The snow returned but a lot of dogs turned out for our training group anyway.  This week we did a series of four singles on different parts of the field.  The first two were midway down the field, one to the right by the tree line running down the side of the field, the other was out to the left.  The third mark was a long one thrown at the back of the field (100 yards).  The last mark was close, thrown just on the other side of the decoys.  The twist this week was that we used frozen pheasants instead of bumpers.  This was good because the 2 brown dawgs have not had birds since last Fall.  Both Thunder and Storm did very well on all of the singles.  They marked every one and went straight out and back with no hunting.  Storm was a bit slow on her pick-up, but the trainer reminded her that she needed to pick the bird up quickly.  She was much quicker the next time out.

It was a bright sunny day, but still freezing cold.  We really need to get the dogs in the water, but the pond is still frozen.  We are hoping for some warmer weather before the first tests start in May.

Here are some of my photos.