Off The Post

Breeze is doing very well with her Whoa. She is now off the post and just working off the check cord. She is also holding pretty well off the place boards. I can no whoa her almost anywhere.

She spent the afternoon chasing birds and playing with some other puppies. Every day she amazes me at how well she understands what I want her to do.

Tomorrow she and I will take some time off and check out a new hunting property. In the afternoon we will be back at it again!

Wednesday!

Haven’t had much to add the past few days. We are still traveling down the same path. Breeze is progressing well and seems to get smarter each day.

I can’t even begin to tell you how bird crazy she has become. This morning in our training I finally had to just quit and let her go over to the pigeon coop. She was so distracted and obsessed with getting over there.

She stands there and points and points. I think she would stand there for an hour if I let her.

She had some time out running the yard and is now crashed out. We’ll be back at it tomorrow!

A Day Off & Back At It

Breeze and I took Sunday off and spent the day hanging out and a little play.

Today we are back at it. We got snowed on yesterday and today and the field is covered with little paw prints. We worked on our whoa drills, pointed and chased some birds. All in all a very positive day.

Now she is wrestling around with some of the big dogs. Don’t know where all that energy comes from.

Working Hard!

Breeze and I have been working pretty hard the last couple of days. She is still on the whoa post with both lines and with slack in both.


I can now move her off the boards and whoa her in place almost anywhere. I still need to steady her up a little but that will come with time.

We have also continued with the gun breaking and the .22 has no effect on her at all now. I will move up to some shotgun shells with primers this week. She is pointing a lot now and is running the field with all the energy a 4 month pup can muster up. She seems to be always looking for that bird!

On Track

We are right on track now. We are still working off the whoa post. Breeze is doing really well and is still working with slack in the back line. We will soon try removing it all together. She is working hard each day and has a real desire to please.

She is just bird crazy now. She runs the field, nose to the ground looking for birds.

She and I will be hard at it again tomorrow!

Whoa Post - Day 2

I am almost shocked at how well Breeze is catching on. Today we moved off the platform, on to just a flat piece of wood on the ground. She was staying in place.


Then I moved the piece back so there was some slack in the back rope and it was lying on the ground behind her. As I pulled on the front lead she pulled back keeping herself on the board. This demonstrates that she understands the command and knows if she stays on the board she is safe and more comfortable. Same drills for tomorrow.

We have finished up for today and she is out back tussling around with Maya, Rio and Willow.