- Messages
- 624
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 0
Well Sky is now 16 Months old and ready to start working (cant believe where the time has gone :wacko: ).
9 weeks old:-
On friday night I went out with my good friend Lucy, it wasnt the best of conditions but we thought we would just have a mooch with the dogs and see what was about, and if nothing then it would give us and the dogs a walk. I was just going to take Brindle and Lucy's dog Oli at first as I always like to start my pups on their own with just me and them, but I decided that I would take Sky as well so she could watch if there was the opportunity for one of the boys to run. Anyway, both boys had a couple of short runs when my battery for the lamp went flat so we had to call it a night :angry: but during them couple of runs Sky was very keen and watching their every move and every time the lamp went on she was watching down the beam
Saturday night the wind picked up a little so I thought I would take the chance and go out with Sky on our own. So I went somewhere where I knew there would be rabbits about, put her on the slip, got the lamp out and off we went. I wasnt too worried about her having a chase to be honest, I would have been happy for her to just have seen a rabbit at the end of the beam.
We went through one field and there were a few on the run but too far away so we carried on into the next field, a squatty right in the middle of the field, perfect.....and it just sat there! :lol: We walked up, Sky totally fixed on it and when we were with in about 15 yrds....up it got.....off Sky went, right behind it like a bullet, it turned, she kept running and by the time she turned back herself it was gone, bless her she looked as if to say "where the hell did that go" . Never mind, back she came - into the next field we went....again there were a few on the run by the hedge but even tho she seen them it wouldnt have been any good and a waste of a run for her. Then there was one close enough so off she went again - a little slower this time! She turned it a couple of times before it went in the hedge - she looked but came back to me.
Anyway in to the last field now and there was another squatty which sat there again) up it got and off she went, down across the field, turned it a few times and bang....thank you very much it screamed and I turned off the light, gave a little whistle and completely unexpected she came straight back and retrieved right to my feet live to hand, I was gob smacked and over the moon. There I called it a night and took my baby home for a well deserved treat for her tea.
I have great pleasure now in saying that my baby girl is all grown up and has done me proud on her first night out :wub: :wub:
(sorry the last 2 pics were taken on my phone)
9 weeks old:-
On friday night I went out with my good friend Lucy, it wasnt the best of conditions but we thought we would just have a mooch with the dogs and see what was about, and if nothing then it would give us and the dogs a walk. I was just going to take Brindle and Lucy's dog Oli at first as I always like to start my pups on their own with just me and them, but I decided that I would take Sky as well so she could watch if there was the opportunity for one of the boys to run. Anyway, both boys had a couple of short runs when my battery for the lamp went flat so we had to call it a night :angry: but during them couple of runs Sky was very keen and watching their every move and every time the lamp went on she was watching down the beam
Saturday night the wind picked up a little so I thought I would take the chance and go out with Sky on our own. So I went somewhere where I knew there would be rabbits about, put her on the slip, got the lamp out and off we went. I wasnt too worried about her having a chase to be honest, I would have been happy for her to just have seen a rabbit at the end of the beam.
We went through one field and there were a few on the run but too far away so we carried on into the next field, a squatty right in the middle of the field, perfect.....and it just sat there! :lol: We walked up, Sky totally fixed on it and when we were with in about 15 yrds....up it got.....off Sky went, right behind it like a bullet, it turned, she kept running and by the time she turned back herself it was gone, bless her she looked as if to say "where the hell did that go"
. Never mind, back she came - into the next field we went....again there were a few on the run by the hedge but even tho she seen them it wouldnt have been any good and a waste of a run for her. Then there was one close enough so off she went again - a little slower this time! She turned it a couple of times before it went in the hedge - she looked but came back to me.Anyway in to the last field now and there was another squatty which sat there again
) up it got and off she went, down across the field, turned it a few times and bang....thank you very much it screamed and I turned off the light, gave a little whistle and completely unexpected she came straight back and retrieved right to my feet live to hand, I was gob smacked and over the moon. There I called it a night and took my baby home for a well deserved treat for her tea.I have great pleasure now in saying that my baby girl is all grown up and has done me proud on her first night out :wub: :wub:
(sorry the last 2 pics were taken on my phone)
