I'm a little late to the game ,but here's Benny with a grouse he pinned behind the house this past spring .

Benny must be hard to see in the snow.





.

George Bird Evans had a brace of very lightly marked dogs he called "snow beltons". He ran them with flags of surveyors' tape tied to the collars on snowy days to make them stand out

Yeah he can be ,but its great on the barrens not like the DD who disappears in 20 feet!,come to think of it after a half hour Ben is usually black from going arse over end in a boghole ,so it evens out ;) ...our season starts next weekend I hope to have some more pics then .

Chris, I have hunted your lovely Island twice and have almost gone "arse over end" a few times in those boghole's of yours..................you don't want to walk around in the dark:shock:

Steve I warn everyone who aren't familiar with them ...just because its a little two foot across "puddle" do not mean you can step in it ,I have literally seen people go to their necks ,not a good way to spend the day when you still got to walk 10km to camp.

I usually get one leg in up to the satchel (crotch) on most every outing,it's just a matter of fact ...it usually happens working up to a point when I'm watching the dog and not my feet,watching a dog burn across the barrens like a champion and instantly disappear in a spray of black bog is hilarious though .

I once had a heavy set Chesapeake that I would run with the setters ,or at least try to ...this one day the setters were burning across the country and leapt what must been a 10 foot high banked boghole ,they did it with style ...the other brown puddin was giving his all to keep up he leapt the same hole and came up short digging head first in the off side like a hammer -did a complete somersault to his four paws and kept running ,I nearly pissed myself !

Pics of the chessie? I'm thinking of getting one.

Sorry Michael I wish I had some digital pics ,the old bugger is long gone must be 15 years now .

Grace today in a practice session.
Today was much cooler, it had rained last night and everything was damp and a slight breeze was blowing steadily.

I sure hope she does this well in the grouse coverts in a couple of weeks.




.

I'm betting she'll do just fine Dean:)