Well, we have been cool most of the week, yesterday we got rain. All the dogs seem to enjoy the weather.
We picked up a new dog at Aberdeen - Chewy is a pointer owned by Fayed O Fayed. We let him settle in for a day and took him out for an evaluation today - he did great, his birds were well located and he stood very well for flush.
Lucy - She stood broke today on pen raised birds and we will work her a couple more times in a more controlled situation but should be turned loose as soon as the rest of the dogs start running on wild birds.
Tech - He is doing much better - finding and pointing birds and ignoring .22 blanks when in full chase - progress is continueing.
Buster - Doing great - still no bobbles on liberated birds - will be rotation on wild birds.
Trevor - Standing well, a minor bobble once in a while but overall almost ready for the big dog runs.
Jackson - Showing more intensity on birds - although progressing - I am hoping wild birds will really light him up.
Dot - Standing broke well, still needing minor corrections - but we will work her into the rotation on wild birds in a week or so.
Max - Getting into better shape - still need to bulk him up a bit more but overall his performance on birds is fine - still not broke but we are making some progress.
Star - Will be worked into the wild bird rotation - standing well on liberated birds.
Jakey - Doing great - handling well - and overall a super nice young dog
Maggie - Nice dog - working well - wild birds are really helping her.
Haley - Still a bit of an air head - but has shown some flashes of getting the whole bird thing down.
All the young pups and older broke dogs are doing super -
Wild bird work will begin on Saturday.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Do you ever feel like one certain dog comes along to not only try your patients, but make you ask hard questions? I know it was that way for me and horse training. Every once in a while I'd get a really well bred, decent looking horse and that beast would make me question myself and what I know. In the end I almost always had a new revelation and a new appreciation for what I did. That seems like so long ago!
ReplyDeleteRhonda
You are probably right. It is really hard for a country boy from Washington, to be intuitive or reflective - mostly the school of hard knocks and making mistakes has been the path - I have seemed to walk down - the only good thing is I seldom make the same mistake twice (well not with dogs anyway)
ReplyDeleteBut, I will reflect on the wisdom you shared -