Vindictive Hunting Dog Stories

[TrapperReady]

Anyone have any stories about their dogs doing something out of plain-old spite?

I was talking to a neighbor last year, and he's got an old lab which accompanies him on the occasional grouse hunt. My friend had gathered up a few guys from the neighborhood and went into the woods for a couple days of grouse hunting and poker.

As it turned out, the grouse were quite uncooperative, and they were only able to find one on the first day. It got up fast and with enough cover between itself and the hunters that it was in no real danger.

However, the second day, the dog put up two birds... the second one of which was hit. It came down on the far side of a stream, about 40 yards away. When told to retrieve, the lab (mostly a house dog and getting up there in both age and weight) looked at her owner like he was nuts.

After several minutes of refusals, he picked her up and tossed her into the stream. Once wet, she paddled across and picked up the grouse. Then, while looking at the entire group, she proceeded to eat the bird before coming back to her owner.

He didn't seem to appreciate my laughter as much as I appreciated his story.

 

[C.R.Sam]

Good dog.
Better than the owner.

Sam

 

[4v50 Gary]

I'd make the dog walk home for a stunt like that.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

I used to have a Springer that, after a couple missed pheasants, would stop, turn around and give me a look that said: "Look, either start hitting the things, or give me the shotgun and YOU flush the birds".

 

[C.R.Sam]

I'd make the owner swim home for tossin an old house dog in the water

Sam

 

[grampster]

I usta have an old lab that would sit on a gravel bank of a nearby crick and pick up stones in his mouth and toss them in the water. Lab's er great dogs if you can stop em from rollin' in the dead fish they catch in the same crick.

 

[dakotasin]

i got a pair of labs... the male is extremely intelligent and an excellent hunter, especially for upland game.

we had a large group of hunters working a hay field. zeus kept sweeping the field, and invariably would get a bird up on the end, right in front of the preacher at my mom's church. said preacher missed shot after shot. another bird, and another miss... zeus stopped his sweep, and just looked at the preacher for a good 15 seconds before i told him to 'get em up'. another sweep, another bird, and another miss. exasperated, zeus sat in front of the preacher facing him, and barked at him...

another time i only had time for a short hunt, so i loaded hera in the truck, which irritated zeus... then, i grabbed the shotgun (and believe me, he knows what a shotgun is for) and hit the door. when hera and i returned, we were welcomed by a fresh turd on the porch...

 

[Al Thompson]

First lab was a little female who was the smartest dog I've ever met. Her greatest show of spite was when I grabbed the shotgun and hunting gear and loaded the truck. Then I took the wife out to eat breakfast. Met dog at door, ushered wife into the house and loaded dog in truck. Went hunting.

Came back, had to clean up house. While we were eating breakfast, dog has eaten my Stetson 5x, turned over all the garbage cans, removed the full dust bag from the trash can and shook all the dust back out.

I miss the dog........

 

[TrapperReady]

Yup.

It seems that taking your hunting gear out without the dog can lead to bad things. A couple weekends ago, I went sporting clay shooting with a buddy I normally hunt with. As he left the house, carrying his shotgun, the dog was quite agitated.

When he got home, his wife explained that the dog (a lab again) was so worked up that she had to crate him for an hour or so.

My buddy just said that it was a darned good thing he didn't return with a vest full of birds.

 

[Selfdfenz]

Must be a lab thing.
When I started to get the gear out (esp the shotgun) , mine go to the front door and stand on her back legs and spin aronnd endlessly. Then she would start whimpering.

Till we got in the truck she was about out of her mind.
In the truck, and moving, she settled right down but never slept.

I never left her at home and went hunting alone so I can't say what mayhem was averted. Plenty I recon.

S-