Rufnit Kennels Braque du Bourbonnais - Miscellaneous Photos
The
following photos are taken from our daily training, play, seminars and
hunting sessions.
Enjoy
watching our companions develop!
(NOTE: photos are continuously added; newer photos will appear at the
bottom of the page)
Echo
Hemi
Jasmine
Journey
Journey (upper left), Jasmine (lower left),
LuLu
(upper right),
Echo
(center right) & Hemi (lower right)
Jasmine
Echo
Echo, Jasmine, Axel, Alex, Journey & Hemi
Alex
Axel
Jasmine
Journey
Echo
Alex, Journey, Axel, Jasmine, Amos & Alou
with
their human companions
Shari, Terry, Shane & BurDon
at
the Heartland Chapter NAVHDA Test
after receiving their NA Prizes
(A
record was set that day for the largest number of Braque du Bourbonnais
testing together and Prizing in a NAVHDA NA Test)
Rufnit Kennels "NAVHDA
Natural Ability Breeders Award"
(first recipient in North America)
Shane, Kevin, Echo & Hemi
Alex, Journey, Jasmine, Hemi, Echo and Axel
Veterans Day Hunt
11-11-04
Valencia
Vurhi
Valencia & Vurhi
12-14-04
Vurhi, Alex, Journey, Hemi, Jasmine, Echo, Axel and Valencia
12-24-04
Valencia, "Put the camera away and come to bed, Mom"
Vurhi, falling asleep while practicing for his "Dell" commercial
Pheasant Fest 2005
Omaha NE
Photos
by TED KIRK
Lincoln
Journal Star
Vurhi being photogenic again...first television...then the newspaper!
Bali,
Valencia and Vurhi training 02-16-05
Echo
quail hunting 02-16-05
Braque
du Bourbonnais Group 02-18-05
Vurhi
and a bobwhite quail 02-23-05
Vurhi
pointing a bobwhite quail 02-23-05
Valencia locked on a quail 02-23-05
Valencia retrieving a quail 02-23-05
Bali
pointing a quail 02-23-05
Bali
retrieving a shot quail 02-23-05
Rufnit
Kennels Braque du Bourbonnais' version of "Where's Waldo."
Bali,
Valencia and Vurhi cooling off after field work.
"Do we HAVE to
get out?"
"Hey
guys, I'm still in here!!"
"Vurhi, Mom
said we have to get out!!"
"Just a
few more minutes.....PLEASE!?!?"
Trying to get Bali, Valencia and Vurhi out of the tank after field work,
proves to be a challenge!!
04-07-05
Jasmine, making sure the shot gun doesn't go out without her!
Journey taking an afternoon break.
Rufnit Kennels' Braque du Bourbonnais Group photo
08-12-05
Hemi vs GameBirds
- Final Score for the day: 4-0
08-23-05
Jasmine vs GameBirds
- Final Score for the day: 3-0
08-23-05
Jasmine teaching her companion to "search for a duck"
Heartland Chapter NAVHDA Utility Test October 8, 2005
The
first known NAVHDA Utility Test consisting of all female
owners/handlers!
Kristine Hill (Small Munsterlander), Sally Jo Hoaglund (Weimaraner)
Shari
Stueck (Braque du Bourbonnais), Cheryl Asmus (German Shorthaired
Pointer)
Photo courtesy of Tresha Moorberg
Giving the pheasant and quail time to re-group, while entertaining the
"little one."
Jasmine, Encore, Journey and Vurhi
11-06-05
Alex
and Axel after 11-27-05 hunt
(at
least Terry hit something!!)
"Let's
go...there are birds to be found!"
Encore
12-19-05
Alex
Axel
Bali
Encore
The
above photos taken during the 12-20-05 upland hunt.
Rufnit
Kennels' Braque du Bourbonnais Group
2006
Jasmine
& Journey with their "birthday" gifts!
02-21-06
Angus
03-02-06
Alex
03-02-06
Fortune, during field work 06-08-06
(~11
weeks old)
Fortune
preparing for his NAVHDA NA test!
(~4
1/2 months old)
Alex
and Axel patiently awaiting their turns for "multiple retrieves"
Examples of the development of the Braque du Bourbonnais
Rufnit
Hero (4 days - 12.5 oz), Rufnit Genius (8 weeks - 9 lbs. 10 oz)
and
Rufnit Fortune (6 months - 40 lbs 8 oz)
Braque
du Bourbonnais are typically full grown (height and length) between six
to eight months of age,
at
which time they put on weight and fill out.
Foster
following the flight from FRANCE!
10-17-2006
Jon &
Parker, Jim, Shane & Amos and Bob
Opening
day 2006
21
pheasants
Limit
shot and brought home!!
