Only provisionally chosen yet Jenny. I've ruled two out and watching the other two. Liz is quite happy for me to choose on the morning when I go to collect her. I'm collecting at 7 weeks whereas the others won’t be going till 8 weeks. Trouble is, the litter is so even that I think I would be happy with either!
It's always difficult training on public property Rhoni. I put a dummy out for a long "Go Back" for Anna when she was a puppy. Walked over to the other side of the common and set Anna up when I saw a woman with a dog. She was carrying MY DUMMY! I asked her what she thought she was doing and she said, "I just found this old thing and thought it would make a nice toy for my dog!" People do not realise the kind of distances we work our dogs over and 300 yds is not particularly long. I have around a dozen training grounds I use. A large part of them are public but the shoot I pick up on covers 3 farms, including 2 woods, a spinney, a plantation, a brook, a disused railway embankment and an assortment of fields and I can use any of this! It makes it so much easier to select the kind of ground which is suitable for what I'm training on any particular day.
I take it from the “Tracking” that you work in Working Trials? Although I have a number of friends competing It’s something I’ve never got involved with although after watching the Met Police dog championship at Catford a few years ago it is something I’ve always been interested in. Trouble is, there are not enough hours in a day to do everything! That’s one I’m saving for my next life!!!
Regards, John