Thanks both. I really did enjoy the day and I now get what all the excitement is about. I am confident that the little b** will find me if she escapes. So it's good advice to stay quiet and not make a fuss!
I am taking it slowly, but it would be great to have her hunt properly.
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Well done, Kibble. 
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Thank you Naj. It was fun. I am encouraged by the fact that when the guns were close, Mia just stopped still and looked up at the birds. There was of more waiting in one place for her, compared with what she is used to. She was mostly quiet, and if she started whimpering a bit, I just walked her about so she got her nose down and quietened.
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Dare I say it... birds train bird dogs.
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Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
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Certainly trained my little **** - she went across the valley and into the wood opposite for a runner, for a two year old on only her 13th day out it looked very impressive.
I just wish I'd sent her...
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Anticipation is as valuable as hindsight. 
Hope you're well.
Hope you're well.
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I did anticipate her stopping on the whistle, I was wrong there too.Springfield Pointers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 7:36 pm Anticipation is as valuable as hindsight.
Hope you're well.
In hindsight I reckon she was the only one of my current dogs who could have pulled that off with such aplomb. 
Yes thank you, although pretty shattered after two '7 drive' days picking up this week then shifting lumps of tree out of a reed bed today - too old for this sort of thing!
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The naughtiest ones are always the best ones...Judy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 01, 2024 4:48 pmI did anticipate her stopping on the whistle, I was wrong there too.Springfield Pointers wrote: ↑Fri Nov 29, 2024 7:36 pm Anticipation is as valuable as hindsight.
Hope you're well.
Yes thank you, although pretty shattered after two '7 drive' days picking up this week then shifting lumps of tree out of a reed bed today - too old for this sort of thing!
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Absolutely, SP, she is proving to be one of those dogs which are born experienced and, seemingly, just knowing what to do (most of the time!
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