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) […]

One great thing about training and running bird dogs is the great people you meet along the way, two of the best are the brothers Groy who are spending the week at Tony’s. I’ve been tied to the desk getting the next issue of Field Trial Magazine ready to go to the printers and only […]

Saturday morning we left the house and headed to an old farm nearby. My wife snapped this picture when I was working Mariah out in the mowed field. You have to feel fortunate just to be able to enjoy the day when the scenery is a beautiful as this. Add that to the fact that […]

Finally got a DC 40 yesterday and we got a chance to try it out this morning. It feels lighter (the battery in my digital scale is dead) and seemed to work fine. I think the position on the neck is going to be more critical as the the gps antenna is built into the […]