Preseason '25-'26
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:26 amIt's July so only about 80 days to go until teal season, I'm sure MB can give it to us down to the hour.
Have made a couple of offseason trips to the lease, finding some great SAV stands in place with plenty growing left to go. This past weekend made first trip to another nearby area we frequent to check out the scene and was pleased to find a variety of SAV going on there as well. Perhaps most noteworthy of the trip was first boat ride for a new puppy I've got coming along, as it was also her first trip to the camp.
The raising of an eventual successor to Harry has been quite a saga, unfortunately. The first one taken ended up being plagued with never-identified lung/pneumonia-like episodes that, loooong expensive story short, resulted in her being returned to the breeder under his health guarantee. I do not recommend anyone trying to take away a Christmas time puppy from their young children, 10/10, not recommended at all.
BUT, upside has been the kids got to come along to choose a replacement a number of weeks later, and this one has stuck with us. She stays very close to Harry, their dynamic has been phenomenal together, and she's flat dynamite around the house and the camp alike, low-key female like I'd hoped, given I'd seen same in so many others I envied.
Not much training going on beyond first swim and few obedience basics, and not in mad rush to do whole lot more just yet. Plans are for Harry to hunt this fall, and for new one to come along when it makes sense down the line. Quite new to this whole 2-dog system, but know some on here know it well and likely to be of help with the nuances of training a replacement while working the current.
She's Indigo May (picked up in that month), goes by INDY, and she's a spunky but super sweet little rat. Like her elder, just wants to be at your feet, wherever that might be.
Late June 2025
Late December 2024
With really no significant offseason projects needed, at least for now (knock wood), trying to just do summer stuff and do more fishing than I had been in recent summers, then take the training as she shows she's ready.
Have made a couple of offseason trips to the lease, finding some great SAV stands in place with plenty growing left to go. This past weekend made first trip to another nearby area we frequent to check out the scene and was pleased to find a variety of SAV going on there as well. Perhaps most noteworthy of the trip was first boat ride for a new puppy I've got coming along, as it was also her first trip to the camp.
The raising of an eventual successor to Harry has been quite a saga, unfortunately. The first one taken ended up being plagued with never-identified lung/pneumonia-like episodes that, loooong expensive story short, resulted in her being returned to the breeder under his health guarantee. I do not recommend anyone trying to take away a Christmas time puppy from their young children, 10/10, not recommended at all.
BUT, upside has been the kids got to come along to choose a replacement a number of weeks later, and this one has stuck with us. She stays very close to Harry, their dynamic has been phenomenal together, and she's flat dynamite around the house and the camp alike, low-key female like I'd hoped, given I'd seen same in so many others I envied.
Not much training going on beyond first swim and few obedience basics, and not in mad rush to do whole lot more just yet. Plans are for Harry to hunt this fall, and for new one to come along when it makes sense down the line. Quite new to this whole 2-dog system, but know some on here know it well and likely to be of help with the nuances of training a replacement while working the current.
She's Indigo May (picked up in that month), goes by INDY, and she's a spunky but super sweet little rat. Like her elder, just wants to be at your feet, wherever that might be.
Late June 2025
Late December 2024
With really no significant offseason projects needed, at least for now (knock wood), trying to just do summer stuff and do more fishing than I had been in recent summers, then take the training as she shows she's ready.
