Holly Beth turned 5 years old today! Happy birthday sweet girl. We found a wonderful way to celebrate her special day and to also enjoy introducing 'the kid' to quail. (He was already pointing chukar partridge at two+ months old) With the temperature in the high 30's and the sun making a brief appearance we went to the Kennebunk Wildlife Management Area for a bit of fun with birds. Despite the amount of snow we have had lately the grounds were fairly clear with the exception of a few icy spots. Even so it was bone chilling cold on the Plains today thanks to the sharp north wind. Holly, Hemi (her sire), Charlie, and even Revere each had nice individual runs and birdwork. Holly now has four adult gundog field trial placements including a 4 point major to her credit and we couldn't be happier with this sweet girl. She is daddy's girl that is for sure. I have frequently written about Holly sharing both photos and videos in past posts beginning with when she was born. The collage seen here is one that I made awhile ago a few of my favorite photos of Holly. The other photo taken today is self explanatory as there is no mistaking the pure joy and exuberance on her face! Shortly after that picture was taken Holly zeroed in on the scent of a planted quail which she pointed with great style and intensity.
Revere turned 5 months old on December 8th. I'm happy to tell you that the prior "ahem" puppy challenges have become less problematic. What is funny is that many of my readers wrote to say they were experiencing similar issues with their young canine juvenille delinquents and actually thanked me for making them feel they were not alone. My mum use to say misery loves company and while I don't know if that is true I'm glad others could identify with Revere's puppy adolescence! We've been making progress at an exceptional dog training facility over in Alton, New Hampshire run by Megan Arey called Inspire K-9's Training Center. This program is not focused on puppy play and socialization but upon developing the human/animal bond through focused skill sets of training. I love the slogan of 'two feet, four paws, one team'. The classes are small and very well structured.
UPDATE... So I never finished this blog post which I wrote exactly one month ago. How could I ever know that in just a few more days, in just the exact same spot we'd been running dogs which I wrote about above, John would suffer a massive heart attack! I intend to share about this here soon. He continues to recover from home following open heart surgery. Please keep us in your prayers.
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