*pics* Nova on her first "hunt" & playing with Keyser

Here are some pictures of Nova and her best friend Keyser (Nova is the Lab and she is mine, Keyser is the Vizsla and he is my friend's). Me and Leah took our pups out to her friend's acreage (850 acres!!!) to let them run around and swim in the lake. We also introduced Nova to birds as I will be most likely training her to run field trials and we threw the birds out for Keyser too.

Playing and having fun swimming - Click to see larger!
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Some of these are really bad quality because stupid me had the camera in the wrong mode half of the time. Luckily by the time we got to the birds I figured it out, but I tried to adjust the other pictures and even though they look better they're still horrible. :/

With the birds - Click to see larger!
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More with the birds - Click to see larger!
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And there are more pictures from this day HERE and lots more pictures of Nova, Keyser, Mandy, and some other dogs HERE.

Nova's cute!!!! :D

Thank you! :)

Oh well I already replied on Woof before seeing the thread here but she's getting SO big!! :)

She's adorable! :) I LOVE labrador retrievers (as I have two myself..:D)

What a lot of great pictures..thanks, she is adorable, and looks like they had a great time.. :D

Looks like they both had a really good time. It is nice that you were able to take them out to play for the day. Nova sure is a cutie, and Mandy is very pretty. :)

Wonderful pictures! All the dogs are so pretty :)

Thanks, y'all! :)

great pics! i love seeing dogs do what they were bred to do. :D

Yeah, me too! That's actually the only reason she's doing it ... I'm a vegetarian so I cringe when the bird is killed but once it's over I'm okay lol.

Great pictures! Looks like they had a lot of fun!

Thank you :)

Nova and your friend's pup are very cute. But I think bird hunting is really very cruel.

Bird hunting isn't cruel, its what the dogs were bred to do first off and secondly I know a lot of people use birds that are already dead (if I remember correctly). And its only cruel really if they kill the birds with no intent to do anything with them other than sitting and letting them rot. As long as they eat them.. I don't see any problem.

These birds were already dead. I really hate seeing the birds die, but honestly if it's what my dog was bred to do then she's going to do it. I've *never* seen her happier then she was that day.

gorgeous dogs! I also love seeing dogs what they were bred to do.Looks like they were enjoying themselves! :)

Nova and Keyser are stunning! Thanks for sharing them with us. Looks like you guys were doing really well with the training. Glad you joined PT and I hope you share lots more pics of Nova and her friend.

Thank you :)

She's a beautiful Lab :)

I know ;) lol