More counting

Just thought you'd like to see some pics from our second game count on Sunday (thanks to Archie's owner, Chris for the third photo). It was on different ground to last week's. We trapsed around the countryside for 4 hours and counted just one poxy bird! ONE! And it wasn't even a partridge, it was a hen pheasant! Still, we both enjoyed it, despite the rain, and Jet got some more experience of different working conditions - I sent him to a woodland ditch at the edge of the field which he had to work without me being in sight. Bless him, I thought he'd panick when he realised he couldn't see me but he was evidently 'in the zone' and hunted the area before coming back to me in the field. We also had to pass a pen and cover crop that the dogs weren't allowed into under any circumstances. This was a real achievement as the scent of birds in this area would've been very strong but I told Jet 'no' and he did as he was told. It's all going so well I keep waiting for him to turn into a disobedient monster comensurate with his age and 'teenager' status but so far, so good (hope I haven't spoken too soon!). Here are some photos from the day, starting with Jet working a hedge with two vizslas and ending with me looking like some sort of bag lady. (I've yet to find a way to combine dog training with glamour).