Barlow's an interesting guy and I miss having him around, although we still correspond from time to time.
I guarantee, you'll not find someone who has traveled the world and studied (by seeing...not by reading) dogs more than he has. He isn't scared to hear about someone hunting and raising a good line of dogs and just pick up and move there for a while to see and get to know them. Heck, that's how we all met him in the first place.
I have read his posts and noticed how he was always traveling to see them first hand. Man with all of the adventures and things he knows and seen he should write a book or keep an online journal like with a group page on facebook or something.
BigO's been trying to get him to write a book for quite sometime. He (Barlow) is also quite handy with a pen, and can write a story that would entertain anyone.
Yes...I have heard the tales of his bear hunting days. Mainly about the time he decided to go bear hunting, so he loaded up his dogs and went to the woods. If memory serves me right, it ended up being about a 2 year long hunt before he decided to head home. Lived in a tent in the woods, and hunted 24/7. If that's not a way to evaluate dogs, then I don't know what is.
Most would think his stories are pretty far fetched...until you get to know him.
