Archive from Daisy's Journal - the early months (February & March - 2006)  

  Feb 1  set up four remote winger/stickmen stations in a slight arc at 30 yards apart, then with the line
                  set so the marks were at 60, 90, 120 & 150 yards Daisy got "stretched" a bit today, later after
                  Kooly & Taffey trained, Daisy ran a 75 yard 3 legged-pattern (bumpers at 90° separation)
                       note: ran all the marks hard, on the last one she showed just a slight hint of breaking down,
                                but she drove on and picked up the bumper, nice job considering her longest previous
                                mark was the one she ran right before at 120 yards (will plateau at 100 - 150 yards for
                                a few weeks - still cold and winter)
                       note: she crushed the 75 yard 3-legged pattern (right side heel & used *dead bird/back"),
                                bumpers are visible - watch this as Taffey became too dependent on visible bumpers
                                so start mixing multiple bumper piles with orange, work mini-pile with orange first 
                       note: Daisy loves this "stuff"  
                       note: still using "Kwick Bumpers" and her fetch/hold habits have been exceptional
       Feb  2  ran two Y drill setups at the Rockton DTA, very nice ankle high matted cover with some changes
                   in texture, used a stickmen field and did a remote line send focusing on marking and steady at
                   the line, left Daisy at the line and went to stickman to throw mark, released Daisy from a remote
                   sit and after delivery at the stickman, took back to the line & repeated process, white bumpers
                       note: stickmen were at 50 and 75 yards, steady on first two marks broke twice on the third, but
                                I beat her to the mark and took her back to the line, after that the rest were steady with
                                varying times for the release (she is something else!)
                        note: had a big hunt on one short mark after running way too long (tricked by old fall)
                        note: Daisy has had no problems with any of the intro's to date, the next month will have only
                                 a few new things introduced and what she has done to date will have the "repetition
                                 focus" for a sound base, then we should be ready for single T a week or so into March

       Feb  3  ran 25 yard ten bumper pile drill from the right side with different color bumpers - 6 white
                  and 4 orange, afterwards threw several short marks with an orange bumper
                          note: picked up 5 white, then 1 orange, the last white, 2 more orange & did not think there
                                   were any more - orange was not at all visible to her
                          note: on the first 20 yard orange mark she ran over the top of it and went another 100 yards
                                   "fogging", after a few more she checked down and was figuring out what to do with
                                   orange, this was an intro to orange bumpers, occasionally use in pile drills, but avoid
                                   any in marking for quite awhile, make sure to use more bumpers in a "pile" than are
                                   going to be retrieved 
                          note: Daisy "worked" the pile very well, no hesitance - just picked one up and fired back,
                                   good heel and delivery, sent on "dead bird/back"                                                                    

    Feb  4  cold. windy with snow flurries = day off, moved Cargo Caddy drawers to van and rearranged
                the dog boxes including strapping them down

    Feb  5  worked on minor winger repairs = replace some zip ties, re-cement a few joints and adjust
                bow triggers. ran six remote winger singles with stickmen at the Soccer Complex, wind chill = teens
                        note: need to keep the stickmen farther apart unless there is someone out there, no
                                 noise or reason to focus on just one, horns not loud enough, Daisy was still seeing
                                 the marks from peripheral vision catching the launce and then marking off that, but
                                 need the "long look" not a quick glance 
    Feb  6  day off, windy & things to do, final repairs on wingers, found device for the wingers similar to a bird
                dog collar beeper (getting two samples to check out 
                        note: about a week ago Daisy ate all of a rubber fly-swatter (not the wire handle), this evening
                                 after not seeing any "green" in her stools, she vomited up three nickel sized pieces
     Feb 7  ran three-legged pattern at 45 yds sides and 75 yards in a new area, had to re-identify the piles by
                walking up, introduced hand thrown 180° doubles, ran very short x-box wingers uphill into a corn
                field (she's not ready for tight singles in cover)
                       note: need to do 3LP's more regularly, third double it kicked in (there's two & she was looking)
                       note: ran hard on everything
     Feb 8 (morning) set-up permanent 3 legged-pattern in the soccer complex at 75 yards, introduced
                three-handed casting off a place board and used the "basketball" technique (arm moving into
                casting motion)               
                       note: 75 yard piles in a new area, moved closer and then back with three bumpers at each
                       note: this evening Daisy again vomited more of the fly-swatter up - about half of it is now
                                accounted for, still eating & eliminating without issues, talked to vet again - watch for
                                even the slightest hint of blockage, none of the pieces are very big (nickel size)

