Raising a litter of puppies is a lot of work, but if puppies turn out well, it is a very satisfying and rewarding experience. It looks like Paika's pups are doing really well in their new homes. They are eleven weeks old today.
Joe Mason shared this e-mail with us:
Shome just completed his first liver drag find in the state of Kentucky. He
did a great job under probably very trying conditions. We have 15 mph winds and
sunny. I laid the line out about 120 yds. long with four 45 degree turns and
waited 40 min. He strayed off line a few times just maybe 5-6 yds. and always on
the down wind side. He would immediately come back and find the line and start
out again.I think I was as excited as Shome was.
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Ray and Pam Maurier from New Hampshire sounded really pleased in this e-mail from few days ago:
Tucker (Storm) is doing awesome. We have been introducing him to new things all the time
and he learns fast. Sunday morning I laid a blood line in the hard woods 125 yards. At the
start was a drop of blood and a finger nail size piece of liver then one drop
every foot and every ten yards another tiny tiny piece of liver. I hung a ribbon
over the each piece of liver so I'd know where it was. At 60 yard I put a left hand
90-degree turn down a hill to a creek, another 65 yards to a half of fist size piece of
liver under his bowl. Four hours later we took him to the start, changed his collar
and a 30 ft leash and he was off. He stayed right on track and found every piece
of liver. The wind was blowing 25 mph, two times he went up wind of the track
about 5 feet, put his nose up and checked the wind and then jumped right back on the
track. He went through in under 20 min, he really took his time and did absolutely
awesome...We got it all on video, it's great.
So this morning just to see what he would do I took him back and I ran to
the end a different way and left a small piece of liver under his dish, and then took him
to the starting point. This is a 24-hour blood trail and no liver or man scent on
the track, again the wind was maybe 15 mph. He followed the line right on
and got to his piece of liver in 5 min tops. I couldn’t believe it , I am so proud
of my little guy. I just have to let your know how he is doing and see what
you think. I think we got a great pup he is house broken already. He goes to
bed at 9 and gets up at 6 and sleeps right through the night.
We couldn’t be happier thank you both so so much. Ray & Pam
Today we received pictures and some of them show Tucker with another wirehaired dachshund, Ted , who is owned by Mike Lafleur. Tucker and Ted are related through Billy, who is a sire of Ted and a great-grandsire of Tucker. Ted was bred by Gail Berger from PA, and his pictures are at Mike's website at www.trailsendguideservice.com
Tucker and Ted |
1 comment:
What an early start....I like his toy , the wooden moose :-)
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