Hunters English
Springer Spaniels
Breeder of English Springer Spaniels
Camille
The origin of the name Camille is French and the meaning of the name Camille is Perfect
Camilla, in Roman mythology, legendary Volscian maiden who became a warrior and was a favourite of the goddess Diana. According to the Roman poet Virgil her father, Metabus, was fleeing from his enemies with the infant Camilla when he encountered the Amisenus River. He fastened the child to a javelin, dedicated her to Diana, and hurled her across the river. He then swam to the opposite bank, where he rejoined Camilla. Living among shepherds and in the woods, Camilla became a skilled hunter and resolute warrior through her father's tutelage in the rustic arts. Virgil claimed that Camilla once ran so swiftly she could run over a field of wheat without breaking the tops of the plants or across the seas without wetting her feet. Camilla became the leader of a band of warriors that included a number of maidens, and fought in a battle against the Roman hero Aeneas; but she was killed by Arruns, an Etruscan, as she was chasing a retreating soldier.
At 12 weeks old Camille took to the water charging in and swimming. |
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Standing tall after swimming. |
Camille was friendly with new people. |
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After hours of swimming, and playing with new people the days activities caught up with Camille. |
At 13 weeks old cooling off in the pool. |
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At 14 weeks old on a hay ride at a party! Then after a day of play at the party resting on the drive home. |
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| At only 15 weeks Camille handled great around the shotgun and is retrieving pheasants after they were shot. Camille accelerated through milestones in training that a pup must be at before attempting to shoot birds around it. Please do not attempt this as Camille is an exceptional pup. Any pup or young dog must have successfully completed certain milestones in training before exposing them to hunting situations. | ||
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A short video of Camille at 17 weeks doing a water retrieve. |
| Camille at 5 1/2 months old and she is hunting in Western South Dakota on the Cheyenne Sioux Indian Reservation. If it was cattails she was in it, a fence row charging into it, sun flowers & edge cover in it looking for birds. | ||
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| 5 1/2 month old Camille with some of the results from her efforts. Camille did flush her own pheasants and did find downed birds even some difficult ones. We got into some sharp tail grouse and Camille's nose quickly adjusted to them making another solo find & retrieve. Camille is on her way to becoming a top bird dog. | ||
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| The day after Thanksgiving while hunting Camille goes in looking for a pheasant that was just shot and moments later comes out with the bird. In another picture Camille is in the brush her tail in rapid motion and she finds and flushes another pheasants, she is a solid gundog and when she hears the shotguns she knows a bird is going be on the ground for her to get. After the bird is flushed and shot it fell onto the ice making a quick and easy find for Camille, at only six months old now she is a good looking and performing pheasant dog. | ||
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| Camille during a pheasant hunt on a Thanksgiving day after making a water retrieve with a pheasants. After the hunt Camille enjoys the pheasants by rolling amongst them, she is really showing the makings for a great upland bird dog. | ||
Camille at 7 months old after a pheasant hunt in mid December 2014 continues to improve as good bird dog. |
January 2015 Camille's first quail and she transitioned so quickly to finding flushing and retrieving quail that one would not know this was her first quail hunt. |
January 2015 Camille's first quail and she transitioned so quickly to finding flushing and retrieving quail that one would not know this was her first quail hunt. |
Camille February 2015 has a great nose finding birds and a strong desire to hunt. |
Camille now has a hunting season under her belt and she loves to hunt. Camille has a great nose for finding pheasants a excellent upland bird dog but still a pup ten months old. |
Camille now has a hunting season under her belt and she loves to hunt. Camille has a great nose for finding pheasants a excellent upland bird dog but still a pup ten months old. |
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Video of Camille at National Hunting Fishing Day 9-2015 |
Video of Camille at National Hunting Fishing Day, 9 2015 |
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| Camille at National Hunting & Fishing 9-26-2015 eagerly swimming out after the dummy the kids threw making retrieve after retrieve. | ||
September 2015 Camille at National Hunting & Fishing Day doing water retrieves for the kids. |
September 2015 Camille at National Hunting & Fishing Day doing water retrieves for the kids. |
October 2015 Camille rolling on the ground after an early season hunt. |
October 31 2015 Camille foreground and her mother Taffy coming behind just before a youth pheasant hunt. |
October 2015 Camille & Taffy did a great job flushing & retrieving pheasants. The youths found out that it is not so easy to hit a flying pheasant. The springers found and retrieved every bird the kids dropped. |
