05.08.2008 Training with bike
I bought last weekend an used bike mainly for dog training. Now it´s time to weld dogs and mine condition before hunting season with bike training.
"Myöhemmin, niin luulen, metsäskelin siksi, että metsästyksen välityksellä pääsin koiraani lähemmäksi kuin millään muulla keinolla." Lainaus Yrjö Kokon kirjasta Molli, Maailman viisain koira.
I bought last weekend an used bike mainly for dog training. Now it´s time to weld dogs and mine condition before hunting season with bike training.
On summer, it´s fun to train dogs work in water. They love swimming and it´s also good workout for them. I concentrate on training mainly to handling. And after 6 weeks, it´s time to try out dogs skills in real situations, because the waterfowl hunting begins.
We have trained tracking with a dead mallard with Enne and Ruska. Tracking is one part of the water trial in winner class. The idea in tracking is, that a person drags usually a game bird along a forest about 300 meters and lefts the bird there. Then the handler sends the dog to look for the bird.
I don´t mind, though I don´t see nothing, thinks Enne. Ruska has his vision besides all the other senses.
We were in obedience trial with Ruska, but we didn´t got fame and glory. With 199 points we got third prize and were second best in the winner class.