huntineveryday
WKR
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- Apr 8, 2019
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I had posted before about Boone, my German wirehair in past seasons. He was off to a tremendous start and I was really looking forward to training for a Utility Test this year when we lost him suddenly last November. The loss was pretty hard on my and the family. The rest of hunting season confirmed that I need a hunting dog, and I really just prefer hunting with a dog that will range out and cover ground. Fortunately for us, our breeder was able to hook me up with a pup, and in April we were able to bring home the newest member of the family, and my newest hunting partner, Mittie!
Mittie is a german wirehair from the same breeder as our last pup, and she has been a great pup so far. Just a sweetheart in the house, loves meeting new people or dogs, very cooperative, and learns very quickly. Her coat has great coverage and should handle water work and brush well, although it's not looking like she will have much for furnishings. I signed her up for her NA test at our chapter's summer test, which was last weekend. She was just a week over 5 months when she ran, which may have been a little ambitious, but I wanted to run before the craziness of fall hits and wanted a good picture of how she looks going into season. The light bulb hasn't quite come on with field search yet, and she was sticky during the field. She found every bird planted, had some solid points, retrieved a couple birds to hand without command, and crushed the water section. Search got dinged with a 2 and desire took a hit, and she took a 2 in tracking to end up with a 94 Prize III. She's got all the tools to be a great dog, I just need to get her into more birds and get that fire and search built up.
Looking forward to how she progresses throughout the season. Not sure if I'll try and run NA again with her or not at this point.
Mittie is a german wirehair from the same breeder as our last pup, and she has been a great pup so far. Just a sweetheart in the house, loves meeting new people or dogs, very cooperative, and learns very quickly. Her coat has great coverage and should handle water work and brush well, although it's not looking like she will have much for furnishings. I signed her up for her NA test at our chapter's summer test, which was last weekend. She was just a week over 5 months when she ran, which may have been a little ambitious, but I wanted to run before the craziness of fall hits and wanted a good picture of how she looks going into season. The light bulb hasn't quite come on with field search yet, and she was sticky during the field. She found every bird planted, had some solid points, retrieved a couple birds to hand without command, and crushed the water section. Search got dinged with a 2 and desire took a hit, and she took a 2 in tracking to end up with a 94 Prize III. She's got all the tools to be a great dog, I just need to get her into more birds and get that fire and search built up.
Looking forward to how she progresses throughout the season. Not sure if I'll try and run NA again with her or not at this point.
