Monthly Archives: December 2010

Lots of ducks but no shots

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

The official temperature was 9 degrees, but it felt warmer than that although the air had a real bite to it. Nonetheless I took Mia down to McTucker Springs to try for a duck or two. There weren’t any other … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunting, Journals | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Old Man Winter

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

It was nice of Old Man Winter to wait until after we moved our oldest daughter before hitting us with another winter storm, but that ‘s the way it turned out. I took Sophie out this morning for a short … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunting, Journals | Tagged | 1 Comment

Shopping with Mia

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Christmas, New Years, family and so forth make this a busy time of year so I haven’t really been doing any hunting. Instead, I’ve been focusing on Mia and Elvis’ training. Today, however, I took Mia shopping with me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Journals | Tagged | 1 Comment

Some winter training

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

There were some questions that I wanted both Elvis and Mia to answer while hunting, which they did without a doubt. In the past I would have called their training “good enough” and any improvements would come from simple experience. … Continue reading →

Posted in Journals, Training | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Tragedy Strikes a Fellow NAVHDA Member!

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

I received the following email last week and posted it in hopes that my readers can help with the vet expenses. Tragedy Strikes a Fellow NAVHDA Member! On December 4th, 2010 Abbe Lane kennels owned by Rob and Judy Moerman … Continue reading →

Posted in Alerts | Tagged | Leave a comment

A little hunting and training

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

Things have been a little busy with Christmas approaching, yet I’ve still been able to keep up with my hunting. Our company has a 1-week curtailment during Christmas and when the holidays fall on the right days, I can often … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunting, Journals | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Mia points ducks and we take a swim

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

I took Mia duck hunting Friday morning where she pointed ducks and we went in the drink, unintentionally of course. The nice thing about a versatile dog like Spinone is that they’re as adept at duck hunting as upland game, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hunting, Journals | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Testimonial for Carbonite

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Twin Buttes Spinone

I gotta admit, signing up for Carbonite was the best 50-bucks-or-so that we’ve spent in a long time, and I highly recommend it. Tuesday night our system crashed after installing some automatic updates and there was no way of restarting … Continue reading →

Posted in Product Reviews | Tagged , | 2 Comments