The Line: A Story of a Hunter, a Breed and Their Bond
When Urseth began to seriously look at getting a dog in his adulthood, he had to decide if he loved dogs or loved what dogs can do. As a hunter, he decided that he preferred the latter, and he settled on the German shorthair pointer as a dog that can do. What follows is the story of Jäger and Cent and of their offspring—a line of winning pointers that hunt in any weather, can sniff out their prey in any conditions, and then rejoin the family at the end of the day. The author is a natural storyteller. Even non-hunting-dog lovers will find themselves thrilling to the skill of dogs that can find pheasants on cold wintry days, point them, and then retrieve the downed bird in any kind of terrain. The emotional highs of working with good dogs; the inevitable heartbreaks of aging, disease, and loving animals with a shorter life span than their owners; and the humor of puppy antics and dogs seizing opportunities that come their way all shine through in Urseth’s episodic tales. --Nancy Bent