Saturday, August 29, 2009

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Happy Birthday Linda!!!!!!!! This is the big day and she wants to celebrate by roading her crew. This group really enjoy her roading & it helps us all bond with these dogs and get them into the best possible shape. We moved the crew to the pasture on Hitchcock's road to the west and this is the 1st time this season. Big pasture and lots of long hills.

Roading:

Kate, Erin, Brenna & Annie – 63 min. ( 63rd b-day and 63 minutes) was this a coincidence or what??????????????

Hills:

· Gus & Bart – Bart a little slow out of the box ( now his is based on his performances ) then really into it in the middle and after 35 min. in these big hills a bit of a slow down at the finish. Gus was powerful from the get go – with a nice middle but challenged strongly by Bart in the middle and showed some wear and tear at the end. Birds around Gus – Bart pointed solidly where a bird had just left but nothing produced in front of him. Fun brace with at least 50-60 birds – 1st time this summer with more chickens that sharptail.

· Hank & Buck – moved to a Richardson pasture north of the one we're in and had a powerful race form Buck with 1 NP and 2 very good finds. He be winning this field trial. Class and power was the work for him. Hank just couldn't get the job done for Lee – too bad as Lee is leaving today and I would've liked to see Lee have a positive performance from Hank – not to be. 40 min.

· Robin & Jordy- Jordy a fair GD race with 2 very good find – 2 stf with some style issues and a moderate finish. 35 min. Robin the best 16 minutes to day – she just flowed and reached forward. We had a minor conflict making a turn and the last half was not as good but I still saw good signs & have positive feelings about her progress. 35 minutes.

· Rhett & Jordy – Jordy – 2 finds with style and good manners – no style issues. Definite progress. Rhett – pointed 1 – knocked it and chased forever – caught it and retrieved. Long correction from Lee and then knocked the next one – blatantly – more correction – then ran to the island and blinked the island – not wanting more trouble. The pains you go through working a yard broke dog and bringing them up to green broke status. 25 min.

Tequi & Jimmy - hunt and a find with Jimmy joining the chase. A nice puppy performance for both dogs – 25 min.

· Libby & Homer – Liby a good race and solid point on a covey – good job – Homer showing good moments and plenty of desire.

Linda's birthday dinner was set for tonight. Ed had gone to Denver to pick up Dave and Vickie and bring them to camp. We cooked several of our Lou Malnatti pizza's for dinner. Ron and Annie arrived this afternoon and set up camp. Mary left early AM and made it to Sycamore by last night. Lee left camp around 5:00 pm and headed home. Both Lee & Mary had a good camp and sure were a big help getting things done and working dogs. Mary took Clifford home and we've decided he needed a big wild bird hunting season from him. Lee's string looked good - just a little down about Hank but the rest all made good progress. Jimmy went home with Mary as we had limited space for horses.

The pizza's came and so did our friends - Roger and Janet came early and helped with feeding, Devin – Shannon & Mason came along with Amelia, Heather & Jason plus Todd. Ron & Annie were here as were Bonnie & Dennis. Dennis made his peppermint ice cream mixture for Linda's party. Lot's of good stories and laughs.