My dog is crazy

[Rosie B]

Kirby is pretty special. He's a 7 year old field bred English Springer. He was bred for one thing - hunting upland birds. His breeder said that a dog like Kirby comes along only once every 10 years or so, and I'm inclined to believe him. He's a lovely house dog and pet (and unbelievably patient with my toddler son), but take him outside and he becomes an absolute single minded animal. He is a stick/ball/toy retrieving machine and I have seen him catch a bird flying out of the air more than once. He will play fetch for hours, literally, without stopping. I once saw him run face first into a barbed wire fence at top speed, bounce off, resume top speed in the blink of an eye and try again between the next set of fence posts. He throws himself wholeheartedly into everything he does. Today I had fun taking pictures of him doing flips after snowballs (another favourite of his). Hope you enjoy these!

[Rosie B]

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[Rosie B]

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[Code3]

Great photos! What a wonderful dog!

[Shirrine]

Yep but so so happy being crazy.

Shirrine

[PaulaO]

I love Springers. Had one growing up, my sister had one for her kids, her son has one. Guess Springers are our family dog.

[Sunshine2Me]

Clearly his ears give him flight!!

What awesome photos. He seems like a special dog!

[Flight]

What a cool dog!!

[TeresaA]

I can see why they are called 'springers'. He has springs in his legs! What a happy dog.

[KathyK]

Springers are awesome, and Kirby is extra awesome!

[Kelo]

Whoo! That is a whole lotta (happy) dog!

[Chisamba]

action super hero dog

[Rhianon]

What an adorable face, too!

[Paints]

What joy!

My Mom's grandparents raised Springer Spaniels and she always talked of them so fondly - they must be a great breed.

[bailey]

Super athletic and very handsome!

[piedmontfields]

Wonderful photos! I have field-bred English Pointers and they are similarly crazy over snow balls (which only occur once or twice a year where I live):

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[Rosie B]

LOL. Those are awesome! I think our dogs would be pals.

[piedmontfields]

I'm sure the pointer boys would like your Springer..they appreciate all floppy eared hunting dogs! And they would let Kirby do the fetching while they fun way too far a muck in search of birds.

[PNG_Pony]

So fun! Does he go crazy over frisbees too?

[Rosie B]

Oh yeah, he goes completely crazy over anything that can be thrown.. If he can't find anything for you to throw for him, he will bring you long pieces of grass. I'm not kidding. lol.

[Anne]

Super photos Rosie, what a happy handsome dog Kirby is. We have a German Short-haired Pointer - his colouration is very similar to Kirby's. He adores birds and has caught one on the wing at least once..... never been interested in chasing balls, but point and retrieve birds, no problem!