Thanks Bob and Connie for the opportunity!!
(10-28-06)
Darin &
Fortune opening day 2006
2
quail, 1 pheasant
10-28-06
(~7
months old)
Foster
& Valencia, waiting patiently for their turn in the field!
(10-31-06)
Axel,
following his short afternoon outing!
12-02-06
Angus,
following his short afternoon outing a couple days later!
12-05-06
Hemi,
ready for the NAVHDA 2007 Annual Meeting/Buffet!
(Sponsored by the Heartland Chapter: January 25 - 28, 2007)
Rufnit Kennels' Braque du Bourbonnais Group
2007
Photo
courtesy of Rufnit Kennels
"Eyewitness Companions: Dogs" by Dr Bruce Fogle
Published by DK
(page: 237)
Sharing this fantastic breed...first with television spots, then
newspaper articles and now books!
Cannon's puppy photo as posted in the May 2007 Versatile Hunting Dog
Magazine,
which
is published by NAVHDA (Volume XXXVIII; No. 5)
photo
submitted by Rufnit Kennels
Fortune
finding the quail remaining in the field following the puppy training
sessions.
(2007)
Angus,
the smart bird dog...
He
knows that the birds will need to take a bath sooner or later!!
07-27-07
Nebraska National Forest Weekend...
Darin
& Fortune
Fortune
Terry
& Axel
Axel 
September 2007
Juli
and Journey making their "whelping box" selections while they are
awaiting their litters!
10-24-07
Rufnit
Baja and Rufnit Amos enjoying Opening Day 2007
(Rufnit Baja ~3 1/2 years old, Rufnit Amos ~4 years old)
Rufnit
Epoxy thrilled that his "little brother," Tony, can get around!
Now...who is teaching who?!?!
(Epoxy
~3 years, Tony ~1 year)
Vurhi,
Foster & Fortune
Foster
Enjoying Opening Day 2008!
First
day's harvest 2008
Very
first Sharptail Grouse!!
Rufnit
Alou
"Having
your human companion take you to the field on your
birthday...PRICELESS!!"
~~Happy
Birthday Alou (aka Bandit)~~
(5
years old)
The
Traveling Braque du Bourbonnais Hunting Team!!
(Rufnit
Alou, Rufnit Fortune, Rufnit Foster / BB's)
(John,
BurDon, Darin, Terry / follower's)
Ok,
let's see what birds are hiding on this farmers ground!!
(Jasmine, Journey, Natural & Olivia)
Let's
get those birds!!
(Vurhi,
Foster, Angus & Fortune)
Last
day of the 2008 season...
(Terry
& Jasmine)
Rufnit
Alex
Preparing for the 2009 Invitational
08-29-09
Rufnit
Alex
Preparing for the 2009 Invitational
08-31-09
Rufnit
Fortune
First
hunt of the 2009 Waterfowl season!
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Rufnit Katen
First hunt of the 2009 Waterfowl season!
(~2 years old)
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John,
Darin and Rufnit Fortune's afternoon in the field!
12-12-09
(~3
1/2 years old)
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What goes on at Rufnit when there's ~24" of snow, 4'
drifts and the temps in the negative teen's...
A lot of laying around and taking it easy!!
01-06-10
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The Rufnit Companions promoted the Heartland NAVHDA
at the annual "Man Show" in the Lancaster Event Center.
They impressed numerous visitors while showing their
obedience, retrieving and people skills!
01-29-10 and 01-30-10
Rufnit Xceed (Sassy) and Rufnit Xquisite (Cinder)
Photo as posted on the front page of the Omaha
World-Herald
announcing the 2011Pheasant Fest weekend at the Qwest
Center in Omaha NE
(photo by Matt Miller / story by David Hendee)
January 28, 2011
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Dekun,
Dylan and Birdi
Run in
the field, full tummies...now for a nap!
11-12-11
(~4
months old)
An
informative book...awesome section on the Braque du Bourbonnais!!
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Hey...what do you mean a "Pheasant" is really here...
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Hmmm...I don't "smell" any pheasants!
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These bandana's are going to help us find the
"Pheasant"?
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Really, where could that crazy bird be hiding?
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Hey, we are looking for the "Pheasant," have you seen
it?
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Hasn't anyone seen the "Pheasant"?
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Meeting a lot of people....still no pheasant!
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We are confused...where's the "Pheasant"?
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Rufnit Fortune
(above photo courtesy of Joe/BirdDogLife)
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"Mom,
what do you mean 'this IS the Pheasant' we came to see today...
it
doesn't look or smell like the ones we get during the hunting season!!"
Pheasant
Fest 2012
Bird
Dog Parade
Kansas
City MO
02-17-12 through 02-19-12
