Sunday outing

Larsen and I met Cathy with Master Hunter candidates Zelda and Humphrey and puppy Bing for a little bird work at Danny's Circle W this morning.

I ran Larsen on clip-wings through both of his turns. We worked on turns and retrieves. We are regressing on his retrieves. Larsen wants to keep the bird and play with it. Even if he brings it to me, he'd rather fool with it at the end. And today, he was even deciding to go the other way before finally coming in.

We put Larsen on a hunt dead, and he brings that dead bird in straight away. It is the live squeaky bird that he wants to keep. I may have to ask some of the brain trust - - Joe or Kim - - about their thoughts on this.

Larsen also needed some correction when he continued hunting after I called him in. This got him a little trip to the principal's office. Same for when he was asked to stay while a bird was tossed and he decided to take off after it.

I think we need to be more diligent in our yard work. There are definitely some signs of slackness showing.

On a better note, we took a trip to Newnan after our hunt training. We hoped to see Susan and Jaimie in the ring with Tatum and Archer. Cathy and I got there mere moments after the Welshies had finished. We nevertheless had a nice time touring the grounds and fooling with the dogs. Cathy dropped off Bing with a handler for a month or two tour where she will hope to get Bing finished.