Well, we are roading the field trial dogs 8 miles now - the other conditioning and hunting dogs are still roading 6 miles - we will gradually increase the distance and vary the speed at which we road as the summer progresses. All the birds we are seeing are very young yet - but there is a wondrous variety - ducks, sharp tail and pheasants as well as some geese (which is pretty unusual).
Daniel and I are working on the "whoa" post daily now.
Sam - Doing well, and I am confident in his learning ability
Kona - Bit of a problem in that he wants to sit a lot, but we are working on it.
Duke - Taking to it well
Red - Working through some issues - likes to sit occasionally but working through that
Annie - a real trooper no problems so far
Buddy - Did well, I expected more of a rodeo with him
Lucy - Sitting is a problem with her - working on it and making slow progress
Stub - Just a refresher for him - we will probably be on the chain for about a week then worked through the rotation on wild and pen raised birds
Chip - Just some more repetitions are necessary for him - He is progressing well
We usually work dogs on the "Whoa" post for 2 week to a month - depending on their ability to absorb and apply the training and using a variety of stimuli until we are reasonably sure they are ready for pen raised birds and corrections - after that is accomplished then it is on to wild birds for final polish.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
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