Two Quail in a Tree

Great morning in the hills.

As I came around a corner, an hour into our hike, Bailey and Chloe were up ahead as they always are.  When I looked up the rise and over to my right I saw Bailey with his front paws up on a tree trunk staring up into the branches.   

Look at the top left corner of the picture for the quail.

 In the next second, a quail flew out of the branches and Bailey gave chase for a hundred feet or so.
I looked up at the tree and there was the mate to the one that had flown away.  He was still there spying us from his perch.

 

Bailey is quite the bird dog.  I love this boy!

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The Braques Francais (French Pointer)

On our walk this morning, in the Morgan Territory Regional Preserve, we came across one person and his unusual hunting dog.  I thought it was a small German Shorthair Pointer, but Steve, the dog's person, told me it was a Braques Francais.

Steve told me that he knew of only two breeders of this breed in the United States. Good looking girl who Steve said is quite the birddog and has done very well with the pheasants they hunt.

Chloe standing next to this beautiful pointer



The female French Pointer was between Bailey and Chloe's size


 

STANDARDS
The American Kennel Club (AKC) does not register Braque Francais. However, the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) recognizes the Braques Francais – Pyrenees. The Club du Braque Francais (CBF), in France, is the official club serving the breed. Working from the CKC and CBF standards, here are breed guidelines for the Braque Francais – Pyrenees:

Height: 18 1/2 to 22 inches (47 to 56 cm), with 19 1⁄2 to 21 3⁄4 inches ideal.

Weight: 38 to 55 pounds.

Hair and Color: Braques have short, straight, easy-care hair on relatively tight skin with little or no dewlap on the neck. Acceptable color combinations are brown, brown and white, heavily spotted brown and white, and mottled.

Appearance: Subjective terms applied to the Braque include noble, well muscled and robust. The tail can be docked, or short at birth. The muzzle isn’t square, but should not be “snipey” or pointy. The nose is brown, not split, with open nostrils. The length of the nose should be just less than that of the skull.

http://www.gundogmag.com/2011/09/09/gun-dog-breeds-the-braques-francais-french-pointer/

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