Zion Road
CONDITIONS: A much milder day today, mostly sunny with temps in the low 50s and a light wind.
SERIES A. Triple land blind (Laddie, then Lumi)
With Nate unable to work with us today, I took the opportunity for the dogs and I to practice handling. We once again used the nearby property at Zion Road, a group of fields with unusually varied terrain.
Running from a single SL, Laddie ran three blinds while Lumi waited off lead behind us. Then Lumi ran the same three blinds with Laddie waiting off lead behind us.
The first blind was to the right at 100 yards, across a road and in the midst of a large area of high cover and sparse trees. The second blind was to the right at 140 yards, with large trees first on the left, then on the right of the line to the blind, and the blind itself between two high trees. The third blind was in the center at 250 yards, with the line to the blind running across a ditch and roughly parallel to a dirt road the first 100 yards, then crossing the road as the road curved around and across an adjacent field dotted with more trees. All blinds were unmarked ODs.
Laddie had one delayed response to a WS on the first blind and I used a WO to prevent him from completing that retrieve. Aside from that, both dogs performed well.
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