My Duck Dog Training A to ?

This afternoon Jenni and I took both dogs my canoe over to a portion of the cattle grazing field.We ran Artemis on a Blind Drill in another fresh location. First identifying the pile then running the blind - putting the gunner out - running the blind - throwing the mark - collecting the mark. No [...]

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Tonight Andrew and & I took the two dogs by canoe across the river to train in a cattle pasture field. A corner of this field is where both Artemis and Tucker we schooled in their double T drill - I rarely use this portion of the field.Andrew walked out into the field and placed [...]

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Last night Jenni and I took both dogs to the field at the end of the road. We haven’t done much in this field since mid summer.Artemis was first. Jenni placed the blind stake out in the field at about 120 yards from the line. I heeled Artemis to the line and we watched as [...]

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Yesterday evening my son Andrew joined Artemis & I in the Pattern Blind field. Andrew planted three bumpers at the left hand blind pile. Then he moved to a spot about 30 yards to the right of the line to the pile and waited there wearing his white jacket.I brought Artemis to the line and [...]

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Today late afternoon, I recruited Joanne to come and train.  Tucker, Jo and I walked the field and planted 5 bumpers at each of the side piles and three at the centre pile.
 
Artemis was taken to the line first.  I lined her to the right pile then the left pile.  Each of these sends she [...]

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The temperature today was10 degrees, supposed to get to a hight of 17!! Pretty good for the end of October!
Tucker and I placed out the bumpers - 5 at each of the two side piles. I put Tucker up and got Artemis out of the truck.
I lined her up to the left hand [...]

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Tucker and I walked out together to place the markers and the bumpers out in the field.  I have marked the exact location for the posts using flagging tape so that they are located in the same spot throughout the week long drill.  We placed one bumper at the right hand post, one bumper at [...]

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This evening I finally began Artemis on the Pattern Blind field.  The area that we have to use is a field about 150 yards long and about 160 yards wide.  It has little elevation change and very little in cover change - the cover is uniform throughout and is medium in length.  We have permission [...]

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On my way to Niagara this past Friday I stopped with the dogs to do a little training at The Farm.  Anna, Eden and Martin Pinder were there training.  The front field is set up as a pattern field - has been since I first trained there over a year ago.
Tucker was first, he had [...]

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