how can a dog that will not go off the walk if the lawn's grass is wet with dew or rain- without being pushed out into the yard - find every bit of water and mud in a cover
and how can that much water sit on a steep hillside
today was a mudfest -
and to add insult- after this woodcock fell to the right barrel of Tweed's 20ga Flues - I was feeling pretty good about it - until I broke the gun - caught the empty and called dead bird to the dog ---- at which point, a grouse went up from right next to me - straight away in the open as I stood there with an open gun
scoured the area and never found him again