Made it home after a pretty uneventful trip back to TX. Took a long time travelling alone is always a bit of a hard row.
Anyway, got everyone back in one piece and will be busy cleaning up the house and kennel today and getting moved back in but tomorrow should be back at it after I pick up quail to start training need to get someone to mow and groom the farm - the summer rains left it pretty much a jungle.
So, there it is - great summer behind me. Need to get some more things done yet but overall it was very good.
Keith - Posting from Under the Live Oaks
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Almost done for the summer
Got a bit more training to get done - been a rough week for weather but the dogs are doing well. I am hoping to be back in TX on Thursday. So, that is the plan - arriving back in Texas on the 30th of Sept. If I get that done - then I will turn around and head up to Arnett, OK to attend the Colorado Shooting Dog Championship and will be back around the 10th of October. I will have someone taking care of the dogs while I am gone but I can't guarantee that someone will be at the kennel during that time to meet owners - so if you can't pick up the dogs on the 30th then the next window will be 10th of October.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
PS. I would like to campaign the following dogs in AKC Field Trials and/or some American Field trials
Dot
Tucker
Maggie
Jill
Jessie and/or Lily
Beast (Need to find an owner for this nice son of my dog Cullen)
Lucy (Not sure if Irish Red and Whites are eligible yet, but this is one bird finding tough little dog)
Tech (breed restricted - viszla, weims etc)
Knikki
Jackie
Trudy (we need to find an owner for her - she is gonna be a winner right out of the gate)
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
PS. I would like to campaign the following dogs in AKC Field Trials and/or some American Field trials
Dot
Tucker
Maggie
Jill
Jessie and/or Lily
Beast (Need to find an owner for this nice son of my dog Cullen)
Lucy (Not sure if Irish Red and Whites are eligible yet, but this is one bird finding tough little dog)
Tech (breed restricted - viszla, weims etc)
Knikki
Jackie
Trudy (we need to find an owner for her - she is gonna be a winner right out of the gate)
Friday, September 17, 2010
Good day training
Today, was pretty overcast, windy and cool. But, I went out and worked a bunch of dogs. We had a great day training overall.
Tech - Good run, smooth and great pattern - no finds.
Cullen - Nice easy handling shooting dog race, broke find on a big bunch of sharptails and a nice stop to flush on another group. Super pleased with the work of this young irish setter - he found himself in the middle of a group of sharptails that upon my approach got up all around him - handled like a pro with manners.
Lola - Nice run with a pheasant find - broke at the flush. Worked a bunch better today.
Xena - Braced with Lola - had a pheasant find - broke at flush, really nice job for both the young dogs.
Otto - Multiple contacts with pheasants and pointed his last bird. Coming along finally.
Beast - Multiple finds and contacts with pheasants, handling well and starting to hunt much better.
Tripp - 3 finds - broke at flush all on pheasants and multiple contacts with other flushing birds - Big improvement
Lucy - Multiple contacts with pheasants - 3 points on pheasants - broke at flush or knocked them - nice job overall.
Good Day overall. Starting to pack up things
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Tech - Good run, smooth and great pattern - no finds.
Cullen - Nice easy handling shooting dog race, broke find on a big bunch of sharptails and a nice stop to flush on another group. Super pleased with the work of this young irish setter - he found himself in the middle of a group of sharptails that upon my approach got up all around him - handled like a pro with manners.
Lola - Nice run with a pheasant find - broke at the flush. Worked a bunch better today.
Xena - Braced with Lola - had a pheasant find - broke at flush, really nice job for both the young dogs.
Otto - Multiple contacts with pheasants and pointed his last bird. Coming along finally.
Beast - Multiple finds and contacts with pheasants, handling well and starting to hunt much better.
Tripp - 3 finds - broke at flush all on pheasants and multiple contacts with other flushing birds - Big improvement
Lucy - Multiple contacts with pheasants - 3 points on pheasants - broke at flush or knocked them - nice job overall.
Good Day overall. Starting to pack up things
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Weather being a pain
Worked some dogs last night and it worked out pretty well for some - not so good for others.
Tucker - Had a nice broke find and 2 stop to flushes - as well as some not so nice work so corrections were made.
Jakey - Had sensory overload - in field with hundreds of pheasants - corrections were made often. We did have a broke find and a couple broke stop to flushes afterwards
Mac - Ran a nice race - honored another dog - ran over a few birds - had no finds.
Lola - Ran a nice hunting dog party, with two finds that she broke at flush - but I was pleased with the work of this young female.
I was overall very happy with the dogs - birds are getting spooky and are getting into larger and larger groups which makes it difficult to get them pointed.
Raining this morning hoping it will break so that we can work dogs this evening.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Tucker - Had a nice broke find and 2 stop to flushes - as well as some not so nice work so corrections were made.
