Poor Gunner

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Poor Gunner

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Poor old Gunner blew out his ACL on his last hunt this year. Surgery 2 days ago and a 4-5 month rehab in his future.
Bummer…
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Poor guy!
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Looks like a sad pooch. Hope he recovers.
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Good luck Gunner. Just do what the Doc says and you'll be back chasing birds by Oct.
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best wishes on gunners full recovery.fred ps what breed,thanks
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Talked to Mike today and Gunner is doing fine. Going to be a journey. I've hunted behind Gunner since day one. He is one helluva hunting dog.
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It is a long recovery but very successful, I had a lab a few years back that had both CCL's done with the TPLO surgery.
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MC, how old is Gunner? I know you will take good care of him. I can see many birds pointed by Gunner in the future and even a few of them in your game bag.
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Jim Cloninger wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:22 pm MC, how old is Gunner? I know you will take good care of him. I can see many birds pointed by Gunner in the future and even a few of them in your game bag.
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Not sure when Mike will see this but I know. Gunner is 5 and he is a Berg Brothers Setter. One helluva bird dog. Could find a Woodcock in a Walmart parking lot. :)
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vaturkey wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:21 pm
Jim Cloninger wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:22 pm MC, how old is Gunner? I know you will take good care of him. I can see many birds pointed by Gunner in the future and even a few of them in your game bag.
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One helluva bird dog. Could find a Woodcock in a Walmart parking lot. :)
Gunner needs to visit Michigan. We have a Walmart. 😂
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Jeff S wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:00 pm
vaturkey wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 2:21 pm
Jim Cloninger wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 1:22 pm MC, how old is Gunner? I know you will take good care of him. I can see many birds pointed by Gunner in the future and even a few of them in your game bag.
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One helluva bird dog. Could find a Woodcock in a Walmart parking lot. :)
Gunner needs to visit Michigan. We have a Walmart. 😂
Gunner has been to Michigan to the Northern Lower quite a few times. I recall one morning where in about 30 minutes he pointed 11 Woodcock in less then 30 minutes. That was a short morning of hunting for Woodcock. None were however in the Walmart parking lot that day.
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Sounds like an ideal morning. There is some nice cover in that area.
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Gunner is handling it well, unexpectedly.
If I can keep him quiet for a few more weeks he’ll be over the hardest part. But he is on restricted movement for 3 more months. I’ll get him back in shape by October.
I need more of this.
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3 more weeks with “the cone”.
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Re: Poor Gunner

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Oh no! Not the dreaded cone! The other day I noticed a dog with a huge inflatable collar that served the same purpose. Have fun.
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