Took the big dogs to the rolling hills

Loaded up early and went south of camp - Took our biggest running dogs to let them roll in the wide open and get some bird work.

Duc and Gus - Ran big and wide - over an hour they were on the ground. Duc has the most endurance I have ever seen in a viszla - multiple contacts on birds but no points for either dog - running way out there and handling well.

Buddy - Ran him by himself and watched that dog go in the country over a mile on several occasions - Daniel and I both had to ride hard to keep in touch with him - gonna start keeping him close and bird hunting him - ran big enough that it was exciting to watch

Knikki and Hondo - Knikki ran well - shooting dog race mostly forward. Two finds that he mishandled - one he had to be cautioned to stop, or he crowded a bird and it flushed, was able to flush several more and fire the blank. Another he took a big step forward on a flush and was corrected - Hondo did a nice puppy race and ran in there nice - pointed briefly before knocking and chasing a bird.

Primo - Ran big - got out of touch a couple times - had a find that he held through the flush and then moved on after a short time.

Dolly - Had two finds and a nice race - she took a hop on the first find but was corrected, held well for the second find and finished well.

We have several dogs at camp that are hormonally challenged - Annie, Dot, Jessie, Sadie, Dolly are all in season or appear to be coming in.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill