This weekend we had a cocker spaniel hunt test seminar with what I call the No. 1 Ladies Hunt Club. These gals came from southern Utah, the Wasatch front, northern Utah and Wyoming to work their spaniels in the field. To escape the heat we went up into the mountains and found a great hunt test site. We worked 9 cocker spaniels on various aspects of the hunt test, including, introduction to birds, introduction to gunfire, quartering a field, flushing and retrieving birds. With one of the more advanced dogs named Six, who is working on his master hunter, we worked on sit to flush.
We had a great time and saw some great dog work. The heat, even at 7000′ was an issue and we paused often to water the dogs or take them swimming in the nearby pond. Good luck on your hunt tests this fall!
