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A Dog with Heart

PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013

A Dog with Heart

PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013

A Dog with Heart

STORY BY Reid Bryant
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Denver Bryan, Chip Laughton, Russell Graves and Terry Allen

PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013

A Dog with Heart

STORY BY Reid Bryant
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Denver Bryan, Chip Laughton, Russell Graves and Terry Allen

PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013

A Dog with Heart

STORY BY Reid Bryant
PHOTOGRAPHY BY Denver Bryan, Chip Laughton, Russell Graves and Terry Allen

PUBLISHED June 6th, 2013

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To see an English Pointer at work, quartering a grain field and slamming into scent, is to see a pointing dog defined. In that frozen moment, it all becomes clear: movement suspended in a still life of absolute anticipation. There may be more beautiful things in this world than a block-headed bird dog with its chest on the ground, but I have yet to encounter one.

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A Dog with Heart

To see an English Pointer at work, quartering a grain field and slamming into scent, is to see a pointing dog defined. In that frozen moment, it all becomes clear: movement suspended in a still life of absolute anticipation. There may be more beautiful things in this world than a block-headed bird dog with its chest on the ground, but I have yet to encounter one.

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