Haven’t had a chance to post for a while as I’ve been out of the woods since December 5 and had to deal with the end of the school semester, writing deadlines and recover from a little mishap.  Now the snow is starting to pile up outside and looking at the 10 day forecast I […]

Part Three             At the top of the big opening, Bess crossed to the left and was still flying at her top speed.  She hadn’t slowed even slightly.  The dog was at her best.  There was no question in anyone’s mind that she would still be going strong at the end of the hour.  She […]

Part Two             Her bell faded out to the front.  Al knew the course and many handlers had made the mistake of going to look for a dog over there only to have it come back over the ridge to the front.  He kept going forward – hoping that he had guessed right.  He sang […]

November in northern New Hampshire can bring just about anything in the way of weather – mild Indian summer days, torrential rains as the last tropical storms of the year bump into the White Mountains and the moisture collected over warm Atlantic water is wrung out causing the local streams and rivers to flood, and […]