Snowbound Kennels

09/09/2026

Sunny running her second walk out blind.

She goes with me as I leave a bumper out and then walk back and send her.

As a progress down the field the distance is gradually increase but conceptually they are the same.

I'll go back in a couple days planting the bumpers without her and they'll be her first "cold" blinds but to a repeated location.

I'm really big on lining because the better a dog lines the less I'm blowing whistles and waving my arms around.

09/09/2026

Such a great place to transition dogs into the woods.
To the east down through the ravine and up the other side there's virtually no ground cover. To the west is incredibly overgrown create a nice edge where I can plant birds but still actually see what the dog is doing.

After I stopped the video Maverick had a little control break as he watched the poor flying bird come down about 10 yards away but he's getting a hang of it.

09/08/2026

You know it was probably a fun day when the information on your birth certificate, drivers license and Social Security card are all different and you're trying to sort that out.

09/08/2026

09/07/2026

Ronin could be a dual purpose dog for you. Retrieve your ducks and protect your duck blind.

09/07/2026

Almost 10,000 steps by 10:30, easy to tell when a lot of Gun Dogs are in for preseason tuneups.

09/07/2026

Only about 14 hours to rebuild the pigeon house this weekend.

09/05/2026

Labor Day weekend living up to its name like usual.

09/05/2026

The first little water "blind" I do with retrievers is from the right hand over of the single T down the pond to what was the left hand over.

Yes the white bumper is probably visible but you would be surprised how many dogs have a difficult time with this concept. Many get to the middle of the pond and then want to go to the right to the location of the back pile/2nd base of the water T.

I was pleasantly surprised here and then later she swam with only a couple whistles the other direction on an orange retrieving dummy which is much harder for the dogs to see.

Just baby steps and lots more learning to do but this is where I start.