Lexi is now 5 and a 1/2 months old, lastnight seen us have a rake about a small moor on a farm i have permission on, there is normally a covey or two of grouse on it and the object of tonights walk was to see if we could get a point on them
we walked half of the moor and it became apparant that every lark in the county had decided to come to this moor tonight
lexi didnt know where to point first and much to my annoyance decided once the larks were flushed she would then give chase to them as they half heatedly flew away only a few feet off the ground teasingly in front of lexi's nose, this i verbally told her off for and by the end of the session she had grasped it really wasnt worth the effort.
Once we had reached the half way mark of the moor and the furthest point from the truck, the heavens opened followed by some pretty amazing thunder and lightining, we were now soaked through and the rain wasnt letting up, so we headed back for the truck still working the other half of the moor into the wind, lexi had a couple of nice points on snipe but if im honest i was loosing interest as i could barely see the rain was so heavy!!
we reached a fenceline and i lifted lexi over it and cast her out to the left of me, as it was still raining very heavily i stupidly walked straight ahead over the ground directly in front of us that lexi had not had a chance to work yet, and you guessed it what did i put up but a nice covey of 6 grouse .
i watched as they travelled a few hundered yards and then landed on the side of a brae, and worked lexi on until we reached that point and let her quarter onto them, she found them again and produced a nice point, i left her on point on them for a short while before i walked upto her, and at this point they decided to vacate the area as they were a bit jumpy from our previous meeting, lexi sat to the flush on the grouse as she does pheasant, i think she is a bit taken aback by the noise of the birds getting up so close to her, yet the little larks etc seem an easier challenge?
all in all forgetting about the rain it was a worthwhile walk, lexi had the smell of grouse up her nostrills for the first time and i got a free shower thrown in
a couple of pics of the points before and after the rain.
sunday seen us return to the shoot, to go around the boundries and any cover crops on surrounding farmland and dog in any stray pheasants, my father came with me with his Lab bitch to lend a hand.
Lexi and Sula, ready for the off
unfortunately that was the last picture i took that day as my little star pupil decided to forget just about everything she had ever been taught :brickwall:
The distraction of having another dog there was just too much for Lexi and she became deaf, despite several warnings and harsh ones at that she was not for listening and constantly made for wherever the lab was, it was decided that since this was going no-where one dog at a time would be worked.
She redeemend herself by then and produced a couple of nice points and flushes on a couple of strays and we guided them back to our small syndicate shoots ground, my voice was rather hoarse by the time we had finished, just when you think you have it cracked they send you a harsh reminder that your no where near it yet
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