langhaar
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Dogging in September 07
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Pushing pheasant poults back to release pens
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guy
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Its that time of year - we have just started to help on a partridge estate. The dog is in heaven with the cooler evenings.
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Helen
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Ours still have to be released - we're waiting for a car rally before releasing them as otherwise there would be carnage on the road 
Helen
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sako75
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I'm just about to start dogging in shortly but at the moment the birds are not leaving the pen. They have only been down a week. I love this time of year , I prefer the actual dogging in to the shooting - no rushing and no concerns over retrieves etc just plain old POINT AND FLUSH !!! MAGIC 
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langhaar
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I agree with you ! It is magical, just you and the dog (s) and a job to be done. Ideal for fitness of 2 and 4 legs too ! Doesn't take much for us to be happy Sako!
It's good also to see poults are looking healthy and they are much more eager to fly. Not started hopper feeding either so not too early a start ! Enjoy this as much as I do spring pointing.
Dog in the first picture is now 8 and has no head of femur on one leg, fell off a disused bridge following a runner. Dogging in is ideal for him, he can still quarter the ground. This one is his daughter
Started the Vizsla dogging in last year at 4 months of age, now there's one for the purists !
Good luck with your partridge work Guy, you need a good hunting breed like yours to search for these retrieves
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guy
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Langhaar, thanks. I feel very privileged, the keeper takes me to a field and describes what he wants done, where he expects the birds to be and where he would ideally like them.
we have wide hedges with paths in the middle, some dells and several stubble fields so a great range of work, a lot of birds all without the added heat of gunfire. AND we are allowed to get on with it on our own. The weather here is beautiful cool air with low sunlight over stubble. Must take a camera with me.
The dog seems to know something is different as well - no cover seems thick enough to stop him going in if asked. I am still being quite 'grippy' with him as i don't want him to forget he is hunting for me not himself. I think i will see if i can fit in a few simple retrieves next time we are out.
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langhaar
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I take a little camera, not for vanity, as a record I will remember in my dotage. I love to see HPR's doing what comes naturally. The older dogs don't " boil over " with the sight of so many birds. Youngsters I take once or twice for a short while to get " birdy ", trialling dogs for hares and steadiness.Good idea to do retrieves as well.
Sheep steadiness for puppies / juniors also before the season starts.This one is quartering full pelt but ignoring, even when they ran. Handy to have a sheep farmer as a picking up partner.
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sako75
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| Quote: | I agree with you ! It is magical, just you and the dog (s) and a job to be done. Ideal for fitness of 2 and 4 legs too ! Doesn't take much for us to be happy Sako!
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I think the time of year has a part to play in the allure of dogging in. The air is colder the trees are turning and the sound of the pheasants flushing is music to my ears. I also love to see the dogs out working and doing their thing after a quiet summer on the work front.
Barry.
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langhaar
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Watched 3 roe does grazing this morning with 2 Vizsla's on leads watching with just a little interest ! But they did stay sitting when they eventually smelt our scent and leapt off through a cover crop.
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