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11 2015 three generations of English Springer Spaniels far left Mr. Miles 8 years old, center - Camille 1 year old, and far right Ella 11 years old and still an excellent hard hunting upland bird dog. |
Again three generations of English Springer Spaniels all great upland bird dogs far left Camille 1 year old, center her Sire Mr. Miles 8 years old and his Dam to the far right Ella 11 years old. |
Camille taking an afternoon break what a solid gundog at 1 year old. |
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| Camille versatile gundog that has retrieved shot pheasants in in water and cattails | ||
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| Pictures from hunting on the Cheyenne Sioux Indian Reservation South Dakota hunting trip November 2015 | ||
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| November 2015 Camille's strong nose easily finds birds that are hiding here she is with one after the retrieve. | ||
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| A December 2015 pheasant hunt Camille is not shy about getting in the ice water to do a water retrieve. The ice was too thick in the middle for them to continue to break through it and no place to get on top of it. The Springer Spaniels did find a to cross and did get the pheasant. | ||
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| Camille after an early January Quail hunt in 2016. Camille was full of energy all through the quail hunt as she has strong hunt drive and a strong nose to find, flush and retrieve shot birds she does very well over a variety of upland birds. | ||
Camille at Ohio Pheasants Forever 2016 State Hunt Challenge. Camille's performance was in the top three but unfortunately we had a poor shooting on the last bird. Camille did get the last bird but since it was poorly hit it didn't drop and flew a long ways. The extra time time get that bird cost us a top three spot for Camille. |
On a very cold morning February 2016 pausing for pictures before returning into the field for more pheasant. Camille is standing at the front of the picture. |
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| Camille is an excellent upland bird dog she has plenty of drive & desire a strong nose she hunts in gun range and whether working in heavy cattails or edge cover she does an excellent job. These three picture we are in western South Dakota a good hour west of the Missouri River. | ||
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| Camille in Western South Dakota November 2017 she really compliments the hunt with good hunt drive and great manners with other bird dogs. The one photo shows a rooster's spur which was particularly long. | ||
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| Camille at pheasant hunts November 2017 she has plenty of drive & desire at finding flushing & retrieving upland birds. | ||
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| An August day 2018 Camille getting some preseason training on quail. Camille did an excellent job finding quail in thick cover on a warm day, she flushed the quail and retrieved the shot upland game right to hand. | ||
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| October 2018 Camille handled very nice in the field for the youth hunt working in close gun range for the kids making nice flushes. Camille retrieved every bird to hand that day it was pheasants and chukars. | November 2018 Camille retrieving a woodcock to hand, I've never hunted her on woodcocks before but regardless of the upland game Camille will find it and retrieve. | |
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| November 2018 Camille hunting with us in western South Dakota, she is a hard hunting springer often she wears the hair and some skin off of the bridge of her nose. Camille works the cattails hard, pictured is Camille is retrieving a shot pheasant from the cattails. In the group picture Camille is to the left her Sire (father) Miles is beside her and the two springers on the right are Camille's pups Albert and far right Cheyenne. | November 2018 out on a hunt with Camille she flushed a woodcock, I shot it Camille easily found it and retrieved the woodcock. | |
7/24/2019 got out on a cool morning lots of dew to do some upland dog training in the middle of the summer. Camille did a nice job quartering, finding, flushing and retrieving shot quail. |
11-13-2019 hunting public land Camille is pictured in the snow quartering, the springers did flush two nice roosters and I was not able to connect on that quick morning hunt. |
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| November 2019 Camille taking a break to cool off in ice water during a pheasant hunt in western South Dakota. After the the hunt Camille pictured looking up at the pheasants that I'm holding. Camille quarters close has an excellent nose for finding and flushing pheasants and upland birds, including sharp tail grouse. | December 2019 Camille & Pepper working as guide dogs at a hunt preserve did an excellent job working in range putting up pheasants for clients that were within easy shooting distance and retrieving every bird that was hit. | |
Camille helping at a guided hunt December 2020 she hunts close making flushes that present nice shots for the hunters. |
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