     Feb 9  repeated yesterday's 3LP and the back casts from a place board
                     note: ran piles better, but tired on the last one = run each leg only once from now on
                     note: couple of times she wheeled at about 15 yards out (something new - time for FTP)
     Feb 10 day off
     Feb 11 ran first day of FTP, used "Kwick Bumpers" - started with quick review of e-collar fetch followed
                 with a quick review of e-collar forced walking fetch, started with 7 bumpers at about 10 yards &
                 worked back to 30 yards, varied e-collar levels and distance at which "back-nick-backs" applied  
                    note: the temporary "wheeling" issue from two days ago has been corrected
                    note: toward the end of the session Daisy was getting almost manic about firing to the pile &
                             her mouth got a bit "chattery" = next time focus on working more slowly with fewer sends
                    note: four things made this easier 1) she had been e-collar conditioned for several weeks,
                             2) she had been de-bolted, 3) "dead bird/back" had already been imprinted and 4) she
                             had already been running three-legged patterns (without force)
                    note: great attitude (tail wagging with more effort) even when "forced" at the higher levels
                             (vocal at level three), backed off on levels and finished with a couple of freebees after
                             some lowest level "back/nick/backs" =  she is fast and works a pile beautifully    
                    note: time to focus on "balanced" weekly training schedule 
     Feb 12 Daisy was taken out for the last two rounds of Blohaven's Euro shoot, the first few minutes she
                was a bit nervous with action, the she began to see & hear the roosters being released, it wasn't
                long before she was marking falls, but area #2 is wooded, finally one dropped near enough and
                she marked it (at least the line), she ran straight for it and broke down about 10 yard short of it,
                after she finally picked it up the whole picture became clear - shooting, flying noisy birds dropping
                everywhere, most not close enough and still more than enough to get carried away with
                   note: Daisy picked up seven pheasants, after the shoot she ran the cover for about 45 minutes
                            and ran big - good puppy!  
                   note: ran short FTP with seven bumpers twice - went well, up hill & good visibility
    Feb 13 ran FTP and stretched it to 100 yards seven bumpers, Daisy was not liking the fact that she HAD
                to go, first three of four required a walk-off nick (at level 2  she was vocalizing) - but when she
                understood (last four) she did not vocalize, attribute the vocalization as more of an avoidance
                than anything else, she still wants things her way, but is running out of alternatives
                    note: today was an important step up in pressure conditioning
                ran a very short lesson on 3HC doing right and left turn backs (throwing to identify did not work
                well because she was breaking - even wearing a check cord, leather gloves were a must)
                decided to do a simpler version of walking baseball to work on her sitting without moving when
                a bumper is tossed, using a remote line (facing me) 180° doubles were thrown = Daisy picks up
                the last one thrown (not breaking) and after delivery she is lined to the other
                      note: remote sit was improved and should help in 3HC  
                      note: delivery and hold/mouth manners are slipping a bit = need to maintain OB and mouth
                               with daily work (consistently because she is young and we need no bad habits) 
                      note: asking for more right side heeling and it is sloppy 
    Feb 14 took breaks between sessions running Kooly & Taffey, 1) ran FTP at 100 yards with seven bumpers
                (needed to do "walk off nick" twice), 2) ran two remote winger stickmen marks with a short hand
                thrown double off to the side (150 yard marks) and 3) short session of right & left backs doing 3HC
                      note: slowed down & insisted on better delivery and OB, start doing 15min OB work each day
                      note: ran the marks hard and did not break down, she remembered each short mark
                      note: three-handed casting is going slowly, not wheeling sharply but at least turning the right
                               way, probably better to do the 3HC drill at a different time of the day than FTP (a short
                               break in the session for other dogs to train may not be enough 
                      note: great overall attitude, but the nervous mouth and breakdown on heeling indicates she
                               is feeling the pressure = slow down by doing only one pile drill a day for about a week,
                               start doing a daily precision OB session including bumpers and doing more marks 
    Feb 15 (morning) started out  with "backs" in three-handed casting = worked slow and steady - much
                better, rested as other dogs ran their set-up, Daisy ran four remote winger stickmen singles
                75 - 125 yards in a tight stickman field = sharp!
                (afternoon) worked on three-handed casting "backs" in another area and it went well, doing left
                backs to right backs in a 2:1 ratio because her left back is "loopy" and not as crisp, finished this
                short session with a honoring/steadying drill with Lick - solid
                      note: excellent day of training (more dog.......less puppy) 
    Feb 16 driving rain, sleet, hail, snow with thunder and lightning = day off! some OB in the "game room"  
    Feb 17 day off storm - sleet, wind and snow
    Feb 18 day off - cold & ice (12 noon = -1° with wind chill of -13°)
    Feb 19 ICE!
    Feb 20 (morning) trained Daisy on OB morning session = asked for precision & wasn’t getting much = more
               pressure & collar corrections resulted in a tough session & maybe a bit longer than usual because
               she was not trying and pouting, one of those “this is a test day”, also = keep an eye out for coming
               into heat (Taffey was a bit “goofy” the first time)
               (evening) different pup, like OK I was a “bad girl” this morning, thanks for showing me I can’t get
               away with it, push/pull was excellent, box and figure 8 heeling has her staying where she was
               supposed to be even when varying speeds, backward heeling much improved and effort was
               attentive, positive and willing, worked some with bumper in her mouth and demanded no mouthing
               and willing drops without trying to go after bumper when taken note: refreshing an excellent session
               (back to normal) 
    Feb 21 (morning) repeat of last night with a longer session (about ten minutes) same positive and confident
                behavior with low key, quiet commands & good, solid effort = her responses were quick 
                        note: repeat this 5 minute OB drill every day (inside and out) for the next
                                 month and then transition to every other day
               (afternoon) repeated OB lesson, consistent and attentive with good effort (still too icy outside)
               (evening) OB drill
    Feb 22 two short OB sessions working on whistle sits - solid (this icy condition outside is a pain)
    Feb 23 muddy walking stand alone singles with remote line
    Feb 24 ground frozen a bit, drilled holes for four stickmen and ran a short set-up of 80, 135, 145 & 100 yards
                (right to left) remote line place board and walked her back to line after each mark, put up to run the
                other two on a longer set, then Daisy came back to run three singles opposite side of each station
                165, 175 & 130 yards, picked up stickmen & worked on sit to "flush" whistle training - Daisy almost
                seems to have learned this from other things we have done - throw a bumper in the air when she
                is running around, she "plants her butt" quick and is steady
                          note: She can do a walk-up single right now!    
                          note: used Dokken today - delivery consistently good, OB sharp           

