August/September 2004 Now in our thirteenth year. www.Bdarn.com

Welcome to the August/September issue of Bird Dog & Retriever News. I have had a month from hell. It started with my trusty cell phone going on the fritz. The only replacement I was offered can do a thousand things, I just wish it functioned well as a phone. It seems to be missing calls, if it doesn't get better it WILL be used for fish bait real soon. Boyt Harness one of my largest suppliers for Guldans.com burned to the ground while we had pending orders, thank god they were up and running within a few days. But more thrilling was the losing the entire August/September issue two days before our annual family vacation. I was able to save the text and pictures, but I needed to reformat every page... over two weeks worth of work. So albeit late here is the August/September issue.
Welcome our subscribers and advertisers. Also for the first time in about five years we are again on newstands. A lot of you requested it and thanks to Mike Reagan, our newstand guy, we hope to have national distribution within a year. If you have a favorite sport shop that would like to carry it, have them get a hold of us, we'll see what we can do.
So what's in this issue? During our "working vacation" we went down to see the "Vizsla Guru" Jim Busch for the IL Vizsla Double Bubble days, I have a photo montage of the day. Dave Duffey walks through simple Gun Dog Guidelines as only the master can. Last year over a hundred dogs died from heat stroke in South Dakota. I offer to you TWO articles on dogs and the heat. One from a Vet Joe Spoo, who will be doing a regular vet column for us. And a second from Bill Dillion one of the best trainers in all of South Dakota. Both have an interesting angle so this year, let's not kill anymore dogs.
Jerry Thoms tells us about that great dog we all knew of that came from a questionable past. I walk you through the pointer senior hunt test program. A path I maybe walking for the next year or two. David Krassler talks us through advanced Water Blinds. And this issue I'll introduce you to Tony Roettgers, if your running springers you probably know the name, if not you should he's one of the great trainers to be found. With the season a few weeks away Justin Kromminga takes us Timberdoodle hunting with him. And for our featured book we offer to you Steve Rafes "Training Your Dog For Bird Work."
That's about it for now, I'm again sorry this issue was a week or so late, just means the next one will come to your door even sooner. And by the way, the jokes on the last page, are some of the best I have seen in a while.
Lets go running dogs....
Dennis Guldan
Publisher Bird Dog & Retriever News.