Jakey - Had sensory overload - in field with hundreds of pheasants - corrections were made often. We did have a broke find and a couple broke stop to flushes afterwards
Mac - Ran a nice race - honored another dog - ran over a few birds - had no finds.
Lola - Ran a nice hunting dog party, with two finds that she broke at flush - but I was pleased with the work of this young female.
I was overall very happy with the dogs - birds are getting spooky and are getting into larger and larger groups which makes it difficult to get them pointed.
Raining this morning hoping it will break so that we can work dogs this evening.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Monday, September 13, 2010
Worked late today
I still had to get some stuff done in the trailer so I worked all the dogs this evening - we had a great workout.
Beast - Had a nice find on a pheasant - ran well. I am pleased with this young dogs progress.
Gunner - Had a nice pheasant find - he held through the flush and shot, but broke about 5 seconds before I got to him to release him - still a great piece of work for this dog - he has come a long ways. Still running a bit too big for my tastes will work on this.
Chance - Did a nice job - he had a honor - after being cautioned and corrected. He went on to have a broke find - with multiple pheasants flushing around him immediately after the honor. He had another find and broke at the flush, for which he was corrected and stopped. But, he is doing well
Rita - Ran her in a bird rich cut field - She had 3 finds she broke at either the flush or shot but was stopped by either cautioning her or correcting her. She had a broke stop to flush while 10-20 birds flushed around her. She has come a long ways - when she first got here she would run and bust every bird in the country - now although she sometimes reverts back she can be stopped on command.
Xena - Still not ranging far - she is having a hard time finding birds because of this - they flush wild on her because either the horses, KMule or I'm walking them up, just not ranging enough to pin these wild running and flushing pheasants.
Dolly - Had a derby broke find on pheasant (meaning she pointed and held until I flushed the bird ) and ranged well, covered the ground in a pleasing pattern
Tanner - Ran solo and would not range - put down with Jill and he ranged (weird) better and had 2 non productives - he still hasn't figured out how to pin these running birds.
Jill - 4 nice finds on pheasants - she broke at the flush. Ranged well, loves birds.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Beast - Had a nice find on a pheasant - ran well. I am pleased with this young dogs progress.
Gunner - Had a nice pheasant find - he held through the flush and shot, but broke about 5 seconds before I got to him to release him - still a great piece of work for this dog - he has come a long ways. Still running a bit too big for my tastes will work on this.
Chance - Did a nice job - he had a honor - after being cautioned and corrected. He went on to have a broke find - with multiple pheasants flushing around him immediately after the honor. He had another find and broke at the flush, for which he was corrected and stopped. But, he is doing well
Rita - Ran her in a bird rich cut field - She had 3 finds she broke at either the flush or shot but was stopped by either cautioning her or correcting her. She had a broke stop to flush while 10-20 birds flushed around her. She has come a long ways - when she first got here she would run and bust every bird in the country - now although she sometimes reverts back she can be stopped on command.
Xena - Still not ranging far - she is having a hard time finding birds because of this - they flush wild on her because either the horses, KMule or I'm walking them up, just not ranging enough to pin these wild running and flushing pheasants.
Dolly - Had a derby broke find on pheasant (meaning she pointed and held until I flushed the bird ) and ranged well, covered the ground in a pleasing pattern
Tanner - Ran solo and would not range - put down with Jill and he ranged (weird) better and had 2 non productives - he still hasn't figured out how to pin these running birds.
Jill - 4 nice finds on pheasants - she broke at the flush. Ranged well, loves birds.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Friday, September 10, 2010
Weather raising concern
Well, the last two days I have only been able to work dogs in the morning but we got enough done.
Gunner - Ran a big hunting dog race, with a stop to flush.
Cullen - Broke find on sharptails and a stop to flush on a pheasant
Chance - Had a pretty nice ground pattern and one pheasant find
Jessie - Had a big running race with no birds, but handled very well
Dolly - Had a nice find (derby broke) on sharptail - after a couple good corrections she stood broke through flush and shot
Trevor - Short hunting dog run - nice find on sharptail.
Mac - Big run - no bird contact
Tanner - Couple of non-productives on running pheasant - handled well
Xena - Nice hunting dog ground pattern - one find on pheasant
Tucker - Had a nice 20 minute run - one broke find on pheasant, and a stop to flush
Maggie - Nice even race, and had a nice green broke find - took a couple steps at shot but stopped after I cautioned her.
So, far so good with all the younger dogs
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Great day today
Today, I loaded up a bunch of dogs and went to work. We had some great work from a few dogs.
Cullen - Had a beautiful shooting dog race with 2 broke finds. I am looking forward to running him at Nationals.
Gunner - Had a big hunting dog race, with a stop to flush and handled really well.
Chance - Had a great hunting dog run - a very nice find on pheasant that he pinned like a pro - broke at the flush but I am pleased with his progress.
Jessie - Ran an all age race, with no bird work. Handled well and got in there deep.
Otto - Ran independently and was in close proximity to a flushing bird.
