Portuguese Pointer Testimonials

Hi there! I don't quite know where to begin. What a cool dog Chief is. He did great in the motorhome and at the river. He loved the boat. He was a little timid in the water but he is still a baby. He did swim though! He is sweet, playful, fun, bites a little hard with those puppy teeth but best of all he sleeps through the night!!! He already knows how to come, sit, and almost shake. He is a fast learner and is so cute!!! He is such a baby I love it!! He has to be right next to us or he whines. He will not go down the stairs we still have to carry him, but finally learned to go up. We say kennel up and he goes right in- he loves his kennel!

I cant say enough about our new baby! He is definitely not deprived!!! He loves the kids and is great at waking them up for school!! He goes everywhere with us and draws sooo much attention. People are so curious about him.

He is the coolest dog!!

Thank you!!

Paula

When I first contacted Brian about a pp I told him I was looking for a dog that would be a great friend, a good family dog and an awesome bird dog. Brian thought his breed had all the qualities I was looking for and we acquired “Rusty” in the summer of 2005 when he was just 7 weeks old. Rusty has proven to be everything we could have wanted and much, much, more.

During the week we live at beautiful Lake Tahoe , California and since I am self employed Rusty goes everywhere with me, we are together pretty much 24/7. Maybe all the time we spend together can explain the exceptional bond we have or the unspoken language we have to communicate because the love that dog has for me is just incredible. He sticks with me like glue, when we’re not together his biggest concern is where I am. And if he needs something like water, or whatever, he tells me by going to the object and barking. He’s also great with my teenage daughters although he can still be a bit annoying steeling their socks, etc! But when he’s not annoying the girls he most likely can be found cuddling in bed with them.

On weekends we travel to our 900 acre ranch where Rusty is in his glory as we have quail, chukar, pheasants and all sorts of wild animals roaming around. The only thing he loves as much as me is hunting; he is incredible with the birds. From the moment my husband brings out the hunting rifle Rusty begins barking and dancing with excitement. To watch him hunt is a real treat, the drive to look and keep after the birds is amazing, and he is so motivated! He showed this drive very early on and just continues to improve as he gets older.

Rusty is now almost three and we are so happy with the breed that we have ordered another pp from Brian for this summer. To say that he doesn’t have any bad traits would not be true, he can do some really annoying things. He has a terrible fetish for paper products, tissues, napkins, you name it he will go in to the trash, your pocket, wherever to get it and tear it to shreds and walk away. Or maybe he’s taken the glove right off your hand while you’re working for the tenth time and you don’t know where it is. And while I’ve heard all the other pp’s can swim, Rusty is content getting his belly wet and jumping in the boat with me than swimming any day. It is our goal that our next pp will swim and make Rusty feel like a weenie! But all these funny things make Rusty Rusty and we wouldn’t change them for anything.

I could go on and on but to sum it up Rusty is an awesome dog and we are so glad he is part of our family; Brian definitely helped make the experience even more special with his friendship. So if you don’t have a pp, get one, you’ll have the greatest friend you could ever ask for!

Libby & Ron

Hi Brian,

Hope all is well in North Dakota. Just had to let you know how well Sam is doing. Like you said the PP is an awesome breed! I don't think there are enough superlatives to describe Sam. I think PP's could easily surpass labs and retrievers as the 'gold standard' for a family dog. By the way, he also proudly plucked his first bird out of the air today! He graduated from puppy class on Monday and moves on to Basic Obedience class later this month and you were right, he had a few runs through the agility course and he did really well! He has admirers wherever he goes. Twice a day, I take him to an open field near our home and he meets up with all his "new friends". He has his two favorites though, Amber a Springer Spaniel and KuJo a Cocker Spaniel. I guess he prefers Sporting Breeds, too. Ha! Ha!

One small item, I was wondering if I should have received his AKC papers yet? Let me know if I should be following up on that.

Anyway, Sam is surely enjoying his life in California. Even when I am sitting in the shade, he'll move away from my feet a little to bask in the California sunshine.

Take care...

Best Regards,

Janet

Quick update on Hermann.

Here are some pics. from one of the days he was out with me. Hermann has been a great addition to our family and has provided us with plenty of entertainment. He took a normal amount of time for potty training. He catches on to commands like "sit" very quickly but working with him can be difficult because of his high level of energy and excitement. Often it will take 1/2 hour for him to settle down before we can even pick up a dummy. It takes him a little while to warm up to things he is supposed to retrieve. Ex. I took a dummy out of the package and threw it. He didn't know what he was supposed to do with it at first so he just watched it fall and went the other way. After he played with it for a couple minutes he was retrieving just fine, every toss. No signs of gun shyness yet....and don't expect any. Like you said I am able to just about rest the gun barrel between his ears and he won't flinch. Everything I read about the breed said they were compassionate almost to the point of inappropriateness at times and he is no exception. Often just laying next to me isn't enough he wants to sprawl out on my lap our lean against me. The only surprise so far is his lack of submissiveness. I heard they were a very submissive breed and he is for me because I am not afraid to enforce it but my wife can't get him to obey for the life of her. She is soft spoken but knows when to lay the law down and he just won't listen to her. Maybe it's the puppy yet but otherwise everything is great. I'll have plenty more photos after this weekend. (pheasant opener).

-Karl