You know things have been a little hectic and you’ve neglected things when a blog follower calls you up to see if you’re still alive.  The previous post is dated June 29, almost six weeks ago.  So, I guess you are all entitled to know what’s been going on. Obviously my plate has been full […]

      Tomorrow we start going to the woods early in the morning.  The grouse chicks should be flying well by now and the woodcock will be more than half-grown. Early in the summer we tend to find more woodcock than grouse as the hens often keep their chicks in heavy, swampy cover that […]

In the mornings we’ve been working all the dogs and working on the kennel afternoons.  Saturday our efforts finally showed progress as we got up the pre-framed walls.   Some training pictures from this week follow.  the banner at the top of the post shows Wild Apple Samantha (left) backing Wild Apple Polka Dot.