Post by dougell on Sept 25, 2018 9:18:03 GMT -5
I'm more psyched about taking the pup and her boy out for pheasants this year than I am for archery season.She just had her first birthday last month and she's doing way better than I ever expected.In the house she's in your face constantly but otherwise a perfect lady most of the time.She's bonded with Jordan and he takes her everywhere.I made him do most of the training and I have to say,I'm really proud of the way he stuck with it every day.She comes instantly when called and is starting to learn hand signals.After several months off of live birds because of availability and the heat,I picked up a couple loads of chukars over the past month.She's really turned into a hunting machine.I actually started keeping a couple guns in the garage because she goes nuts if she sees us with one.When we shoot claybirds,we have to take her outside with us because my wife is afraid she's gonna go through a window once she hears shooting.To date,she hasn't failed to find as a single bird,dead or alive and she's only killed one on her own.we got the aggression tuned down a little and she's holding her points pretty good.I think she finally realized that her best chance of getting her mouth on one is by letting her kid dump them.He's gotten pretty good as well.So far only one bird has escaped unscathed and that one just flew too low to shoot at.She's still a little hard mouthed but that's gotten noticeably better over the past couple of weeks.This should really be a fun year with the two of them.He begged me for a GSP for about two years.Looking back over the past year,she really tried my patience in the beginning but she is without a doubt,some of the best money I ever spent for several different reasons.I just got a new computer last week and can't figure out how to post a picture.In any event,she's really turned into a horse of a lap dog and a stone cold killer with birds.