      Feb 25 day off - cold & windy
      Feb 26 ran two delayed doubles with remote wingers, introduced right "overs" and ran a few with
                  "backs" mixed in, two sit to flushes done during picking up the wingers
                         note: precise marking today & much more control at the line (relaxed as in not so manic)
                         note: intro to right "overs" went well needed to chain fetch with over and identify the pile
      Feb 27 cold & windy, ran three handed casting and intro'd left over pile, now all three casts are in place
                  and she is catching on, slowing down helps and she is handling the corrections (simple no/here)
                  quite well, ran eight 75 - 125 yard remote line "walking poorman" marks, steady on all but one
                  which she insisted on sneaking after me twice as I walked away, went back to the original each
                  time and the "game" was over (fun short session with a lot gained)
                         note: Rockton DTA has matted down cover ideal for the transition from the soccer field &
                                  she had no problem marking the nice, new and bright mallard Dokken
      Feb 28 did three-handed casting with all three piles & she is not ready for that, need to simplify, work on
                  backs more and introduce the overs more slowly, she is too quick to react to the bumper vision
                  and her mind lags behind her desire, need to work slower & let her think some
                         note: lots of mistakes today, she fires every time, but with no real thought, she is not upset &
                                  the attrition doesn't seem to bother her, but it is not clicking
                  ran the two remote flower pot singles that the older dogs used in their set-up (used Dokkens)
                         note: "Man!" Can she MARK!  
      Mar  1  dropped off the duck crates after unloading the twenty four new mallard training, took a drive to
                  look the another forest preserve training area over by Pecatonica, got there = gate locked, open
                  April 1, drove back to Macktown and ran individual piles for the three-handed casting drill,
                  decided to break it down and simplify today, ran all back rights first, then ran only right overs,
                  Daisy was taking the casts perfectly but began to "play around with the bumper" & escalated
                  mouthing, put pressure on her to handle them the right way so she started dropping them,
                  collar fetch pressure indicated she was just plain "screwing around" so we had a few sessions of
                  remedial collar fetch. switched to only a left pile and she nailed the first two, then she started
                  dropping big time, corrected & then she blinked the left cast and went right even though it is
                  short grass and there are plainly no bumpers over the the right = collar correction and she
                  "knuckles under", wheels over and picks up the bumper, sit for next over = no go = "I know
                  what you want but I'm not going." = correction and she picks up the bumper (with a good hold),
                  then takes the last two left over casts perfectly
                             note: today the drill work was set-up so there could be no mistakes (only one pile)
                             note: Daisy showed her genetics today = Taffey once or twice switched into a "punk
                                      mode" just to "test out the waters" and see she really had to do,  She "said"
                                      "I'm not doing that!" afterwards "Well, if you put it that way, maybe I will."
                             note: even with the corrections she was upbeat, alert & happy = body language said
                                      "OK, I was just checkin'!  
      Mar  2 worked on three-handed casting at the Rockton Road DTA, did just left backs and right overs
                             note: went well & not many issues, the few were carryovers from yesterday and were
                                      dealt with the same way
      Mar  3 Daisy rode along to Blonhaven for Taffey & Licks guided hunt, before hunt Daisy was worked
                 on three-handed casting with again left backs and right overs, this time both piles were there
                 at the end and alternating casts were made (finished with tosses to right with no & casts back,
                 tosses back with no & casts right) Daisy is getting it.....excellent session!  
                             note: after the hunt, Daisy got about 30 minutes in the uplands with a rooster shot
                                      over her. It was a lively cripple brought nicely back to hand. She was "amped"
      Mar  4 ran eight winger marks with Dokkens at the Rockton Road DTA, first four were well, but the
                 second set was difficult to mark because of the background horizon (buildings), did a full
                 three-handed casting drill with all three piles, steady gain in skill showing up, mouth and
