Well, we switched things around a bit - we are running our bird dogs from horseback first thing in the morning now and roading in the afternoon - this worked out wonderfully today - as it got warm quick and we were able to catch birds before they went into deeper cover in the morning.
Chance and Duke - Chance had a mishandled opportunity first thing and knocked the birds - he then went on and had a find a couple minutes later - corrections made. Duke had 2 bird contacts and knocked and chased.
Dolly and Chip - Dolly had two contacts with birds - first was a stop to flush - a single sharptail flushed as she was making a cast - she stopped I rode up and flushed more birds and she stood steady for the shot. The 2nd contact she was making game and got too close and a bird popped - she once again stopped and I was able to make a correction and flush more birds - she stood broke for the shot. Chip had a great run and pointed briefly and knocked a couple groups of birds.
Knikki and Dot - Knikki had a find and relocated and birds popped way in front of him (I did not call this a bump) he stopped and I fired a shot - which he stood for - he had a couple non productives after - his race was short and lateral but making improvements in range. Dot mishandled a bunch of birds and corrections were made - she ran a nice all age race that caused Daniel some handling challenges. She had a broke find on sharptails near the end.
Rocky and Annie - Rocky ran a short shooting dog race and had a broke find. Annie honored briefly and corrections were made - Annie ran a forward moderate race and had a find - she broke on flush and corrections were made - Improvement in her forward race and handling is steady.
Mac and Gus - Mac had a good gun dog race, moderate at times and lateral. Mac had a find on a hen pheasant - broke on the flush - corrections made. Gus had a nice forward puppy race with a couple of contacts with birds.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
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