r/Wirehaired_pointers

The love of my life passed away a few days ago. I’m permanently disabled and he was not only my service dog, but my soul dog, and a special part of my family. 5 years ago, I chose him from a photo, when we met for handler training he chose me. Such a big personality, silly, goofy, empathetic, intelligent and intuitive. He never left my side, he started scent alerting on his own before I would faint, and always so proud of working like a good boy. One day last week he was playing with his hedgehogs, then suddenly laid down, shivering, panting, shaking, not moving. He got an inoperable liver cancer diagnosis in one day, he declined fast in 24 hours, the tumor was bleeding internally and it wouldn’t stop. I had about few hours to consult with internist, oncology and they all said the same, he’s going to bleed to death and wont last the night. I gave the best of everything to him, and he did the same with me. Our bond was nothing I’ve ever felt. I was finally not alone and loved unconditionally. Eli was just 9 years old. I am so lost without him, I can’t physically function, he was my lifeline, my reason to keep fighting, keep living. I have no idea what to do. I still need him.

When should these guys start the bird walk??

Hello, need advice, I took our 18wk female out to a trainers kennel on his farm where has birds and other dogs and my puppy showed zero drive. He is a family member so we just wanted to see how she did at this age. Around our house she is active, runs around plays with our golden retriever, etc. but when she got there She didn’t seem to have any drive. Just walked around and sniffed. The other dogs were kenneled and she was in a big yard by yourself first just to see how she reacted. She would point a feather on a string, and was attentive to the feather on the ground and live pigeon in hand but didn’t go chase as the bird flew just wanted to pick up the feathers after. The trainer is used to working with English pointers, setters, and GSPs. He complimented her looks/confirmation and the fact that she would point, but he said he’s never seen a breed like this have zero drive. Thanks for any info you can provide. She is a great dog at home. His recommendation was to get her out more and see how she does in new environments and see if she runs around more and pays attention to other birds, butterfly’s, etc. I am hoping it’s something she may grow out of but I was pretty discouraged after watching her and getting feedback from the trainer.

She loves to have something in her mouth. She stole this blanket from her Dad a while back, and now it’s hers.

If you’re thinking about getting a GWP as a hunting buddy, what are you waiting for? They do it all.

She does that every morning if she's not already on the bed!

Thumper might become his new nickname... 🤣

When do you introduce the bird?
6 week old WPG.

Hi all!

I posted on here once before. My one year old griff Sonny had a double elbow arthroscopy end of March. He just got a PRP shot and will be getting another one in 4 weeks.

Does anyone have any knowledge on 1) whether it’s worth it to start Adequan as well aka the sooner the better? 2) for anyone who did prp how did you know if it worked or not? I want to make sure I’m doing everything I can to slow down the arthritis in addition to Dasaquin, omega 3s etc but don’t want to overload him. Plus if we start Adequan right now, it may be difficult to tell which therapy is making a difference.

Please let me know!

17 months. Amazing dog.

She's almost 6 months old and so damn cute and somewhat naughty! She's always trying to outsmart us to get what she wants. She knows it's impossible to get mad at her!

Dude my 2-1/2 year old Pudel Pointer is staying sharp in the off season. September can’t come soon enough

Name it.