Sunday, June 7, 2015

Hand delivery

We had a very warm practice this morning.  One bird per dog and then a lot of water and shade.

Larsen's land work was very nice.  He put up a very trappable pheasant, and then stayed with me until I let him fetch it.  His second bird flew off.  That's the breaks, Larsen, and I guess you don't get to chase the bird into the next ZIP code.

We continued to work on delivery to hand.  I'm pondering when it is right to correct him and when to wait him out.  The corrections are done fairly gently.  He knows what he has to do, so when he does not perform, there is some reason he wants to dismiss me or keep the bird.

His return from the hunt dead is very nice, but his land and water to-hand need some thought and work.


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