Welcome to the Dec/Jan 2015 issue of Bird Dog & Retriever News. Thank you advertisers for supporting us and readers for reading and telling others. We are almost back on track with release dates.
So what's in this issue? We have a couple of nice articles from books. The first, Old Spook and the last Duck from Kenny Salwey. It's nice story of a guy that rescues a pup from culling and spends a lifetime of hunts with the dog as both go through time.
The second article is from the Lend Me an Ear from Martha Hoffman. The article we brought you is called Classifying Dogs.. It looks at qualities of dogs and what traits in a breed makes them the best at what they do. Things you don't think about when you are breeding pair and a pup from it.
Last year when we put down Jenny we met a GREAT couple at a local pet Crematorium a block from where we take our dogs for daily walks. I did a nice article on them and options for your Final Decision for your Hunting Buddy.
In addition to those George Hickox talks about the Preventive Edge of training. Some Holiday Hazzards you should watch for. In addition to news, calendars and much more.
Well settle down for a long winter and catch up on your reading.
See you at the shows!

Dennis Guldan
Publisher Bird Dog & Retriever News