Note from TDB: I would like to thank Bradley Quick for spending the time to share this post about Yut. I have been intrigued and fascinated by this duo since I first learned of them! Yut seems to really love the work he does and wow! What an athlete! Thank you so much for sharing your boy with us Bradley! There is NOTHING I love more than seeing these dogs work. I look forward to your next post! -Kerry
Hello everyone!! I would like to first say it is an honor to be asked to contribute to this blog and sharing with everyone what our boy Yut can do. A little bit about Yut. He is a registered Olde English Bulldogge, and Yut is just what we call him. Yut is registered as Quick’s Lance Corporal Schmuckatelli, it’s a Marine thing. His sire is DJ Alaniz, his dam is Cornejo’s Angel, and the breeder is Richard Cornejo. He is 65lbs of solid muscle retrieving machine. He just absolutely loves retrieving and hunting, he will cry and whimper if he knows we are going and don’t take him. He has a soft mouth which means he doesn’t damage the meat, he can naturally swim and float, can finish a bird quickly when needed, and is learning to trust his nose. Yut is also a wanna be lap dog, bed hog, goofball, finder of all treats, protector, and ok he is a lap dog.
We are a family of hunters. And our big boy Yut is our hunting dog. We have trained and taught him to retrieve doves and ducks. Yut is the world’s only duck retrieving Bulldogge, that we know of. He is an absolute machine when it comes to retrieving ducks. In 2 seasons of duck hunting he has went into the water and retrieved over 100 ducks. That is no small feat for any duck dog.
What started with just a game of fetch and some water training turned him into the duck retrieving machine that he is. I am by any means a professional dog trainer but Yut and I figured it out. I have never had a duck dog of my own and Yut is the first. In another post I will layout how Yut got to being a duck dog. I will also discuss his training, equipment, conditioning, and nutrition in another post.
Yut has impressed even seasoned duck hunters with his drive, skill, strength, stamina, and raw abilities during the hunt. Yut and I have even been featured On the Ducks Unlimited page as the photo of the week. He has out swam every other dog that he has been up against at the lake. This ability of his has allowed us to explore other duck hunting locations as we know he will retrieve the duck. He has had a couple of ducks out swim him and head for the middle of the lake, he may be shaped like a seal but he isn’t one. Also, we have had boat traffic that forced me to call him back to the shore line.
Yut has made some very long retrieves in our hunts. His longest retrieve was around 150 yards out. He has made multiple retrieves of over 100 yards as well. The wind where we hunt can push the floating, yet deceased, birds out really quickly. Wounded birds can make for some long swims for him as well. When we have taken multiple birds at the same time is when he has had to make long retrieves. His greatest retrieving set was when we took 15 coots at once towards the end of the day. Yut went out 11 times to retrieve birds, the boats showed up and I called him back. The closest retrieve was about 10 yards and the longest was the 150 yard retrieve.
We have hunted in all types of weather as this is Texas and the weather likes to change from day to day. We have been in hot weather, bitter cold, wind, rain, and snow; nothing slows him down or will keep him from it. I have had to set a temperature limit of 20 degrees Fahrenheit for his safety as he doesn’t have the double coat of water dogs. He wears a 9mm neoprene hunting vest to keep him warm and dry.
When Yut leaves the blind to go retrieve it is a sight to see as he is all bulldogge in how he does it. He launches at the first shot and is looking for the birds to hit the water. Once the bird is in the water he is on a mission. Watching him go into the water is like watching a dump truck speed down a boat ramp. He leaves a wake behind him as he swims with the power that he has. When he comes out of the water he looks like a prancing hippo with a look of pride as the duck dangles from his mouth, which is why we like to call him the North Texas Hippo. We love watching him work! When we miss Yut gives us a look of disappointment that just says, “You had one job and you failed.” We don’t miss much so we don’t get the Yut look.
I can’t imagine going hunting without Yut now. He is one of a kind and we love him dearly. He is currently pouting as he has to take a month off before spring training. But I’ll have him back in the woods and lake soon enough and then I’ll have a happy Yut again. All of our fur babies are unique in their own way and we love them for who they are. If you have any questions or comments please use the comments section.
Check out some videos of Yut in action!
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