Maggie-From Rope Training to Pointing and Honoring

Well, after the loss of the final of the Fab Five, we've been reduced to basically two rookies.  Maggie and her father Smokie are all that are left and have been in need of some serious training.  This is their third outing of the season (soooo not enough), but they did fairly well and are progressing along very nicely.

Maggie starting off on the rope

We bought 12 birds and went to our lease to do the training.  Smokie got zero rope time and did very well, once he was by himself.  He did struggle a bit once Maggie was with him as they wanted to compete, but that will come with more training.

Smokie and Maggie Hunting

Maggie honoring Smokie, her first time ever!

As you can tell, not really "quail woods" we were training them in, but we did have a few singles make it into the rough areas for some good training.  Anyhow, Maggie is the first and only Muse Pointer to be labeled as truly a bird dog (all the others have gone as pets, you can check them out here).

Maggie locked up

Anyhow, that's an update on our Muse Pointer that we kept.  We are steadily dwindling down in numbers as it looks like after tomorrow there will be only one puppy left.  Keep checking the blog for more updates on the pups and the litters!