Late Season Training - English Pointers

This past weekend I went to my parents house in Elizabeth, La. My father is a big quail hunter and we took the weekend to work his 5 young English Pointers.

On Saturday we went north of Pitkin, La to the Kisatchie National Forest. The goal was to get the dogs into some new areas away from my fathers property.

I would have to agree with my dad when he told me that this is the most beautiful area in the country to watch a dog point a covey of quail.

We ride horses when we hunt but, we were just training so we walked. The horses defiantly help with keeping up with the dogs.





We made the first round with Jack and Strikker.







On the way back to the truck Jack and Strikker found a nice cool mud hole to take a rest in.



Jack Pointed by the truck.



Jack



Strikker.(He needs some improvement on his posture. I was new to him though.)



Jack and Strikker ran very well and came right back to us when we finished the run.

On the second run we let the other three dogs go. Elvis, Bubba, and Rosie(the only gyp of the 5 dogs)

Rosie was clearly the surprise of the group. She ran just as good or better that Jack and Striker (the two big males) and she cracked her tail beautifully.



Bubba(not pictured in this thread) was also a pleasant surprise, he pointed a couple times. Bubba Ran BIG! At times I was running through the woods just so I could I see him.

Then there was Elvis... He is by far the best looking dog out of the 5(thus the name). When we let the second group loose Rosie and Bubba took off, while Elvis stayed about 20 steps behind dad and I. Dad pretty much cussed him the whole time after that. After a while we lost him because he stopped following. The afternoon ended on a good note for Elvis though.. About 3/4 of the second run was over when Elvis just appeared out of thin air and finally caught on to what he was suppose to be doing! He ran great on the way back to the truck and I think he can and will be a good dog with some work.

Elvis (my phone died so I had to use dads flip phone, reason for the poor picture quality)



Overall, both my father and I were tremendously pleased with the performances of the bird dogs. All of the dogs showed great promise and the training session went better than we expected. I am not officially hooked.

Below is a link to a video I took Sunday morning when my father let the dogs loose for their morning run. It is really hard to take pictures of the dogs why they are hunting because they are so fast. This video gives you an idea of their speed. They come out in order: Jack, Elvis, Strikker, Bubba, and Rosie.
Ignore the terrible commentary.

RELEASE THE..... English Pointers?