I think Lottie has a lot of spaniel in the mix as she’s a very ‘busy’ little girl and takes everything in her stride – from children, cats, other dogs, horses, trips to London and holidays in Devon. Lottie loves playing ball and has perfect recall, what a star! She was said to be nine years old when we got her, our vets thought possibly a couple of years younger which I hope is right so that we get longer with this wonderful little girl.

If you could see in the infrared and stood on the moon underneath the military laser’s beam, it would appear roughly 30 times brighter than the full Earth. That’s quite bright, but not blindingly so. It’s still only one-thousandth the brightness of the midday sun on Earth. Speed and range alone do not a good bird dog make, but from the Montana prairies to the mountainous Oregon desert, where the limit to what you can hunt is often how far you can see, speed and range are a good start. Granted, at that age Nellie still had to learn to hunt, not just run, and figuring out where the birds were was something she was just learning. But she's come around quite nicely since then and more than lived up to her initial promise. She seems to have settled on a closer range than my wide-ranging setters, but for every guy like me who enjoys hunting over big-going dogs, there are 10 that like moderate to close workers. Ever see a German Shorthaired Pointer and think “Man, I’d love to have one but they are so big”. Maybe the idea of a Miniature German Shorthaired Pointer sounds perfect! A digression: I say, "stopped to point" rather than "slamming into" a point for a reason, because that's what many Brittanys do. One of my friends, a setter man to the bone, complains that he can never tell when my Brittany is pointing or simply pausing to take in the view. That hurts, but it's a valid criticism.All in all, those who want GSPs are looking for an energetic outdoor activity companion. This dog is also intelligent and affectionate with its family. GSPs are Perfect for Outdoorsy Families

Whether they’re small or not isn’t going to change the fact that they want to get outside and do things for large portions of the day, but if you have a smaller GSP, then it can be a little easier to navigate around your home with them. Keep reading as I discuss the common traits of GSPs and how to get a “miniature” GSP. I’ll also discuss other smaller dog breeds similar to GSPs, whether in personality or other characteristics. There’s No Such Thing as Miniature German Shorthaired Pointers Our GSP sees this saddle bag break out and he can’t stop wiggling his butt knowing where are headed outdoors.One only needs three rather simple equations for all the calculations done in this article. First, if we assume the laser is optimized so that its spreading angle is at its theoretical minimum, then we can calculate its beam divergence (in radians) using this equation. I always hear people recommending the breed because they're a great first dog and so easy to train," she says. "And while I think that is true in a lot of cases€¦the ones that aren't can be some of the tougher dogs to train because they're so smart and so manipulative. They're so good at playing off your emotions that they get out of doing something because they're able to put on a big act." For the record, Kradolfer doesn't entirely agree with my observation that the dogs are getting smaller, and says she's got several 50-pound males in her kennel. The standard is between 30 and 40 pounds. I’ve also seen people looking for small GSPs because they don’t have a lot of living space, but they still love the breed. But, many people don’t want a large breed dog for a variety of reasons including wear and tear on furniture, yard size, etc. Proxima Centauri, located roughly four light-years away, is the closest star to us and is orbited by several exoplanets. If we aimed our most powerful laser there, by the time the light reached it, it would appear brighter than the brightest star looks to us in a clear night sky. So, four years after we’ve fired our laser, if there's any alien astronomer looking at the right spot in their night sky, they may notice a nanosecond flash of ultraviolet light and go, "What was that?"