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    What a great training day!

    Kanzi (13 mos) hasn't had any field / water exposure w/ groups until today. She's hardly swam more than maybe 30yd (at best-- my hand throws) but has been in pretty strong currents recently, and handled that well. So today we had a training op out ~90 miles or so from here. I was a little apprehensive but figured her mom would really enjoy the outing plus I have the 2 15 wk old pups and what harm can that be....socialization wise especially.

    Suffice to say, the concepts Kanzi learned all in one day today put a smile on my face. Not only did she do her first field ( w/ HEAVY cover/ terrain) marks w/ kids out there in the holding blinds, but she was also stretched out on her water retrieves naturally right off the bat, AND she learned water re-entries as well! AND then put together as Land / Water/ Land / Water/ Land concept to boot. I'm smiling. It's been a long winter / spring and I have to say that getting up and going some weekday mornings is still hard for me but I was a smiling girl today. This is therapy!

    PS All her field stuff up to this point has been on my land here. Mostly w/ wingers (remote controlled) but a couple times w/ another pup owner doing walking singles. But not much more than that!
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    It's so fun when their natural abilities shine through!

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    That's awesome! Seems like the trip was well worth it.

 



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