                 delivery habits have improved greatly        
      Mar  5 rode along with the three older dogs for a "Euro" shoot, over 300 roosters were not bagged,
                 Daisy went into area #1 with my son gunning and me handling, two roosters jumped up on
                 a point by Daisy & Greg shot one, very nice controlled retrieve and delivery, another rooster
                 flushed wild away from Daisy, Greg shot that one and Daisy had her two roosters, except on
                 way back to the truck she went on point, one shot and the rooster was down and running,
                 Daisy trailed it up to the fence line and came back, moving up the fence the rooster was
                 located and Daisy had a cripple for her third retrieve, I dropped it and it took off, Daisy caught
                 it and at least she is force fetched, fun half hour with what appears to be a really solid young
                 pointing Lab, her sister was out in another area of the club and got into a large bunch of
                 roosters, Steve (her owner) wasn't carrying a gun, but she had a nice 30 second point and
                 later retrieved a very lively cripple (Hera is Daisy's sister and they are almost identical)
                             note: fun day with lots of free birds made for some happy dogs (sleeping hard now) 
     Mar  6-7 snow & ice Monday......slush & mud Tuesday = days off
     Mar   8 introduced and ran several two dog walking "poorman" marks with Kooly, Daisy was taking
                 every third mark and working on being steady, after about ten marks for Daisy, she and Kooly
                 were running it perfectly out to 75 yards (this was at the Macktown DTA), later went to the
                 "Industrial" DTA and ran the three-handed casting drill with all piles set out, finished with an
                 intro to a four bumper wagon wheel lining drill rotating left than right with a right side heel
                             note: Daisy work hard today and maintained a strong drive throughout everything
                                      (she is exactly like Taffey in her "living to train" attitude)
                             note: keeping the pace very slow & steady seems to help her relax and focus a lot 
     Mar  9  went to a forest preserve and did our OB routine (different area for distractions), started on
                 leash & finished off, heeling all phases - right and left delivery positions, front sit, remote sit
                 with here/sit stops, figure eights & box heeling (inside/outside & both sides)
                             note: Daisy was very focused from start to finish - nice job!
                 drove to the ball diamond by the Rock River and did the three-handed casting drill with 5
                 bumpers at the back pile and 2 at each over, afterwards did the 4 single bumper wagon
                 wheel drill rotating to the heel side with both the right and left sided heeling
                             note: delivery/heeling improved greatly, still a few wrong casts in 3HC (two out of nine),
                                      but getting better, attitude is terrific and delivery of the bumper is almost
                                      perfect now (no mouthing or dropping and only a hint of being in a hurry)
                                      "the wait" for taking the bumper & doing it slowly is really paying off "big time" 
                             note: it is clear now that Daisy will need some work on getting rid of her "looping"
                                      tendencies on back casts (will correct that when we start single T if it doesn't
                                      clear up during mini-tee)
                 (afternoon) six single "stand alone" marks introducing a big black/white bumper with flags
                             note: marked all well except blew right past the 150 yard mark by 50 yards and had
                                      a big hunt (figured it out though and didn't quit), this was in cover at Macktown
                                      DTA with AOFs in matted down areas, ran hard & was steady
      Mar 10 went to the Stoughton field trial grounds with all three dogs, Daisy ran seven singles with
                  "up the slot" as the focus, used two set-ups with the dogs rotating between each, use 50 & 75-100
                  yard marks wide of the 150 yard marks up the middle
                             note: did a short OB lesson before running each set of three singles & repeated one
                                      (the up the middle had two wingers to cut down on walking & allow for extra
                                      siren noise on the second mark, Daisy had no trouble lining up on each
                                      winger/stickman & stepped on every Dokken, ran with a short tab for enforcing
                                      steadiness (excellent session)
                             note: the siren attachments to the remote wingers work well (noise)

