October 15th- 30th- Handling, concept marks,  lining on birds

October 1st-15th: Crockett is working on hunting exposure and with pheasants. 

September 15th-30th: Working on obedience, handling, Whistle sits.

September 1st-15th: Working on more exposure to gunfire, working with pheasants. 

August 1st-31st: Worked on mock duck hunts with call ducks in flooded timber.

July 16th-3oth: Lining drills, whistle sits, concept marks with ducks

July 1-15th: honoring, steadiness, whistle sits, handling , blinds

une 16th-30th:  Lining drills, concept marks, handling,  whistle sits.

June 1-15th:  Lining drills, handling drills , concept marks,

May 16-30th:  Thawed ducks and geese, concept marks, into to lining drills

May 1-15th:  Handling: left, right, back, into to blinds, concept marks off launchers

April 15-30th: Concept marks , into to handling

April 1-15: Concept marks on bumpers, pheasents

March 16-30th: Concept marks, into the handling

March 1-15th:  force fetch, into to handling, concept marks

Feb15-30th: concept marks, pheasants, review hold for force fetch

Feb1-15th concept marks,  live flyers, intro to force fetch for handling

Jan 15th-30th: formal hold,  obedience, and intro to concept marks

Jan 1-15th building formal delivery to hand: here, heel, sit, and hold with birds, Dokken and bumpers

Dec 15-30th : prep for building formal delivery to hand : here, heel, sit, hold

Dec 1-15th pigeons, pheasants and duck retrieves ( fresh or thawed) with gunfire

Nov 15th-30th obedience lessons: here, heel, sit , place, look, down,  quartering whistle, recall whistle and sit whistle

Nov 1-15th: adventures into Edinboro and Erie, field trips to local hunting preserves/ lodges, exposure to gunfire and live flyer pigeons and pheasants

Oct 15th-30th: informal hold lessons, informal intro to handling , obedience lessons

October 1-15th: field trips to pet-friendly stores, obedience lessons, retrieves with fresh or thawed ducks, geese, and pheasants

Sept 15-30th:  exposure to birds, gunfire, fireworks, obedience lessons of : here, heel, sit, down and down stays

Sept 1-15th: Working on informal hold lessons and obedience lessons and  still "  hunting" for downed quail, pheasants, and chukars in low grass and taller grass,  field trips to CCO continue while the weather is nice, swimming lessons, and handling a variety of bumpers and Dokken

August 15th-30th: working on obedience lessons " here, heel and sit," quartering in the field with the quartering whistle to find fresh downed birds ( pheasants, chukars, or quail), gunfire exposure with group walks, working with pheasant, goose, and duck dokkans on fun retrieves

August 1-15th: Pups are going out to pet-friendly places, working on obedience lessons,  and intro to informal hold on the hold table

July 16-31st: Working on obedience ( here, heel, and sit), finding hidden pheasant wings in the grass using the " hunt it up" whistle

July 1-15th:  Started to work on crate lessons and sit lessons, sit with a leash, encouraged to " hold" with soft puppy toys while going for walks.

June 16-30th:  working on sitting lessons, whistle sits, quartering to a whistle, and  group adventure walks with gunfire

June 1-15th: going on group walks for gunfire exposure, field trips to pet-friendly stores with littermates, and field trips to Conneaut Creek Outfitters with other gun dogs

May 16-31st: Your pup is going on their first adventure outside,

May 1-15th: The litter is now starting to eat food on their own

April 16- 30th:  The pups are up exploring the whelping box.

April 1-15th: The pups' eyes are opening, and they are starting to move around the whelping box more.

March 18th: Happy Birthday to the Kate x Bill litter. Mom and pups are doing great.