4th week running

Well, trying to catch up on what is happening.  All the older dogs are doing awesome as well as the puppies.  The derbies - first year dogs are not having the contacts we had hoped.  We still have a month to figure out ways to get them into birds.

3rd week running

Well, the wheat is out now and the birds are more available - just about every dog in every brace is getting at least one bird contact each - still need to work on getting the really young dogs into birds more.

Beau and Otis - - on our evening walks they are getting into birds - about 6 last night night over 3 contacts - pretty good - obedience is slow - but marking and retrieving is good

Sassy, Zeus, Phoenix, Rev - Need more bird work - Sassy getting excited - Zeus a little too excited, as well as Phoenix - Rev needs to get more serious

Annie, Kate, Patch and Liz - Annie doing awesome, Kate running well but needs birds, Patch still a little hormonely challenged and Liz starting to get with it more and pointing better

All the puppies are getting more bird work

All in All a great week so far

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

End Week running going awesome

Well, we are doing good - working hard on dogs.  We are getting bird work on dogs but mostly pairs and small groups - we had dog work on all braces yesterday

Boss - Beautiful broke find, handling to the front and staying in close and coming with me

Bo - Big running puppy - he had a find on sharp tail

Beau - 3 puppy points and knocked the birds - pretty awesome

Striker - Had a nice back - before he went over the hill and I had to track him down

Phoenix - Nice find and back - working on pattern

Otis and Beau - working some long water retrieves - marking is great will concentrate on obedience and hold - getting into birds too

Rev - Hard running dog - mostly front no bird work yet

Mike - Very nice back last time on the ground working on handling and doing better

Jessie - Awesome big front running dog - 3 finds last time she was free ran - holds for a long time but will knock birds on occasion

Tina - Awesome young derby - wonderful backs and finds - will work more on her steadiness in the yard, nice pattern - doing awesome.

Ricky - Running big - had to correct him pretty hard yesterday - I expect his head is right now - more work in the yard and we will get him broke I am sure

Wheat coming out now and I expect lots more finds in the next week or two.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

1st week of horseback work going well

Well, our first week of horseback work is going well.  We have had lots of bird contacts considering the moisture and stuff - cool temps make running very pleasant.

Otis and Beau - Are doing nice marks in water and land, delivery to hand is not the best at times - no gunfire issues and obedience is coming along really well

Annie, Kate and Patch - Doing awesome - Annie continues to run well having multiple finds or bird contacts - Kate is doing well but not much in the way of bird contact - Patch is in season so not running her

Chance - Doing nice broke bird work and in very good condition

Lucy and Kane (Daniel client dogs) are doing awesome broke dog work and conditioning coming along good
Beau (Daniel client dog)  - Nice young puppy doing nice work lots of contacts

Boss and Tina - Boss doing well running a nice foot handling pattern and Tina working in nice AKC Gun Dog derby pattern

Jessie - Made some huge moves and pointed and knocked some birds

Liz - Having a good time worked some nice points this week

Lane (Daniel Client dog) Really nice puppy points going on some decent range more to come I think

Zeus, Rev, - Making some nice moves - ran over some birds - some nice backs - still working on pattern

Phoenix, Butch (Daniel Client dogs) very nice moves some nice finds still working on steadiness

Peanut - Nice running and pointing dogs - good backing and still need to get steady to wing

Alice - (Daniel client dog) doing some good work needs to run a bit more

Brunie - (Daniel client dog) Big running dog - haven't seen much of her work because generally I am chasing my dog in a different direction - work I have seen has been pretty nice

Mike and Striker - Nice young pointers plenty of go - not much bird work yet

Ricky - Running big, backing nicely - fumbled a couple bird contacts but a nice dog

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Well waiting for the fog to lift

We have been very busy - still working yard work with Daniel and I putting the young dogs through their paces.

Otis - Nice young chesapeake - obedience, heeling, sitting and turns coming along nicely - land marks are good with nice delivery - water work is ok - depends on his mood working on it

Beau - Very nice lab - obedience is lacking but his water and marks on land are excellent - still working on things but very pleased

Zeus - Relearning how to stay steady to wing and shot - a bit on the tough and stubborn side

Phoenix - Retraining to steady to wing and shot coming along - still working on it - hard to get her to stand still at the flush and shot

Rev - Coming along nicely need more contacts with birds to get totally steady but progress is good

Sassy - Way too much flagging and bird drive - gonna be a tough nut to crack - great nose

Butch - working well need more contacts and steadiness is coming along

Beau - Great puppy lots of potential lots of bird sense and good ground coverage

Jessie - Pretty much one of the top puppies at camp - doing everything right.