Tanner - Ran a super nice hunting dog pattern - had a couple unproductives - I suspect running birds.
Hope - Ran well, and pointed a bird - super nice 5 month old puppy.
Tucker - First time out for this dog in a few weeks - he ran for about 20 minutes - ran a nice pattern and a big lick. Had a broke find on pheasants, and one broke stop to flush - and ran over another and failed to stop - correction was made - I was very happy with this.
Wind is up today - and I am hoping it will diminish in time for me to work another group of dogs tonight.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Cullen - Had a beautiful shooting dog race with 2 broke finds. I am looking forward to running him at Nationals.
Gunner - Had a big hunting dog race, with a stop to flush and handled really well.
Chance - Had a great hunting dog run - a very nice find on pheasant that he pinned like a pro - broke at the flush but I am pleased with his progress.
Jessie - Ran an all age race, with no bird work. Handled well and got in there deep.
Otto - Ran independently and was in close proximity to a flushing bird.
Tanner - Ran a super nice hunting dog pattern - had a couple unproductives - I suspect running birds.
Hope - Ran well, and pointed a bird - super nice 5 month old puppy.
Tucker - First time out for this dog in a few weeks - he ran for about 20 minutes - ran a nice pattern and a big lick. Had a broke find on pheasants, and one broke stop to flush - and ran over another and failed to stop - correction was made - I was very happy with this.
Wind is up today - and I am hoping it will diminish in time for me to work another group of dogs tonight.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Cooler days and nights
We ran 6 dogs this morning, it worked out well but birds are getting experienced and jumpy - some of the younger dogs and even some of the more experienced dogs are having a hard time pinning birds.
Tripp - Pointed a bird and ran over another - but he worked and handled well.
Lily - Pointed 2 birds - broke at flush - handled like she was on a string
Mac - Two nice honors - held through the flush.
Maggie - Had a few unproductives but also held while two birds flushed and 3 dogs ran around her in circles - I was pleased with this.
Dolly - Pointed a bird - is making progress towards being broke but still needs corrections on a regular basis.
Otto - Was actually hunting well today - still close to the horses but showed the most initiative he has in some time.
We had business in Mobridge so we were unable to run this evening.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Quality breeding really pays
Every year I bring puppies up to SD to run on wild birds and develop their natural instincts on wild birds with a minimum of direction for me. These puppies range in age from 3 or 4 months old to 1 yr old. This year we brought up various breeds of dogs at various ages - ranging from english/llewellin setters, pointers, irish red and white setters and irish setters - from 3 yrs to 1 yr old. Those under the age of 6 months all started with relatively the same blank slate.
As we go through the summer - a pattern emerges - those with great hunting breeding from quality parents usually develop quickly and more often than not are way ahead of those dogs that are not as well bred. There are always exceptions to every rule, but for the most part the higher quality hunting dog breeding you can get the better off you are.
IE - I have some young setter dogs from our champion Tanner - they are outperforming everything we run with them - including dogs twice their age and maturity. But, it also works out that a nicely bred red and white irish setter that is outperforming some of my own well bred irish setters - it is all individual but the better breeding usually the better off you are.
As a trainer, I see and work lots of dogs - and I work my puppies the same - when you see a dog with the same experience/exposure - just outperform other dogs with the same experience/exposure it is amazing.
Good breeding pays.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
As we go through the summer - a pattern emerges - those with great hunting breeding from quality parents usually develop quickly and more often than not are way ahead of those dogs that are not as well bred. There are always exceptions to every rule, but for the most part the higher quality hunting dog breeding you can get the better off you are.
IE - I have some young setter dogs from our champion Tanner - they are outperforming everything we run with them - including dogs twice their age and maturity. But, it also works out that a nicely bred red and white irish setter that is outperforming some of my own well bred irish setters - it is all individual but the better breeding usually the better off you are.
As a trainer, I see and work lots of dogs - and I work my puppies the same - when you see a dog with the same experience/exposure - just outperform other dogs with the same experience/exposure it is amazing.
Good breeding pays.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
Friday, September 3, 2010
Getting Cooler
Puppies are doing well.
Lucy running hard and pointing birds - getting tons of experience
Jill - Running well, and getting into enough birds to jack her up and hopefully she will quit chasing butterflies.
Otto - Coming along slowly - sometimes he runs out and finds birds sometimes he is content to tag along behind me.
Beast and Bran - Getting into more birds and getting more mature in hunting.
Hope and Girl - Running hunting and pointing birds - these are great llewellin puppies.
Lucy running hard and pointing birds - getting tons of experience
Jill - Running well, and getting into enough birds to jack her up and hopefully she will quit chasing butterflies.
Otto - Coming along slowly - sometimes he runs out and finds birds sometimes he is content to tag along behind me.
Beast and Bran - Getting into more birds and getting more mature in hunting.
Hope and Girl - Running hunting and pointing birds - these are great llewellin puppies.
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