Archie

[Blind Dog]

It's been a good week with the kid; he found 5 phez and staunchly pointed 4 of them. He has had little check cord whoa training and surprised me with his steadiness (a natural?); he's always had intensity. The pics below are of a bird he got today. His on point beeper went off about 50 yards from me and I went to him, ready to take a shot at a flushing bird. When I saw him in the tall switch grass, rock aolid, I put the gun down, took out the camera and got a couple of pics, then picked up the Trojan 16, walked in, flushed the bird and shot it. It came down about 70 yards out and I don't think he marked it with the high cover. I directed him to the area and within a minute he found it by repointing, wasn't dead. Maybe next year he'll be bringing them in to me. The bird/gun/dog photo op shows he is still a handfull as Dean mentioned early on.

Life is good. Merry Christmas all.