Chance - Doing awesome has not forgotten anything - roading hard

Caleb - Nice young puppy getting more steady and stylish - natural back needs some reinforcement

Liz - Nice young dog needs to cultivate more independence - looks good on birds and doing a nice job

Patch - Very nice young shooting dog - hormonely challenged along with about 6 other females

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Today was just another day on the prairie roading and working dogs. We had Jackie, Mali, Phoenix, Lucy, Hondo, Kane, Annie and Kate. Pups/young dogs along were: Rick, Brunie, Beau, Bo, Cindy, Lucie, Jessie, Lane, and Liz. The young dogs are learning to work cover, run to the front and are finding birds - Beau and Bo had a find on sharptails, Brunie had 3 finds that she held until puppies flushed the birds and overall it was a great morning, about ready to go work about 10 dogs on some pen raised birds.

Been an eventful couple of days.  We are working dogs daily - 8 dogs a day roading 6-8 puppies gang running on wild birds and whoa training and evaluations and retrievers.

Beau - Making long single retrieves and delivering to hand - heeling and whistle work coming along
Otis - Making nice long single retrieves but still not delivering to hand - heeling and whistle work very nice

Beau- Running well, having a few contacts with wild birds - check cord work coming along

Tina - Whoa doing well and I am pleased with her progress

Bo - Not a bad little puppy

Jessie - Running very well, 5 bird contacts this morning - nice dog

Sassy - Doing alright on whoa and been raised birds she is a little flaggy on point

Cindy - Awesome young dog very pleased

Lucy - Very nice young dog - coming along will be a good hunting dog

All the older dogs that have been broke already have been evaluated and re-training as necessary

More evaluations and training

Mist light rain today when I suited up and harnessed up the dogs for morning roading exercise - Dogs roading were Boss, Tina, Rev, Cordite, Knikki, Hondo. Mali and Lucy. Free running puppies and derbies were: Liz, Sassy (Wilson) Cindy, Jewel, Gunner, Beau, Bow and Abby.

Sassy - Had 3 finds and 2 other contacts
Jewel - 1 Bird contact
Liz - 3 Contacts and 1 find
Cindy - 5 Finds and 3 contacts
Beau - stayed close ventured out some
Bow - Followed about a 1/2 mile and went home
Gunner - Same as Bow

Once rain stops we will get our evaluations and bird work done.

Well we saw some antelope with young today on our way to our training pond. We had Otis and Beau out doing single marks in the water even the old man - Tanner got in the action some - great day training today.

2nd day - Starting training

Well, we started out before day break - roading 8 dogs to start getting them in shape - it was a cool morning a hint of a storm brewing over the horizon and occasional lightning flashes.

Dogs in the roading rig were:  Cordite, Knikki, Annie, Boss, Tina, Lucy, and Chance.  6 miles later we had 8 very tired dogs - Puppies were along - They were Sassy, Cindy, Sue, Bows, Liz and Sassy.  After the first mile they all went back except Cindy, Lizzy, and Sue.  Three bunches of birds were pointed.

After roading we worked our retrievers - Otis and Beau - We were working on heeling, sitting, and whistle work - after doing the yard work we loaded the dogs up and went to do water work.


Whoa post and chain gang work will be done this evening.

Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

1st day at camp

!st day at camp was a busy one - water stations out, roading rig set up. Worked on weed eating around the kennels and got the birds in the pen - giving more directions on what else we need to do - cover looks good - seeing lots of birds on the roads - KMule is set up - will have to change the oil today - working on setting up a roading schedule for the dogs - gonna work on "whoa" post today and also work on obedience with the labs I have in camp. - hopefully we will get more pics to share today and everyday - been a long 2 days - 48 hrs with 4 hrs sleep is tough - got a good nights rest last night and I am bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning


Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill

Price increases/change for 2014

Just giving you all a heads up - all prices for 2014 are gonna be standardized.  Prices and multiple dog discounts for 2013 will remain in effect through summer camp 2013

Effective in 2014 the price schedule will be as follows

Puppies/Conditioning dogs $900

All others - IE Field Trial/hunting dogs/derbies $1300

There will be no other discounts available - due to the rising cost of feed and fuel.

Thanks so much for your patronage through the years.

Keith - Posting from Under the Live Oaks

Puppies on the Prairie - the Next Generation

Heading back to camp again

Well, we are once again bound for South Dakota to our camp in Timber Lake - hope we have as good a year as we did last year.