Hunting weekend was fast and furious, same with the birds and dogs. Wade found that the hunting situation wasn't conducive to Ginny's training; poor scenting conditions with as dry as it is, massive bird releases, lots of dogs and hunters in a small space, so unfortunately Ginny's hunting time was limited. She did well hunting with Belle on the last morning and as you can see from the pictures she had some very solid points and honors. There wasn't much opportunity to practice the retrieves since Belle, being an old hat at this, beat her to the punch. Belle had an amazing weekend! Of 40 birds released at one time, in one field of corn stubble she nailed fifteen (there were four other dogs, all flushers). People without dogs always want to hunt behind Belle and hopefully, with time (Belle's 8 years old), Ginny will be the same. Maybe off to the local club tomorrow for some practice time then off to the Cow Palace benched show Sunday 1/25.

Belle forward, Ginny honors!