Miller's Blackberry Brandy
Born: May 13, 2002
Nice chop mouth. Approx. 14-3/4”
Brandy is a daughter of Miller's Annie.
Brandy started at 4 months old and had 80 snowshoe hare shot over her before she was 6 months old. At 8 months old, in the middle of her first tough winter, she could circle her own hare/cottontail when many other dogs couldn't get enough scent to run. This is the sign of a gundog.
Brandy is built for running all day and has proven her ability in the field. She will be bred in the summer/fall of 2005, and we're hopeful that she'll pass on her ability to her pups as effectively as her mother Annie.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I consider Brandy...
(A 10 is virtually unheard of, and a darned good gundog is probably a 7)
- Nose -- 8.5
- Speed -- 8.5
- Desire (grit, toughness) -- 10
- Brains -- 7
- Tractability (handling) -- 8
- Conformation -- 9
- Check-work -- 6
Brandy has matured into a very good rabbit dog. She doesn't have the patience that I like to see, but her desire and nose more than make up for it.
You can see various video clips of Brandy, at 4-1/2 months old,
running hare to the gun here.
You can see a 5 minute online video of Brandy at 10 mos. old running
a rabbit by herself here.
