Last Weekend – First Limit The last weekend arrived and I still had not shot my first duck limit of the season. With the annual Native Sons Big Buck Contest on Friday night, Rob and I were late arrivals at Mayberry. As I arrived, Fred reported he had a spec, mallard and pintail, but that [...]
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A Closing Weekend With Many Subplots
Posted in dog training, Duck hunting, tagged Duck hunting, hunting dogs, wind whacker on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lola Dioji Shines
Posted in dog training, goose, Hunting, hunting dogs, tagged dogs, huntng dogs, retrievers on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The morning’s hunt had started slow, but now I had an Aleutian goose down and Lola was after it. I decided to give it a finishing shot. The first attempt didn’t do the job so I fired again. The goose slowed and Lola had it in her grasp. She hauled it ashore and I was [...]
Working with Lola Dioji
Posted in dog training, dogs, tagged dog training on December 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Started a new program with Lola. We’re working on holding – called force fetching by the dog trainer. I pried open her jaws this morning and inserted a piece of plastic pipe….had her hold it for 30 seconds or so and then had her drop it. After a while she seemed to relax and accept [...]
