Today’s weather was AMAZING, so we had to take advantage of it our way — by doing some bird work! Luckily Tim was able to join us, so we were able to work with our favorite Weimaraners too!
Karma was pretty good today, still REALLY wants to break on the flush. But pointing, retrieving, and honoring are all solid skills she has down. We would really like to try for her SH this fall, but with all of her agility commitments, finding time to train is going to be difficult. So, we will see.
Indy was an absolute PUNK. His legs were trembling on our “start” line. We knew that was a bad sign. Sure enough, as soon as we released him, he BOLTED. He was hunting way out in front of us and even busted a bird. We just laughed. He is going to be 9 in June and it was awesome to see him going nuts. We’ve actually never seen him run so far ahead of us. Hunting is definitely his favorite thing and seeing him too excited to contain himself was pretty cool. Guess we should try to get him out more often!
Halo was a little star. She was pointing and holding her points very nicely. The shotgun range was decently close, and she didn’t pay any attention to the gun sounds. All good signs. We will try the starter pistol next time we are out. She may even be ready for a JH leg this Spring — now to just figure out if there are any trials we can actually attend!
Tim’s weimies did great a job too. Especially fun to watch was Miss Gavi. She is 12 and still the best hunter in our group. There was a chukar up in a tree and it was so funny watching her problem solve where the bird was…a good memory to treasure!
AND — in the agility ring, Heather finished Gunner’s OA title! That’s good for another goal off our list!
Our updated goal list:
-Karma’s MXJ title — DONE!
-Novice Fast title on Gunner & Karma — DONE!
-Gunner’s OA title — DONE!
-Rally Novice on Halo
-Rally Excellent on Karma
-Companion Dog on Gunner & Indy
-Junior Hunter on Halo
-Senior Hunter on Gunner & Karma
-Versatile Certificate on Gunner & Indy
-Grand Championship on Indy
-Get Halo major pointed
-Gunner’s AXJ and AX titles
-Karma’s MX title
-Get Karma qualified for AKC Agility Nationals
*We also have a few stretch goals we are keeping to ourselves for now 🙂