My Duck Dog Training A to ?

I was to return to Parry Sound by early afternoon on Sunday. I needed to get some yard work done for my parents before I left. The weather forecast was for ran so I woke at 5:45am and got the yard work done early - before the rain started. My departure time [...]

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My fathers 85th birthday was on Saturday but he had an appointment to attend to on Saturday morning.  I took the opportunity to hook up with a group I’d found and trained with in January.  They were more than willing to let me train with them - great group of guys and gals!
This group goes [...]

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 We spent the weekend visiting my parents in Niagara.  I made a few phone calls while driving south on Friday evening and I was able to set up a training session with two handlers that I had met this past January. 
Frank has two dogs.  His first dog, Dakota, he has trained to run in HRC [...]

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We went to Niagara to visit with my parents, my sister and her family.  Very nice visit.  On Sunday, I managed to sneek away in the morning to train with the Niagara group.  In attendance were Scott, Ron, Gerald, Dennis, Laura, and two new fellas.  I hope the new guys had a good time - [...]

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This weekend was a busy one!  Joanne took Jenni, Andrew, Andrew’s friend Calum and Tucker to Sudbury.  Unfortunately I was unable to go with them.  They attended the Sudbury District Kennel Club’s OB Trial.  Along with this trial, the club was playing host to the Zone 4 (northerm Ontario) Junior Obedience Handlers finals - the winner [...]

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Today we trained in the rain.  Scott, Ron, Gerald and Dennis welcomed me to train with them…thanks again fellas.
Tucker ran three singles - left, right then up the middle.  The cover was medium and the snow was only a few inches thick.  Landscape was relatively flat and the distances were 75yds, 100yds then 160yds respectively.
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On Friday I asked and was invited to join two Niagara area trainers in their training session.  Ron and Al both have advanced dogs and are preparing their dogs to run in the Ontario Sportsman Show next month.  This show is a hunt test senerio so we set out a spread of Canada Goose decoys [...]

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On January 1st my father (Tucker’s #1 fan) has some complications in his health.  For the first 3 weeks of the year I (along with Tucker) stayed in Niagara to assist my parents.  After my father’s health stabilized, I went to Floriday with my wife and kids (a trip that was 12 monthe in the planning).  I [...]

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