Just a shivery little whippet
Just a little tale about drive/heart, whatever you want to call it.
I acquired some new land to do pest control when Boo was still a youngster 4 sea- sons ago; it is a mix of manicured lawns, large flower beds, sheep fields and a rough game bird field.
Plus I had the farm here and various other places, and of course Woodga always made us more than welcome on his land.
Boo's first season he was a little star, his behaviour when out lamping has always been perfect, he is straight back to me, has never hunted up a day in his life, even as a youngster. He retrieved very well and for the most part I very rarely use a slip with him, he listens and responds well to hushed commands. His first season as a youngster he was out of this world, loving the work, no prob- lems whatsoever, we made great headway clearing the new permission of those pesky rabbits spoiling the lawns and flower beds.
His second season he started out just as he has finished the first, brilliant little dog, I was more than happy, then half way through it he started to pick and choose his runs, especially in fields he was used to running. The rough game bird field was the worst.
If the rabbit made for certain fences he would pull up way before he got to them, knowing they would be through it and into the woods. Then he even stopped
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