Sunday, August 2, 2009

Sunday, August 2, 2009

A nice cool morning and a quiet night for the dogs -1st since the start of camp. Up early with everyone moving. I went off to road dogs at 7:00 am.

Roading:

• Lea, Robin, Kate & Inde – a very cool morning – this crew roaded a very solid 31 min w/ barely a water stop. They wanted to go like heck.

Hills:

• Libby & Bart – what a difference a day makes, we let Libby run with a light nylon cord and she had a decent race – 1 nice point and chase on a mature chicken. Bart hunted okay but was out done by Libby. 20 min . as it's already getting quite warm.

• Galt, Dani & Tequi – Galt big and out of control – lots of trash bird chasing but looks great doing it. Tequi improved as she was down and is starting to line out a bit. Dani had moments – not quite as big but still independent. 28 min.

• Striker & Rio – too much play from one to the other. 25 min. but not much good about it.

Lucas back to switch dogs and get Linda for some photo ops.

Birdwork:

• Rhett – 1st chance to work Lee's young male. He was cut loose and let run free but didn't let him get too far. A stylish, mannerly point. Taken on he tried to delay chase and was corrected. Set up again he handled a 2nd bird with ok manners but lacked the intenisity of the 1st bird. He also had tried to delay again and was corrected. Time to get him on a wild bird or two where he can't pick up all those bad habits.

• Shauna – a photo op for her upcoming Futurity patch. Good manners and style but not good composition on my part. Her manners were fine.

• Clifford – he was cut loose and shows solid hunting pattern – a nice solid point, styled up ( limber tail appears gone) and had a good find but turned incorrectly on a mark – still very good for a greenbroke.

That was a good start to week two. Dogs are settling down at night and everyone that's a barker has been identified and locked away at night. This helps us all out. Bob spent the day helping Painter's mow up north and everything was being moved down here to start bailing. That will help. Linda spent the day cleaning with help from Mary and getting the house ready for our 17 visitors. Kids, grandkids, neighbors and friends from England. We'll have quite the crew in camp this week. It's loaded with sheer chaos and fun. Keeps you young at heart!!!!

Mary split late afternoon for her fight to a State Fair. She will be sorely missed and is due back in a couple of weeks. I spent the afternoon ( after a great nap) making more noodles for the pheasant paprikash we promised everyone. Cooked some pork also and lots of sweet corn. The crew rolled in about 5:30 and started pitching tents. By 7:30 or 8:00 they had settled in and we had a great dinner, some fine music and a couple of very nice wines. It was great to have everyone here. We asked Roger to stay for dinner but he was tired from haying and was looking for some piece and quiet ( that isn't happening here for a while. A very pleasant night ensued.