Well, it's been TOO long since I spoke on the blog! I plan to begin more blog stories and regular updates about kennel news, updates, and happenings. This will be a wonderful opportunity to keep in touch with you all while I winter in Florida and Georgia. I leave on January 8th and will stop on my way to visit Elsie my German Shorthair Pointer who has been in field trial training in Georgia. On the 15th I am taking a Dave Rorem retriever handling clinic. Once in Florida, I will be working with a training group rotating at a variety of training grounds with technical ponds where I will be concentrating on working Treat, Valley, and Flagler (Sassy's 2 year son) for competitions.

This past Fall kept me super busy with lessons and dogs in our full time training program. I took the opportunity to get lots of hunting in. I hunted daily in September and October for pheasants at our local management areas. In October I hunted opening weekend in Massachusetts for ducks and had a wonderful time with some great mixed bags of birds. Then we moved on to some woodcock hunting right in CT. Just last week I hunted coastal Mass. again with fellow trainer and friend Ray Voigt. We blasted the Eider ducks one day, then ducks and geese another. Lots of fun! Thank you to friends Pete Reid and Mark Sherer for those great hunts!

Right now just busy with my web designer updating the site and preparing for the holidays and the travels ahead. I look forward to hearing about all of your hunting stories and dog adventures. I will keep you all updated in the weeks ahead. Happy Holidays!!!