Working on the prairies

Well, we worked 5 braces of dogs on the prairie - We had two bird contacts - Unusual because this field is usually productive for 4 or 5 bunches of birds. I was disappointed

Chance and Trevor - Chance ran a big race and had no contacts. Trevor starting to open up more - no contacts.

Sam and Kane - Kane ran a huge shooting dog race, well to the front, no contacts. Sam ran a nice shooting dog/gun dog race - no contacts.

Primo and Buddy - Buddy ran a huge, hard handling all age race. Primo ran a big shooting dog race but handled well - Buddy and Primo both mishandled separate birds

Charlie and Tio - Tio ran a nice forward race - no contacts. Charlie was short and distracted - no contacts

Mali and Lucy - Mali ran a nice shooting dog race, handled well - no contacts. Lucy ran a nice hunting race - No contacts.

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Great day working dogs

Well, even with a late start (been feeling poorly lately) we got out and worked braces of dogs on wild birds. Each brace had plenty of bird work and it was pretty awesome.

Rocky and Stubby - Rocky had one nice broke find, Stubby backed and had one broke find himself. They had nice forward races and handled well.

Dot and Gus - Dot ran a big shooting dog/All Age Race with 3 or 4 broke pieces of bird work. Gus had a back, and 4 puppy/derby finds

Knikki and Annie - Short to moderate shooting dog races. Knikki had 4 finds - 1 broke find and mishandled 3 finds - with corrections made. Annie had 2 derby finds, broke on the flush.

Mac and Jessie - Short to moderate shooting dog/gun dog races. Mac had 4 finds - 2 were broke - 2 were mishandled. Jessie had 4 finds - 2 were handled with broke manners - 2 finds she took steps.

Dolly and Jakey - Ran short to moderate gun dog races. Jakey had two broke finds, and a couple mishandled stop to flush. Dolly ran a nice shooting dog race - She had a stop to flush.

All in all it was a great day training.

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Another day

Horseback dogs are coming along.

Tio and Amos - Points and backs on young pheasants - need some more range from Amos will come I think

Mali and Lucy - Find on pheasants and sharp tails - Mali handled hers like a pro - Lucy not so much so

Jessie and Dot - Dot had a broke find on pheasants, Jessie mishandled her birds

Chance and Trevor - Chance broke at shot - Trevor also but not bad for a couple of hunting dogs

Stub and Taz - Taz is pointing birds regularly and running well - Stub running well but still mishandles birds from time to time

JuJu - A few bird contacts, needs to develop more independence

Preston - Pointing birds and running well - good little dog - nice forward pattern

Duc - Running big and pointing, nice forward pattern

Callie - Finding birds needs more work, needs to run more

Buddy - Doing okay - needs lots of work

Gus - Runs great - no contacts with birds yet


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Field Trial Dogs

This is Mac - Not sure what Chuck is gonna register him as - I like Whiterock Mac Windem (CH Arties Royal Mac X CH Teasel Windem) This is gonna be a great dog nice naturally forward race and good running style and pointing style - He beats his tail to death in the kennel and out on the prairie. He is potentially a better trial dog than Tanner or Knikki - only time will tell but we got to get him ready to run at Grand Junction for the AKC National Championship next spring. Hoping we can get him qualified to do so in the coming months.

Other dogs I am hoping to re-qualify or qualify

Whiterock Forever Knight

Whiterock Mali

Whiterock Cordite

Whiterock Hondo

Blackhawks Dot

Jessie

Duc



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Great day working dogs

Well, we trailered over to another spot to work dogs this morning, we had 10 dogs on board and it was a great training day.

Charlie and Trevor - Trevor had a nice find on sharptails and a nice ground application and race making casts of between 50 and 200 yds. Charlie was slow to start and did not make any big moves she had a find near a wheat field on pheasant.

Mali and Sam - Mali had a broke piece of bird work on a hen pheasant, and a shorter than normal race. Sam made a few nice moves but generally stayed at a nice gun dog range.

Dot and Primo - Dot had a nice broke find on pheasants, I had to ride hard after her a couple times but did a nice forward reaching race. Primo had a find on pheasant and broke at the flush - a decent race and all in all did well for his first day of horseback work

Amos and Tio - Short to moderate race for Amos, he had a couple backs. Tio ran a decent race - needs to open up a bit - nice broke find on pheasant

Stub and Lucy - Lucy ran a nice race, flushed a pheasant, and pointed a group of sharptail and broke at flush - she ran a mostly forward race and did a nice job. Stub ran a nice big race with a find on sharp tails that he held to flush.

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First day of horseback work

Today was our first day of horseback work on wild birds - Daniel and I loaded (5 braces - 10 dogs) to work on a section of ground we have just received permission to run dogs on. It was a warm, humid day and we only ran the dogs for 30 min. Running an older dog with a derby or puppy. This worked out well.

Rocky and Gus - This father/son team was fun to watch. Rocky ran shorter than normal, but I am sure he will run bigger as summer progresses. Rocky had a find on sharptail and a non-productive - Gus knocked and chased the birds while Rocky stood steady to wing and shot.

Jessie and Chip - These dogs ran well mostly forward races - Jessie had a non productive early and Chip knocked a sharp tail and chased - it was fun to watch, Jessie was steady while I made flushing attempts and I think she will be fine as the summer progresses and starts to run bigger and find more birds.

Knikki and Annie - Ran nice mostly forward races - Knikki had a non productive and a back - Annie had a non productive - they ran well forward and handled well

Mac and Jakey - This was the best brace of the day - as far as application and forward races with some nice moves in them - Jakey had a no productive and Mac had a back - Both stood steady through the flushing attempt until released.

Chance and Dolly - Big hard handling race - no finds and we cut this brace short because the heat index was approaching 100F and we decided that it was best to stop.

Slide show of dogs

Here is a video that Daniel put together for all you owners to view and we sincerely hope you enjoy the video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFzpDeHOVE4

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