Well, iffn you cant laugh at yerself you sure cant laugh at any body else I say. I mis spoke in the vid as we actually had 10 degree below zero wind chills this morning so a spot next to the wood stove was more to my likeing than the wind till it died down some. I have filled so many hollow trees for folks over the years I didn't even think that I might have a "composite" tree on my hands. Good thing I got a stihl 300 and a 400 demo saw with diamond blades to do the deed.
Funny, you nearly laughed yourself into a coughing fit I've used mortar in some hollows when good sized limbs come down
That suxx Butcher. Looks like a job for some black powder. At least then you'd be good on kindlin and stone for the driveway. Good luck man.....
Actually at 1 time it was a preferred method of stopping rot in a hollow tree. Fill the cavity up with crete and wrap the wound till the crete sets up. In many cases the tree will grow around the wound and the concrete but as you see it can come back to bite a guy in the arse. I love a challenge, and I sure aint gonna look at a trunk full of seement layin in my yard for the rest of my life.
Butcher, I used to see that in trees around here also. Not so much any longer though. "No good deed goes unpunished" huh? Dog still looks a bit skittish.
After I quit doing various concrete/demo/stone mason/landscaping side jobs all the time after work I kept a early 90's Milwaukee 11lb electric combo rotary/chipping hammer around for such projects.Rarely gets used more than 3-4 times yearly now,but the way my luck is 2 days after finally selling it I'd wish I hadn't.
Brits are usually a bit off, one way or another. Usually they are just goofy when not hunting. Silly little clown dogs.
I love springers as well, had one before my Brittany. Totally different dogs, but goofy in their own way. I don't know if you are aware, but the akc determined in 1984 that the brittany is not a spaniel and dropped the spaniel part. They are closest to an English setter, which makes a ton of sense considering that Brits are pointers, and springers are flushing dogs.
Yeah, you're not the only one. It's not a very popular breed, you'll see a few from time to time, more in areas where upland bird hunting is and I hear other Brit owners relaying the non spaniel thing too. There's actually 2 kinds of Brittanies. French and American. French Brits, where they originally came from (northern french province of Brittany) have black noses, and hunt rabbits and birds, and american Britt's that have brown/ tan noses and were bred to only hunt upland birds.
This Brit of ours is sure goofy like you say. Dog showed up last spring in the middle of a severe thunder storm. We called every one in the area to see if they was missing a dog, called the local vets, took her in to see if she was chipped but she wasn't. Once the food dish went out she never left the property. Figured she was dumped. Figured out pretty quick that she musta been abused by a man cuz she didn't warm up to me for about 3 weeks but from the get go would follow my wife around like they was joined at the hip. She still shy's away from guys when they come over to visit. As time went by we figured out she was house broke, Don't eat table scraps and don't drink outta the terlit. Wont even jump on the bed at night to keep my dang feet warm. Don't think she is no hunting dog unless it is for her own enjoyment. Best mole digger/killer dog I have ever had. She like playing with rabbits too. When you got 7000 square feet of garden that is a big plus to us. I did find out that she likes fresh eggs though.
We had hunting star Britt. She hunt close to hubby, held on point till he got close, and flush on command. AND she retrieved!!
Butcher, I bet her egg and mice/ rabbit getting kept her alive until she found your house. Resilient little pup. What a great story. Maybe some day she'll be a toewarmer like my Britt is right now. Mines laying on my left foot while I'm on my couch.
Mine was a grouse and pheasant machine until a couple years ago. She's 14 now. Pointed, retrieved, outworked 5 hunters on a pheasant farm on a regular basis. She even retrieved pheasants from a pond, and ducks that were dropped on small puddle ponds as well. Most pointers won't swim to retrieve, she had no issues with that.
What great girl!! I've had 2 Brittanys, neither of them would warm my feet in bed LOL! We had decided our next dogs would be german wirehair pointers, but husband mentioned a while back he now wants one brittany and the other will be the german. Had to feel great seeing her outwork the other 5 hunters!
