My new avatar

[AWS]

AWS has been my handle for many years, I used to be an American Water Spaniel owner and campaigned her in the show ring, and hunting competitions, she was a winner. In honor of her, I chose AWS (American Water Spaniel) as my handle. In the past few years AWS has been plastered across media as a computer operating system. My AWS is in honor of a little brown duck dog..

 

[hm1996]

Nothing like the bond between a man and a special dog! Got any pictures, Erich?

 

[AWS]

I lost most of those on Photobucket. She is the feature AWS in Barron's "Sporting Spaniel Handbook"

This one is on my wall .

 

[Bob_Atl]

Very special, and I know that feeling.

 

[hm1996]

I lost most of those on Photobucket.

That's a shame.
Betcha didn't hunt her in the grass burrs. Beautiful dog!

 

[AWS]

I trimmed her back for hunting season. There were times she came back with a bird so covered in goat-heads she looked like she was wearing brown armor, the carried a set of clippers with me.

She went deaf early and learned to do everything with hand signals. She learned that the tone on her collar meant to look at me for directions to birds she didn't see go down.

She has a lot of stories to go with her time with me, my hunting partner called her the "Alligator".