On Friday we ran the pointers in a place that usually holds lots of birds, and it did unfortunately the birds were jumpy and we didn't get much bird work.
We ran 5 braces before we got any work done - all the dogs were running well, and intelligently seeking the objectives and working the ground and cover in a thorough manner. We had stop to stop to flush from the following dogs in the previous 5 braces. Cooper, Diamond, Eleanor, Woody each stopped on wild flushes - and we got off and fired a blank .
Pete - Had a broke find and a very nice race, working hard to search the objectives for more birds.
Primo and Eleanor - Primo had four broke finds and a stop to flush - great bird work, ran hard and searched the objectives intelligently and unlike the previous 5 braces seemed to be able to dig up birds on grounds other dogs had just been over. Eleanor had a stop to flush (previously mentioned) and a back
We ran setters yesterday - and we had great bird work on the first two braces.
The first brace we ran Belle and Whiterock Cordite - He had a nice broke find on 3 sharptails in a thicket of buffalo brush. Belle ran very hard and searched diligently but the young dog was unable to come up with any birds.
Second brace was Jan and Syd - Jan did not do anything and was getting in the way of the horses and threatening to cause a horse wreck so she was taken back to the truck. Syd had 3 nice broke finds without any catwalking, and two beautiful backs - she was running and extreme shooting dog race and somehow slipped around me and the two other people that were training with me - searching for her in the big country used up some time.
The next 4 braces were unable to come up with any bird work.
Keith - Posting from Under the Rusty Windmill
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