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The following Google photo is a large training area that is mowed regularly and
originally promoted and developed by a small group of trainers with the support
of the Winnebago County Forest Preserve. The trees and terrain are very useful
for retriever training...especially for HRC tests. I have been training there for many
years.
The group pays a small fee for dues and this pays for ducks. There is usually a club
member that brings an ATV to re-bird and plant blinds. The members can train there
any time. It is gated/locked. The following photo is a Google "description".
https://nebula.wsimg.com/3b9513834c...4E1121C8FC6E84D7F&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
My question is based on recent observations. Pounce and Gigi have trained there often.
There is probably no mark or blind that has not been run. My recent youngest marks "lights
out" and has an excellent memory. One could say that often times she knows which blade of grass the mark fell "behind". Recently, it seems that once in awhile she will suddenly change directions as if an old memory mark re-surfaced. Is this a reasonable assumption?
originally promoted and developed by a small group of trainers with the support
of the Winnebago County Forest Preserve. The trees and terrain are very useful
for retriever training...especially for HRC tests. I have been training there for many
years.
The group pays a small fee for dues and this pays for ducks. There is usually a club
member that brings an ATV to re-bird and plant blinds. The members can train there
any time. It is gated/locked. The following photo is a Google "description".
https://nebula.wsimg.com/3b9513834c...4E1121C8FC6E84D7F&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
My question is based on recent observations. Pounce and Gigi have trained there often.
There is probably no mark or blind that has not been run. My recent youngest marks "lights
out" and has an excellent memory. One could say that often times she knows which blade of grass the mark fell "behind". Recently, it seems that once in awhile she will suddenly change directions as if an old memory mark re-surfaced. Is this a reasonable assumption?