We got up early this morning because the heat was supposed to be on today. We left the kennel at 5 am and trailered to an area that often is productive for chickens (sharptail).
The first dog I ran was Maggie - she had a hard driving race, that flowed very smoothly going to the right objectives and we saw her under birds on two occasions and had one find. She is a very nice young dog.
The second dog I ran was Jakey. He had a hard driving race, that was a bit rougher than Maggie's. I had to ride for him on a couple of times to get him going in the right direction - He worked 3 groups, but knocked all of them. His enthusiasm was great and it was looking good rolling across the prairie.
Tucker ran in the third brace. He did a nice job, in fact, it was the best I have ever seen him run - but he seems to need more conditioning and the warm conditions were detrimental to his performance. He had no birds.
Diva - Ran in the fourth brace. Her race was very lateral and rough handling, it did not flow well at all. She backed her bracemate after a correction, had a broke piece of work on a stop to flush - and one find. She needs lots of work - I have rarely seen her run so poorly.
Knikki - Ran big to the front, but I did have to ride for him on several times. Correcting his patterning is coming along. The warm conditions were detrimental to his race, but he showed his guts and tenacity throughout. By the time, we finished it was nearly 90F and water was scarce so we called it a day.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
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