Puppy development article on Strideaway

Northwoods Roquefort, left, and Northwoods Parmigiano. (Photo by Chris Mathan.)

Chris Mathan recently asked if I wanted to contribute a piece to Strideaway, an online publication dedicated to promoting pointing dog field trials; particularly, trials for English setters and pointers that are sanctioned by The American Field.

Since the subject was raising puppies, I jumped at the chance. Her assignment was to discuss how we raise, socialize and develop puppies—all with a slant toward how that helps their future training.

The piece is titled Early Development of Bird Dogs and was published on Strideaway last week. Even if the subject isn’t interesting, the exquisite photos of setter and pointer puppies by Chris are worth a look-see.

Chris owns two businesses on her own—The Sportsman’s Cabinet and Chris Mathan Photography—and   Strideaway, co-conceived and co-managed with Mazie Davis.

Many thanks to Chris for offering me the opportunity.