Looking ahead...
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:08 pm
I've not even managed to finish the summary of this past season in my log, and already I'm finding myself looking ahead to the next with great anticipation. Perhaps in part because I've been training young Marsh in this place:
But also just because I have been training him and early worries about the pup's potential are starting to slip away. Having let myself get so far behind with his education, it tickles me just to have the basics of handling down well enough that we can now train most anywhere without having to bring big brother Peake along for backup without risking a soaking, lost bumper or both.
One of the things Marsh practiced this morning was working across a deep, steep sided little flood canal to retrieve from the well scented field the ducks above just vacated, and it yielded what I thought a fun set of photos:
But also just because I have been training him and early worries about the pup's potential are starting to slip away. Having let myself get so far behind with his education, it tickles me just to have the basics of handling down well enough that we can now train most anywhere without having to bring big brother Peake along for backup without risking a soaking, lost bumper or both.
One of the things Marsh practiced this morning was working across a deep, steep sided little flood canal to retrieve from the well scented field the ducks above just vacated, and it yielded what I thought a fun set of photos: