Update - Breaking Camp

Well, some repairs to the vehicles may take a little longer than anticipated so we are gonna play our departure date by ear - we may leave as late as 1st of October depending on how things work out .

Breaking camp next week

Well, with the field trial season starting in TX, and the crops being harvested and having few places to work - we are gonna break camp a week early.

Planning on leaving 24th or 25th of Sept this year.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Good day working

Well, we are getting more bird work done - which is making a huge difference

Eleanor - 4 or 5 stop to flush (some corrections) and a broke find, working in comfortable foot handling range

Kona - Multiple stop to flush, (some correction) and a broke find, working in nice range, busy dog

Pete - Great run, one broke find - doing well

Deuce - A great find - stood broke while upwards to 20 birds flushed all around him

Diamond - 6 stop to flush (corrections made) and one broke find - working in nice range

Cooper - Not much has changed - working close and has multiple opportunities for bird work

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Camp is winding down a bit

Well, camp is starting to wind down - planning on leaving a few days earlier than usual, to run in some trials in TX prior to going to the english setter national in Nebraska.

We have been getting lots more work on birds now that some of the crops are being harvested so that is making it better up here - weather is very cool too.

We will leave camp on or about the 24th of Sept - so we have just under two weeks left to work.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Crops coming down - bird contacts up

Well, some corn is getting chopped an as a result we are getting more bird contacts.

Cooper - Still working at foot hunting range - opportunities for bird work are abundant.

Eleanor - Had a nice stop to flush, working at foot hunting range.

Ellie, Speedi, Gus, - have pointed and knocked or chased 100s of birds in the last couple days - really exciting to see finally

Dosa - 3 pieces of broke bird work - nice range and working well

Deuce - 2 pieces of broke bird work - very nice dog enjoying the bird work

Pete - One piece of broke bird work - nice find and running well

Diamond - Running well, and unfortunately not her day today

Hobo and Preston - need more bird work but did have some work today

Ellie - Had some flash points but knocked a few too - doing better though.

Primo - Still doing excellent work and excellent range

Jessie - Working well and bird work is excellent

Penny - Pretty nice young dog - bird work is getting very good

Jack - Doing much better - bird contacts are helping alot

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Well good work today

We are starting to drive the roads and hitting the small cover - foregoing horseback work mostly.

Deuce - Two broke finds on pheasant - really made me happy

Cooper - Still working in comfortable foot handling range - no finds - had opportunities however

Eleanor - Nice piece of broke bird work - very nice.

Gunner - Chased and knocked as well as flash pointed some birds - progress.

Penny - Two broke pieces of bird work

Unna - Several broke pieces of bird work

Fuzzy - Really struggling still - no finds

Brunie and Ellie - multiple points and knocks on multiple contacts

Jack - Nice piece of broke bird work

It was a pretty productive day for bird work - impossible to judge run but I was happy today.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Struggling

We are trying to get more done with the young dogs - working pen raised birds and taking them on the section roads and dumping them out on birds we see - some are doing well, some still need work.

Eleanor - Broke dog that is a sweetheart

Cooper - Still working in very comfortable foot hunting range - broke on pen raised birds

Okie - Broke dog that is still doing well

Preston - Standing broke to the shot on pen raised birds, still struggling with wild birds

The bottom line is that due to the drought and other factors (standing crops) we are not getting the bird contacts we normally get and the dogs are not as well advanced as usual this time in the previous years.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill