Kristan and Kali
I am very impressed about both you and Kali......Sounds as if =
you have a great one.....keep up the good work.....Will


"Krishur" wrote in message =
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Kali's first day in the field and she did so well! She could barely =
hold her
stay and started barking, barking, barking! She really wanted to go =
after
the bumpers.
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The woman who's helping me has a dummy launcher and we did single =
retrieves
in very high, 3', grass. The first one Kali ran right out and got it =
and
brought it directly back. The second one she did just as well.
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My trainer said lets try something and we pitched the dummy so that =
Kali had
to cross a flattened out driving lane in the middle of the meadow.
Apparently this is a little harder as newbie dogs are reluctant to =
cross the
road. Kali came to the road and turned around and went back into the =
field
and held her head high airscenting!! I've never seen her use her nose =
other
than to sniff out neighboring cook-outs. She followed her nose across =
the
road, took a quick poopy break, immediately went back to work and =
sniffed
it out! I was so proud of her--she did it w/no assistance.
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The trainer gave me a ton of homework to do to get her used to going =
farther
and farther distances to get the bumpers and more whistle work. At =
home she
picked up the sit at one blast quickly but was so over excited that =
she
didn't listen in the field--the training will come but right now I'm =
so
happy that she's absolutely nuts about chasing down bumpers.
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Go Kali girl!
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Kristen &
Kali CD, CGC, TDI, TT
http://www.kristenandkali.com
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