Hot days - But dogs are making progress

Well, we got up early yesterday and trailered over so we could run out and back courses over the prairie.

Kane and Buster - Both had a find and honor. Buster had a nice find on pheasant and showed derby broke manners (stood through the flush broke at the shot) Kane was roading and honored - about 20 minutes we switched off - Kane running and Buster roading - Kane had a find on a bunch of chickens - This was our last brace and we were loading up by 10:30 am - as it was getting warm.

Lucy had 3 pieces of bird work - all broke manners - 1 honor, 1 find, and 1 stop to flush. Her race was ideal hunting dog range and application

Tech - Has really turned on! He has been finding birds, and pointing some pen raised birds and his issues with gun sensitivity seem to be a thing of the past.

Sallie - Ran well, and honored her bracemate on 1 occasion - she is starting to come around and run much better.

Max - Had a good run and found 2 birds (stood through the flush, but broke at the shot) he worked in great hunting dog range and was covering the ground in a thorough and methodical manner.

Tucker - Had 2 derbt broke finds on chickens. Race is getting much better and is starting to hang out there a bit more. He is maturing - although, a bit slower than some of his siblings.

Trevor - Was able to honor a couple of finds, but was not in any birds independently. We are working well together and he is starting to come along. His last outing he had a derby broke find on pheasant.

This morning we worked mostly in the yard on johnny house quail and chukar.

We worked several dogs

Kiwi - Had great broke dog manners on multiple finds of quail and chukar. On workouts in the prairie she is running well and forward - she points with classic english setter style.

Tech - After the encouraging workouts we have been having on wild birds with Tech we thought to start doing yard work to get him to point and stand steady to flush or shot. I am happy to report that he had not problems with gun sensitivity and that he also stood derby broke (did not move until the flush) and that is some really great progress!

Sallie - Stood derby broke on all four of her finds on chukar. She has come a long ways on several applications.

Jackson - Still standing broke but he still is not pointing with great style. I think as we run him more and more on the prairies - perhaps getting into more wild birds will help. He is trained well, just doesn't seem to have lit the fire for birds and hunting yet.

We also ran all the puppies today - Loki, Dolly, Mia, Stubby and Chester knocked and chased 4 groups of birds. Kiwi and Maggie were also in the mix and found and knocked 2 groups of birds.

Additionally, we took Jake, Collin and Doc and released a bunch of quail for them to work - Doc found and pointed a bird, and chased at the flush. Collin had a beautiful point and knocked, the bird and chased. Jake ran a huge race all over the 1/2 section and finally knocked a group of sharptails - but did not find any quail.

Anyway, thats it for now.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill