BLUEPRINT SUCCESS

Covid-19 had come at the worst possible time for a keen hunter, just as the roar was upon us. It was a big blow for all, but it had to be done to save lives..

I had just finished nine months of training Meg, my BGID (Big Game Indicating Dog) and I was planning that my first hunts with her would be after my annual fly-in roar trip, which was obviously not happening anymore! So, now that there were several extra weeks ahead and not being allowed to hunt, I could put more training into Meg, just to consolidate all of her lessons from “The Blueprint”.

Back in 2017, the Edgecumbe flood had my wife and I living in a 9m by 3m transportable cabin. We had bought a lifestyle block with plans to build our first house, but the cabin was now going to be home for a few months. One night in the cabin I saw a YouTube video of a training guide for a deer dog, and thought “man, how awesome would that be? Train a dog to take you to animals in the bush?” Before I knew it, I had purchased the whole 15 plus hours of training videos.