Wrapping Blinds

Riggs Road

Although I'll describe today's session as two series, they were designed to provide the dog with a unified picture. In the first series, the dog finds the bird at the edge of a wooded area. In the second series a few minutes later, the dog is sent past that same location, to find the bird further out. From the experience, the dog hopefully learns the ability to drive past old falls and blinds, and not to wrap around and beyond points as she runs beyond them. The picture was practiced twice, once with the point on the left, once with the point on the right.

Both series were run from the same SL and in the same direction. In front of us was meadowland, with a section of woods at the far edge. The wooded area ended at 70 yards distance on the left, at 100 yards distance on the right. The meadow continued back beside the wooded area on both sides.

All blinds were chukars.

SERIES A. Double land blind (Laddie, then Lumi)

The first blind was to the left at 70 yards, with the blind planted just outside the edge of the woods on the left. The second blind was 90° to the right at 100 yards, with the blind planted just outside the edge of the woods on the right.

SERIES B. Double land blind (Laddie, then Lumi)

The first blind of Series B was to the right at 130 yards, with the blind on a line that ran just a little to the right of the the 100-yard blind from Series A. The second blind of Series B was 90° to the left at 160 yards, with the blind on a line that ran a little to the left of the 70-yard blind from Series A.