April 2007 Training Day

April training day was actually not just warm, but hot. The Long Pond fields were fairly dry as was the path to the water site at Greene. I think everyone accomplished what he or she wanted to because a lot of people pitched in and helped out. Thank you. There were multiple stations: tethered pigeons, training table, tracking, drags and wing shooting. Thanks to the Washers for donating chucker to the club and Tom Brougham for the ducks. There was no chance to heat condition the dogs as the temps went from the thirties to the seventies almost over night. As a reminder, be sure to bring dog water bottles from now on for warm weather training. I usually bring a five-gallon jug of dog water for the club to use. We plan on offering the same stations at all of the training days to make it more interactive and avoid standing around waiting. There is plenty of land to use at Long Pond and we will take advantage of it.