Saturday, August 22, 2009

Saturday, August 22, 2009.

Stan snuck out of camp before daylight and headed home and then on to Virginia and Stephanie's engagement party then he'll comeback on Monday a week from now. He's got some traveling to do.

Cool and crisp this morning –plenty of dew. We have a light session for today.

Roading:

· Hank, Brie, Brenna & Inde – 54 min. They're getting up

Birdwork: Out to the meadow pond with a bunch of Huns and plenty of dogs that needed some polish.

· Lea – walked her down an edge then swung to the pond – very nice style and perfect manners.

· Shauna – once again – fast moving – hard point w/ a crick in her tail. Good manners for the flush and shot.

· Cliff – this was not a pretty picture & Cliff couldn't get by the basic obedience commands commands. Last weeks problems with wild birds has kinda set him back a touch. We'll stay off the planted bird for a bit and regroup.

· Lily – worked very nicely and hunted, good stylish point ( tail @10:00) but intent.

· Sorrel – he's aware of this game and did some stalking @ 1st. He hit the bird hard and a perfect stylish find.

· Rio – let loose dragging a cord – we had moved to the pond before Triple gates and had a stylish point near the waters edge – bird flushed wild with Rio chasing. He came by the second one and pointed and knocked and the birds while being a great flyer still couldn't outrun the eagle eye of Rio and made the mistake of landing on the mowed part of the pasture. Rio is a soft mouthed retriever.

· Tequi – up on the hill now – along a cut edge, we checkcorded her in and got a very solid, stylish point. Great job!

· Annie – worked loose and hit the bird softly, when Ed came in she tried to leave. Not a good scene.

· Dani – worked on a checkcord and got her just puttering around – not very focused and barely a flash point.

We filled up the bird boxes with feed and water. Called it a day and spent our time doing other things. Striker is showing improvement and getting stronger and more excited by the day.

We had a repeat of the dinner – beef burgundy – still good for the 2nd day. Watched Man From Snowy Rive – great flick and Mary Pavelco got into camp about 10:00 PM. Good trip into camp and all is well. She's ready for the hills. Tomorrow Lee is due in camp and we're ready for some new blood. We're taking Sunday off – give the dogs a break and it's supposed to be close to 90 for a couple of days now.