Meet the Dogs, Part II: The JV Team: Dee and Storm

Dee is a 20 month old French Brittany from a breeder in Kansas.  He hunted full time last year as a pup.  His first point was on sharptail in Montana: when he stood steady and watched the bird flush as Mike snapped photos, Mike knew he had another good one on his hands.  Mike put the camera away and an hour later shot a double of sharptail over another of Dee’s points.  Dee showed himself to be the best natural retriever Mike has owned and he seems to have a particular talent for finding and holding quail. 

This past May Mike was camping in a remote dog training area in NW Kansas and Dee was hit by a car whose driver was joy-riding around the grounds.  He suffered multiple fractures on a front leg with serious injury to the foot pads.  Surgeons at Kansas State Vet Hospital screwed a plate onto the bones and he spent 2 weeks in emergency care.  After some difficult weeks of careful care with us Dee has now recovered but at the advice of specialists he is scheduled to have the plate removed on Sept 24^th to avoid further infections.  This will keep him from hunting most or all of this season but will hopefully make him sound for the many years of hunting ahead of him.

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Storm is a 2 yr old ryman English Setter, a 5^th generation of Lynn Dee’s breeding – Tweed is her mother.  Storm is an athletic, leggy gal with lots of footspeed.  She works close in heavy cover but easily ranges out 200 yards in the open.  She shows a good nose and intensity on point.  Storm is a playful, affectionate dog and loves to get into trouble with her buddy, Dee.