[John Davis]

Once or twice a week I saddle up and run the dog. Usually ride for an hour to an hour and half, and we will find 1 to 3 wild coveys on a good day. Field trials are more like work. If handling, you can be up and down off the horse multiple times in 30 minutes handling the dog. And when judging, I've been in the saddle for as long as 8 hours straight. No lunch break and only dismounting to go to the bathroom. And if it's raining, cold and the wind blowing, that only adds to the misery.