Layla pointed and while I was getting the camera she moved. I flushed the bird and she pointed the trap.
Pointing a hidden pigeon.
This is more like a stop than a point.
I sold, Layla, the last puppy from my litter out of Blaze and Tur Bo. I advertised her on face book on Upland Bird Dog and Stuff Buy Sell Trade. There is no charge to use it and I got several questions the first day and sold her within 3 or 4 days. I have been working her for quite a while on retrieving and she was doing real well but I had not worked her very much on pigeons in the release traps.
Rick Manfredi called from the ad on face book and wanted to see her work. He got to my house about 7:30 am. I staked Layla and Rocky out while we talked dogs. I showed him my adult dogs. I turned Layla loose and threw a retrieving bumper. She raced out, scooped it up and ran back. I threw it again and she retrieved it just like the first time. I started to throw it again and Rick said, “that’s good. I can see she really likes to retrieve.”
I had worked her twice before on pigeons. Both times I had hidden the pigeons in almost the same place. This time I wanted her to be surprised when she smelled them. I hid two on my neighbor’s side of the training grounds and one on my side. None of these were close to where I had hidden them before. I rode my 4-wheeler to hide the birds and Rick walked down. I knew Layla would beat me to the area I had hidden the birds for her so I showed Rick where I had hidden the birds the first two times.
I went back to the stake out and turned Layla loose with a check cord attached to her collar. She stayed with me until I got close to the training grounds. She was hunting where I had hidden the birds the first two times when I got there. As we went on toward the back she smelled the first pigeon and started toward it. I flushed the pigeon. She chased a short distance then came back to investigate the release trap.
We went on toward the back. There was almost no wind blowing. She went on the south side of the second pigeon without smelling it but when she got to the north west of it she pointed. I just stood watching her not saying anything. She took a step and I flushed the pigeon. She held point for about 10 seconds. She chased a short distance then went back to hunting. We hunted to the back then went over to my side.
She was really hunting when we got to my side. She checked each strip of grass I had left. Again she was on the south side of this pigeon and when she went around to the north west side she slammed into a point. She was about 10 yards from it. She held this point for over a minute. I didn’t say anything or do anything. I just watched for any movement. When she took a step I flushed the pigeon.
As we started back to the kennel I was thinking that if he didn’t buy her she was no longer for sale. I would keep her. Rick said, “Will you take a check.” Rick field trials, guides and bird hunts so this will be a good fit for Layla. He promised to let me know how she does.
Layla retrieving.
Layla retrieving a bumper.
Puppies waiting