gota brag a little......

[jimbo&rooster]

So yesterday I took my GSP pup to the game preserve for his first time. partially as a preseason tune up and as an opportunity to do some training. We started by planting 2 birds in some high grass (6-8") and turning him loose and he nailed the first one before I was completely ready and he stood and held his point fro 2-3mins before I got there. the next one was the same. i put him up and we set up a similar set for my buddies dog. then we put out 5 birds each and and I ran my pupfirst and he again did awsome. last we put out 8 birds in some mixed cover and ran both dogs and my pup even backed the other dog once. this was the first time I had been able to shoot planted birds over my pup that werent in launchers and he did excelent in my opinion, and retrieved all of his birds to hand. I have been losing sleep worried that he would just run in and bust birds once we started hunting this fall and i feel a ton better. Im sure he will have to learn not to crowd wild birds but im sooo much more confident. I also want to thank everyone for there help over the last several months wth the few problems Ive had. Bythe way he just turned a year old last week.

Thanks
Jim

[Birddogz]

What a difference a day makes! Funny how things like that make life better.