My how DB and Banshee have grown!

Here we are in December .... the girls are now 8 months old ... look at how much they've grown! Banshee has developed a beautiful 'winter coat' (I wish I could take better pictures... it's 2 layer, a soft downy layer with a wavy harsher layer on top, black with white threads (\kinda like my own hair) ... tan and white markings. DB still looks like a 'bird dog' standard pointer...
here we are 'patrrolling the perimeter' in the back of the property.

Introducing DB and Banshee

DB and Banshee were found under my toolshed in July 2006 .... the vet said they were about 12 weeks old. They quickly learned to sit and wait for a treat.... here on the porch ....





And here they are with me out in the field, sitting and waiting for a treat! At this point, I'd had them about a week and decided to try all positive training ... I hadn't had a dog in 30 years, and the main thing I didn't like about dogs was the training methods used 'back then' ....



It's hard to believe they are littermates, they look SO different, but they arrived totally bonded to each other . DB is the 'boss', always trying to steal Banshee's bones and toys... hmmm her bone looks bigger than mine .... DB by the way, is short for Damn Bitch; we have a miscievous black and white cat named Damcat, and when my husband met DB he said 'its Damcat in dog form come to torment me'.


Here are the girls out 'in the field', and Banshee lying on 'her mat'

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