    Mar 11 went back to working Daisy to do the two-bumper three-handed casting drill ala Butch Goodwin,
                so Daisy sat at the apex and I tossed bumpers over her head = her problem was she can't sit for
                that, so today we decided to teach her that she must sit and not move = using a soft, flat collar at
                first & attached to the Flexi-lead, bumpers were tossed, it wasn't long before she understood &
                we finished with a couple of right & left backs
                      note: she is hot to go - Wow!
                came back an hour later to do a side by side steadying drill with Kooly, Wow! she is hot. Kooly
                does  great job of tempting her
                      note: afterwards Daisy was asked to count to two on several hand thrown doubles (remaining
                               steady) = no problem & a triple was thrown in at the end which she picked up easily,
                               she is already glancing in the direction of the next mark as she comes back to the line,
                               Daisy can count to three
   Mar 12 fixed the wood duck house up with fresh bedding, three handed casting at the Industrial DTA, not a
              real good day as she is just not focusing, did a few concept doubles afterwards and she ate those up
   Mar 13 rain & more rain last night = day off
   Mar 14 two dog steadying drill with Kooly and Daisy at the Industrial DTA, worked on some 3HC
   Mar 15 walking "poorman" singles with Kooly at the Rockton Road DTA early, then it started to snow = all day
   Mar 16 day off - snow
   Mar 17 Today was another “training” day. There were two back-to-back “Euro” shoots at Blonhaven Hunt Club.
               Kooly and Taffey worked the first shoot. The second “go” found Daisy doing her first full “Euro” shoot.
               Nine months is a bit young, but she has progressed nicely through FF, CC and has done a couple of
               frames at previous tower shoots. In addition she has had seven pheasant shot over her in the upland
               and is proficient at handling birds. She is prepared.

