practice day

Took Dolly out to the grasslands to run her on some live birds today. She is doing quite well but, she is having some obedience issues. Steadiness is not a problem, once a bird is put up she puts it in park just like she has been taught. The problem comes afterwards. Laser beam focus on marking the bird seems to distract her from listening to commands. If a bird is not hit she will want to chase after she is released, instead of returning. I suppose you could chalk it up to determination and drive. Not a big deal, just one more item to add to the list of things to work on. All I can hope for is that the gunners in Kansas put down all the birds she puts up. We will add working on "gone away" to our list.