Amazing photo's. Love seeing them out doing what their heart yearns for. Really love seeing the old girl out there still ready to go. What a great group you have.
Very nice! Looks like you were getting a good variety of birds--we spent all day in a boat in the marsh yesterday and got nothing--weather was perfect but the birds had scrammed!
Sammy got a Reserve JAM at the Owner Handler Qualifying field trial in Virginia today!! So proud of the way he worked on a cold and wet day. What a great way to end the year.
Anybody getting a golden puppy to pursue field work with this year? I will be making the jump to three dogs in June with the addition of a little field golden puppy that I am beyond excited about. It's my first time getting a pup where I'll have to fly out and pick him up but I think he will...
Treading water is an important skill for water blind retrieves.
I think the ability to stop a retriever and have it tread water
and wait for your cast is important for at least 2 reasons:
1) Your control is enhanced if the retriever must wait and focus
on you as the handler.
2) The retriever is...
It's been too quiet in this section of the forum lately so I thought I'd get a post going about what everyone is currently training and any issues you are currently training through?
Currently, I'm in the middle of force fetch with Rio (7 months old), currently have the bumper on the floor and...
I have been remiss in advising everyone about the NRC currently underway in Corning, California. They are running the 8th series right now and it is a monster! Check it out at:
https://2019nrc.blogspot.com/p/8th-series.html
Crush was our only Golden running this year. He ran strong until...
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Angel thought it was glorious. 
