As a full-time gundog owner, full-time otherwise employed father/husband; the weekends are when I get to spend at least one long training session with the dog. During the week I always try to have at least one small training session per day on top of the regular exercise walk/run; an attempt to keep the mind in the game, if you will. So the coming weekend brings up the question of "what would be the best use of our time?"
We have a hunt test coming up and I reallywant to make sure we nail it. There's no logic behind it other than this is what we've been working on for the past year. I know her abilities to find a planted bird within a predetermined field have very little to do with her function as a gundog. Yet, on some levels I want to take her to the MH, but I just don't know if that is going to happen. I know she can finish out the SH level test-and so on some level she might be just like her mom, but for different reasons:
(from the Royal Legacy website):
"Royal Legacys Dixieland Jazz (Jazz) DOB: 3-27-02 was offered to us when she was six months old. A family with small children, a small house and Jazz was not working out. On checking her papers we found that she went back to FC Denalisunflos Jolly and FC Denalisunflos Tailor. Jazz is a very personable dog, a great bird finder, and non-stop retriever. She was started as a Junior Hunter and progressed through Senior Hunter, failing to qualify only once. We determined that Jazz was not going to naturally run big enough to qualify as a Master Hunter. Rather than trying to force her out, we took her hunting. Jazz found her place in life. She works close, checks in on a regular basis and will beat the cover all day long to find one more bird. Jazz is a 40 lb. B&W personal hunting partner."
The interesting thing about that description is how well it resembles
our relationship with Emmie.
She is my personal hunting partner.
We have a hunt test coming up and I reallywant to make sure we nail it. There's no logic behind it other than this is what we've been working on for the past year. I know her abilities to find a planted bird within a predetermined field have very little to do with her function as a gundog. Yet, on some levels I want to take her to the MH, but I just don't know if that is going to happen. I know she can finish out the SH level test-and so on some level she might be just like her mom, but for different reasons:
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| Jazz |
(from the Royal Legacy website):
"Royal Legacys Dixieland Jazz (Jazz) DOB: 3-27-02 was offered to us when she was six months old. A family with small children, a small house and Jazz was not working out. On checking her papers we found that she went back to FC Denalisunflos Jolly and FC Denalisunflos Tailor. Jazz is a very personable dog, a great bird finder, and non-stop retriever. She was started as a Junior Hunter and progressed through Senior Hunter, failing to qualify only once. We determined that Jazz was not going to naturally run big enough to qualify as a Master Hunter. Rather than trying to force her out, we took her hunting. Jazz found her place in life. She works close, checks in on a regular basis and will beat the cover all day long to find one more bird. Jazz is a 40 lb. B&W personal hunting partner."
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| Emmie |
She is my personal hunting partner.