WELLER KENNELS

GMHR WELLER'S MOSES OF ANTIOCH

NATIONS FIRST GRAND MASTER HUNTING RETRIEVER......If you ask John Weller about Moses he says, "Moses is the Best dog I've ever owned. It was an honor to have him on my truck or in my duck blind. His willingness to learn was beyond words. When Moses came in the house my two young daughters would make a big black pillow out of him and watch T.V. I bet those three have watched the the Wizard of Oz two hundred times."

A few years before his death Moses was called on to help in an unsuccessful search for a lost fisherman, I knew Moses could trail birds but to smell out people? The boat of the individual was found, but no sign of the fisherman. We hoped we could go in the thick marsh and find the victim alive. I obtained an old sock, that the man wore recently. I put the sock on a "bumper"(retrieving article) and told Moses "to find it, teasing him with the bumper every now and then to keep his enthusiasm up. After about an hour we found the fisherman's paddle. This discovery led to the Rescuers to a quick recovery of the drowned man. Moses was truly one of a kind. One of my long time friends and Dog Book author (Water Dog, Game Dog, Gun Dog, etc.) Richard Wolters once told me that "you will never own any other Moses, he is a once in a lifetime dog." Mr. Wolters was a big influence in my life. It was a pleasure to know a man like him.