a href="http://www.arttowngifts.com/Wooden-Signs-s/4712.htm">wood signs</a> with quotes and funny sayings. They even offer <a href="http://www.arttowngifts.com/Custom-Wood-Sign-p/otwcus.htm">custom made signs</a>. If you are stumped for Christmas gift ideas, these inspirational and funny signs are the perfect gift.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-8640222749641110467?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142290537797841372006-03-13T14:54:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:55:37.796-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/BearandHoss3.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/BearandHoss3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Bear my 11 year old Sheepdog and Hoss<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114229053779784137?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142290430651007762006-03-13T14:50:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:53:50.653-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Bear%20and%20Hoss%20Schweitzer%20Mountain.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Bear%20and%20Hoss%20Schweitzer%20Mountain.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My Old English Sheepdog Bear and Hoss playing at schweitzer mountain after their first snow in November '05<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114229043065100776?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142290220528107872006-03-13T14:46:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:50:20.530-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Ben%20and%20Hoss%201.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Ben%20and%20Hoss%201.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />My buddy Ben looking for a chukar at the Bird Ranch. Funny in my December pic there was snow. This is January '06 and there is no snow on the ground.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114229022052810787?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142289546754045352006-03-13T14:35:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:39:06.756-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20first%20pheasant%20retrieve.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20first%20pheasant%20retrieve.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is Hoss' first pheasant retrieve in December '05. I just barely winged it and Hoss had to fight it down and didn't know what to think once he realized how big it was, but he managed to bring it in anyway.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228954675404535?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142289339252454662006-03-13T14:31:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:35:39.253-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20on%20flush.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20on%20flush.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The flush took us both by surprise I think! I did manage to hit that chukar once it quit flying around in my face and got out a bit.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228933925245466?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142289092460841592006-03-13T14:28:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:31:32.460-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20on%20point%20with%20me.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20on%20point%20with%20me.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hoss on point at the bird ranch. The chukar is in there somewhere.December 2005<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228909246084159?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142288793536890212006-03-13T14:23:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:26:33.536-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20on%20Point.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20on%20Point.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This was taken on his second trip to the bird ranch at 3months old. He pointed and held all of his birds that day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228879353689021?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142288525616132172006-03-13T14:20:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:22:05.616-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20dad%20Axel.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20dad%20Axel.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is his dad Axel on a nice looking point.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228852561613217?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142288386310705392006-03-13T14:17:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:19:46.310-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss%20Mom%20Hanna.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss%20Mom%20Hanna.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is Hoss' mom Hana.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228838631070539?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142288198357271112006-03-13T14:14:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:16:38.356-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hoss7wkpup.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hoss7wkpup.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hoss at 7 weeks the day we went to pick him up.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228819835727111?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142288077597711902006-03-13T14:13:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:14:37.596-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/thats%20my%20puppy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/thats%20my%20puppy.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We have a Winner! Hoss the chosen one!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228807759771190?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142287980202422092006-03-13T14:09:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:13:00.203-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Hosspuppyplay.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Hosspuppyplay.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Me playing with Hoss. We were having a hard time deciding between him and another female. I think the female was the one at my feet on her side. She went off in the woods for a few minutes and came back with a live mouse. She was hard to pass up!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228798020242209?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142287754206398142006-03-13T14:05:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:09:14.206-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/Puppies.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/Puppies.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here are some of the pups we had to choose from.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228775420639814?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005516.post-1142287537231259652006-03-13T14:01:00.000-08:002006-03-13T14:05:37.463-08:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/1600/puppy%20fead.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/684/1972/320/puppy%20fead.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The day we went to pick out our pup. There was two litters and puppies were sharing both moms. Hoss is the one on the right and thats not even his mom! August 2005<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24005516-114228753723125965?l=hossdog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Gift Geniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685504506226191294noreply@blogger.com0