New York Grouse

Last week we focused on a final tune up for Jack and Ginger for the NY Grouse Championship. Then on Thursday we headed over for the trial. We got lucky with Wild Apple Jack drawn in the fourth brace and Ginger in the 9th. This was the same course that Jack had last year with […]

Back in School

It’s been a busy, and hot, week here in the North Country as the started of classes has restricted some of my free time. We were last out on Sunday morning and with the shorter days the sun is just coming up at 6:30. We are in another long dry spell and birds were hard […]

Can Fall Be Far Behind?

This morning we noticed a few of the swamp maples along the edge of the field we’ve been working Mariah in have begun to turn. The calendar still says August and it’s four weeks until the fall equinox but fall comes early in the northern mountains. The first wild bird championship (the New York Grouse) […]