Jake and I had the opportunity the other day to chase some birds. We found a hunting club only a few miles from our new home in Monroe, UT. The owner was very good to us and offered to plant some chukar and pheasant for Jake to get a taste of bird hunting. The club encompasses about 200 acres of farmland planted in varied grains and grasses. Jake did fairly well for his first time out, I am sure he will get better as he learns the game. We didn’t actually shoot any birds although he did find a few. We were primarily shooting blanks in an effort to acclimate Jake to the noise of gun shots.

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Jake is coming along nicely. We play the game called “find it” once in a while. This is where I drag a small piece of hotdog through the grass leaving a scent trail and hide it several feet away. I then lead Jake to the start of the scent trail and tell him to find it. He then goes to work trying to find the treat with his nose to the ground. We started out just a few feet on a straight trail. Now we are up to 10-12 feet away using a curved trail. I don’t really count this as training but it does help him to practice using his nose in trailing scent.

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