               Arriving at the “slow” station, there were no birds for her to pick up in the first frame. This was perfect
               because it gave her time to relax, watch and build some patience. The second frame provided two
               perfect retrieves for her. One was about 30 yards right in front of her in a sorghum patch with the
               second an easy 60 yards out. Things were slow so I decided to move her closer to the action on the
               north side.
              
               However, just before the move a cripple was dropped along the fence line in front of a shooter’s blind.
               She had trouble finding it because the blind blocked her view of the exact fall and it (the fence)
               prevented her from getting downwind plus the bird was buried in the fresh snow. Suddenly, the rooster
               popped through to the other side of the fence and started his “road runner” exit. Scooting down the
               fence for about 50 yards he then sneaked back to the other side. With the snow on the ground, I could
               see what he was doing. Daisy moved with me a bit and soon picked up his hot trail. After running
               through some short cover, he disappeared into the sorghum patch and was “making it” down the
               rowed highway. Daisy couldn't see him but his scent was very fresh. 

               Fortunately for Daisy, the wind was in her favor and the scenting conditions were ideal. Her body
               language was “full out” this bird is mine. She started quartering a bit with her head high and zeroed
               in on the rooster’s scent. Some 150 yards from where the rooster went down she suddenly accelerated
               sideways when she spotted him, lunged forward snapped him out the air and came right back with
               her prize. It was still alive and probably wondering “where’d she come from?”.

               The action was a lot better after the move. Daisy made several nice pin point marks (some short ten
               yard breaking birds and others out to a hundred yards). The snow made for excellent marking efforts
               because the birds were generally easy to spot once nearing the area of fall. She was learning more
               and more about scanning the sky, being steady, holding onto birds (especially the crippled ones),
               delivering with a solid sit at heel and “dropping” them into my hand on command. For a young dog
               she had surprisingly little trouble negotiating the fences as there are some tricky areas that require
               moving off line and through gates. What a great learning experience for a neat pup.

               The day was still not over. The handlers are allowed to go out and shoot two birds after the tower shoot
               plus pick up any birds that were missed during the retriever work. Daisy, Greg and I headed for area #1.
               I would handle Daisy and he would shoot a rooster or two……if she pointed them. The first one was a
               spooky bird that she blew right into…..no bird. Then she found a dead bird which was retrieved. Along
               the back fence line she suddenly got real “birdy” and locked up. The result was a “kill bird”. About 50
               yards down the fence row, we got the second solid point and training bird number two was ours. Daisy
               wasn't through yet. Another dead bird was retrieved on the way back to the van.
               
