SAMI A CHANGE OF PACE PART 3 - INDICATING DOGS
Sami was keen as mustard and I had to give her a couple of reminders that we were a team, as she drifted a bit too far ahead. She settled into her routine and we began our hunt. She came and went and worked sign within ten metres of me as I followed a game trail.
My hunt was a combination of hunting as I normally would without a dog, and also watching her for any indication of the proximity of game or a start for a tracking job off the ground or wind.
Half an hour into the hunt, Sami started to test the wind and show a bit of ‘keen’ down the face below us. At this early stage in her career (ten months old) she was quite subtle and was still figuring out what the boss wanted. I made the call to sit quietly for a bit and see what developed. Sami sat beside me and I started to scan 70m down through the open bush.
Nothing happened for a bit but then I noticed her fix on one spot and stare intently at it. I couldn’t see anything but I kept watch there. The
