Monday
A catch up day at my desk - the price one pays for taking time off!

The evening saw topaz and i off to HGS gundog training. We were on a lovely bit at the edge of a wood with a small decoy pond. It did himself good to stay tied to the game bag and watch the vizsla. A lovely 15 month who came on a treat in the space of an hour - I got the handler to change their whistle sit command to a more 'spaniel' style 'peep' away from the more genteel 'would you awfully mind stopping and sitting' version she was using. That worked well. With a length of line on (as this dog was magnetically attracted to the water) we did some simple marked retrieves. Including a couple of goes with Monet's old duck- who is now becoming well traveled - his last flight being outside the hotel at Fritzlar.

Topaz as a reward had a directed blind on the pond; sent in, stopped, directed one way before dummy was thrown in behind him and he was redirected to that. Quite pleased as he did not follow his urge to get onto the island and look for duck!