Northwoods Bird Dogs

07/05/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/spring-cover-dog-field-trial-results/

06/16/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/bird-dogs-in-boats/

June 16, 2025 Bird dogs in boats Caddie (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023) and Brian Smith, her owner. What’s a bird dog to do when the hunting season has long passed and any spring work is also over? Caddie (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023), on left, and Lacey (CH E...

06/02/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/northwoods-cedar-named-runner-up-champion-at-the-2025-invitational/

May 30, 2025 Northwoods Cedar named Runner-Up Champion at the 2025 Invitational CH/2X RU-CH Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2019), on right, poses with handler Eric Saetre at the 2025 Grand National Grouse and Woodcock Invitational. Cedar was named Runner Up Cha...

04/30/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/american-woodock-scolopax-minor/

April 17, 2025 American Woodock (Scolopax minor) © Ruffed Grouse Society / American Woodcock Society On a cold, cloudy day in late March, Jerry and I took our one-year-old female setter Dilly (CH Woodville’s Yukon Cornelius x Northwoods Redbreast, 2024) to a nice woodcock spot of young aspen and ...

04/01/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/living-in-southwestern-georgia-in-winter/

March 29, 2025 Living in southwestern Georgia in winter On a find in the middle of a block, Northwoods Confidante (HOF CH True Confidence x Red Sunshine, 2022), call name Sophie, oozes confidence and style. Photo by Ben McKean. Jerry and I have reached the age when many of our siblings, friends and....

03/15/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/what-if-id-said-whoa/

February 28, 2025 What if I’d said “WHOA”? Northwoods Eddie Setter (CH/RU-CH Northwoods Sir Gordon x Northwoods Valencia, 2023) The video shows two young setters working wild bobwhite quail in southwestern Georgia. The dog in front that stopped looks, at first, relatively sure. But then he sta...

02/09/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/be-an-advocate-for-your-dog/

February 7, 2025 Be an advocate for your dog Northwoods Rudolph (CH Southern Confidence x Northwoods Comet, 2023), a.k.a., Rudy, a.k.a., Goober, is recovering from serious abdominal surgery. Jerry and I needed this advice recently as we struggled with a serious injury with Rudy, our big, handsome, t...

01/21/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/fall-2024-field-trial-results/

January 16, 2025 Fall 2024 field trial results Big smiles are easy for a dog’s first championship. Northwoods Cedar (RU-CH Erin’s Prometheus x Northwoods Carly Simon, 2018) is the newly crowned champion at the North Country Shooting Dog Championship, held near Eau Claire, Wis. Proud owners are E...

01/12/2025

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/2024-hail-and-farewell/

December 30, 2024 2024: Hail and Farewell Jeff Hintz and Cooper (HOF CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods Vixen, 2015) In a nod to the CBS News “Sunday Morning” feature, Betsy and I want to honor two special people and nine dogs that passed away in 2024. Jeff Hintz (1948 – 2024)Though our mutua...

12/05/2024

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/legends-of-coverdog-blue-streak/

December 4, 2024 Legends of Coverdog: Blue Streak 4X CH/4X RU-CH Blue Streak At the banquet preceding the 82nd running of The Grand National Grouse Championship held in early November in the Eau Claire County Forest near Eau Claire, Wis., our 4X CH/4X RU-CH Blue Streak was named this year’s Legend...

11/14/2024

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/montana-is-for-young-dogs/

November 13, 2024 Montana is for young dogs The posture of Chet (May’s Pond Hank x Northwoods Stardust, 2024) on this staunch point is impressive for a six-month-old puppy. “There comes a time when it is absolutely necessary for the breaker to go afield with his dog and do nothing but let the do...

10/24/2024

https://northwoodsbirddogs.com/the-pointers-of-northwoods-bird-dogs-2/

October 23, 2024 The Pointers of Northwoods Bird Dogs Northwoods Comet (HOF CH Rock Acre Blackhawk x Northwoods Vixen, 2018) Even though Jerry and I are primarily known for breeding setters, we also have had a line of pointers for 27 years. It doesn’t have the breadth of our setter breeding progra...