               It was time to take three tired dogs and one exciting young pup home. Daisy made huge strides today.
               What fun!
    Mar 18 did a short session of 3HC "backs" to thrown bumpers with the flexi-lead on
    Mar 19 went to Blonhaven for two more tower shoots (two 600 bird releases), Daisy repeated the 3HC session
               of yesterday and Todd helped me run two short concept doubles
               Daisy ran six frames of the last tower shoot (maybe just a few too many birds, but she hung in there
               and tried), the only issues were a few switches when there were too many birds getting knocked
               down in her area, afterwards she had two pheasants shot over two nice points and picked up two
               dead pheasants from the shoot
                        note: Daisy slept well
    Mar 20-21 couch potato days
    Mar 22 two remote winger singles and one double at Macktown DTA using pheasants, 3HC drill         
                        note: made a couple of mistakes 1) throwing marks in cover after two tower shoots
                                 had her running to hunt, repeating a marking concept usually ends up repeating
                                 the mistake - duh
    Mar 23 ran five stickmen, place board remote line with .22 blank pistol and flagged white bumpers
                100 to 150 yards and added one more single of 210 yards at BT's alfalfa field
                        note: wow....nice hard charging marks 
    Mar 24 day off
    Mar 25 3HC drill & four singles thrown by a gunner shooting a pistol before the Blonhaven "Euro" shoot,
                Daisy ran the last eight frames and picked up around 40 roosters
                        note: her self-control was a huge improvement from the last "shoot", made some long
                                 retrieves and handled the fence issues easily - nice job
    Mar 26 trained at Stoughton, four long singles and some OB with a pigeon in her mouth because
               at the sanctioned field trial next weekend they will be using pigeons, staked out - nice day
                        note: marked well the ones she saw......trainer did a lousy job of reading the background
                                 for the marks and all the dogs had trouble (Daisy actually handled it better than
                                 Taffey)
    Mar 27 trained afternoon at the Square Pond DTA, first Flexi-lead OB drills, 2nd 3HC with two bumpers
               and she is getting smooth & confident with this, put up to drill Kooly then back out for some
               lining drills to a pile with delivery standards reviewed and enforced (wearing a tab & two sided),
               finished with a steadying drill = remote line Dokken singles with Kooly and Taffey
                        note: Daisy was very steady and knew the routine which is retrieve only on command
                                 Wow! She was good.
                        note: this last week with the "Euro" shoot and in training, Daisy has jumped up noticeably
                                 in her skill levels, she was showing signs of become a student & team player
                                 instead of just a smart little pup trying to please and not sure why
      Mar 28 trained late afternoon at the Square Pond DTA, two off Flexi-lead right & left back bumpers at
                twenty yards (first identified), five bumpers at 30 yards sitting at 15 yards and doing back casts,
                finished with five bumpers at forty yards and sending from side heels (both sides), two "runs"
                all the way on "dead bird/back), third run whistle sit at 15 yards and a right back, fourth side 
                send all the way and last "go" stopped at 15 yards and a left back
                        note: slick & flawless with a lot of style & speed = what a "Wow" short session!
                put back in crate while Kooly was trained, came back out to do five short side by side steadying
                tosses with Kooly and Taffey, then did two singles through the cut corn field with Kooly and
                Taffey, Daisy was patient and waited her turn, when released - stepped on each mark and
                she is fast!
     Mar 29  trained at Stoughton & staked dogs out, Daisy worked a 75 yards pile with five bumpers and
                 did two whistle sit cast backs half way, blew through the first whistle and didn't respond well
                 to the correction, needed to ear pinch her to the fourth bumper, then she did the final whistle
                 sit/cast fine, she is feisty and likes to throw a little test in once in awhile, good attitude finishing
                 up, second session consisted of six Retrieve-R-Trainer singles which she really was "amped"
                 up over (good job of marking and retrieving)
     Mar 30 (morning) at Rock Cut State Park DTA, fist session schooled triple with the Retrieve-R-Trainer &
                 remembered all three, afterwards did a single round of honoring Retrieve-R-Trainer singles
                 with Kooly and Taffy
                 (afternoon) trained at Macktown DTA & did an extended heeling and delivery OB session while
                 holding a pigeon, Daisy was rolling the pigeon in her mouth too much = need to work on this 
                 (just beat the rain)