By David DiBenedetto

Okay, folks. Here's another installment of the F&S Reader Gun Dog series. Looks like we’ll be posting one dog a week for the near future as the e-mails keep flooding in. No doubt you are all passionate about your dogs, and with good reason.

Today we’re going to South Dakota to highlight Ben Bainbridge’s dog, Lexi.

Dog’s Name: Lexi

Breed: German Wirehaired Pointer / Labrador Retriever

Age: 2

Type of Hunting: Upland—pheasant, blue grouse, spruce grouse, chukar, quail

Favorite Place to Hunt Together: Vernon's short woods in Cresbard, South Dakota

Moment You’re Most Proud Of: My dad and I were finishing up our day of pheasant hunting in South Dakota and we were hunting our way back toward town. We saw three roosters in the road, and Dad downed one in the tall grass on the other side of the ditch. He'd only wounded it so we let Lexi out of her kennel to try and find it.

That year was a VERY wet year in South Dakota so the road ditch had about 2 feet of water in it. Lexi plunged into the ditch and locked up solid on point while standing in water up to her chest. The rooster had buried itself in the grass the other side of the ditch.

Moment You’d Like to Forget: We were in the vet’s office after puppy-daycare (you've never had a more tired dog than one that comes home from a whole day of playing with other puppies), and we took her back to weigh her. That's when the ancient, fat, slow, diabetic, one-eyed clinic cat walked around the corner. Lexi wailed like you were pulling her toenails off and put it in reverse straight out of the vet's office.

If Your Gun Dog Could Talk It Would Say: Just love me!

Great stuff, Ben. And a nice looking dog. Keep up the good work. For those of you still interested in submitting your dog, just click here for more information. And for all of you who have already nominated your dog, thanks. There’s a very good chance you’ll be hearing from me soon.

Comments (12)

from jbird wrote 2 years 1 week ago

That's a good looking pooch.

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Very good looking dog.. I hunt upland birds very close to there with my German Wirehair. Gotta love when they lock that point..

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from squirrelgirl wrote 2 years 1 week ago

I like how she's got a bit of lab in her face, it's pretty and unusual. Plus she sounds like a good dog. (BTW puppy daycare rocks but they refuse to take my daughter too)

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from waldman79 wrote 2 years 1 week ago

KEEP 'EM COMIN'

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

wow! two awsome breeds in one dog! nice looking dog.

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

that's funny squirrelgirl!

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from bbainbridge wrote 2 years 1 week ago

I didn't get my email off to Dave in time, but Lexi was actually a rescue at 6 months old. I got her from a guy who was giving away the puppies, and he was kind of a hoarder (said he had 32 dogs, and not in kennels, just running loose in the house). I couldn't NOT take her after seeing that. She wasn't speyed, was covered in bug bites, and she hadn't even eaten real dog food until I brought her home.

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Well that makes her twice the pup in my books. Glad to hear of such a good success story. A+ for your efforts!!

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 2 years 1 week ago

bbrainbridge- Big thumbs up to you. -Dave

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

my lab is also a rescue dog and i couldn't be happier with him! good job.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 5 days ago

sent my pup to you a couple days back, when can we get to see the next gun dog again.

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from jg8881 wrote 2 years 2 days ago

Gun dog of my life 5 yr old Elhew english pointer named Domino.
He was killed by a pickup last week. 3 Championships and 3000 plus birds that I traveled with 24 hrs a day 365 per year.
Social , manors, grace ,dicipline and charm a parent dream of.

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from squirrelgirl wrote 2 years 1 week ago

I like how she's got a bit of lab in her face, it's pretty and unusual. Plus she sounds like a good dog. (BTW puppy daycare rocks but they refuse to take my daughter too)

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

wow! two awsome breeds in one dog! nice looking dog.

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

that's funny squirrelgirl!

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from jbird wrote 2 years 1 week ago

That's a good looking pooch.

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Very good looking dog.. I hunt upland birds very close to there with my German Wirehair. Gotta love when they lock that point..

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from waldman79 wrote 2 years 1 week ago

KEEP 'EM COMIN'

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from bbainbridge wrote 2 years 1 week ago

I didn't get my email off to Dave in time, but Lexi was actually a rescue at 6 months old. I got her from a guy who was giving away the puppies, and he was kind of a hoarder (said he had 32 dogs, and not in kennels, just running loose in the house). I couldn't NOT take her after seeing that. She wasn't speyed, was covered in bug bites, and she hadn't even eaten real dog food until I brought her home.

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from jg8881 wrote 2 years 2 days ago

Gun dog of my life 5 yr old Elhew english pointer named Domino.
He was killed by a pickup last week. 3 Championships and 3000 plus birds that I traveled with 24 hrs a day 365 per year.
Social , manors, grace ,dicipline and charm a parent dream of.

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from SD_Whitetail_Hntr wrote 2 years 1 week ago

Well that makes her twice the pup in my books. Glad to hear of such a good success story. A+ for your efforts!!

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from Dave DiBenedetto wrote 2 years 1 week ago

bbrainbridge- Big thumbs up to you. -Dave

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from jamesti wrote 2 years 1 week ago

my lab is also a rescue dog and i couldn't be happier with him! good job.

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from muskiemaster wrote 2 years 5 days ago

sent my pup to you a couple days back, when can we get to see the next gun dog again.

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