Grizzley Island Wildlife Preserve is made up of approximately 84,000 acres. It is the largest continuous estuary in the U.S. It is a beautiful place that where you can see all kinds of wildlife. It is also a place that allows the dogs to run and their owners to bird train them. Today, I took the opportunity to do just that. I was to meet friends of mine at 10 to work on training Grady for his next level of hunt test. I actually got out there at about 8:30 this morning to run the dogs a bit before hand. While we were out there, we saw a group of Tule Elk (they are a protected species) and the above pictures series are the show Dixy reaction when she first notices them. It was interesting to watch these animals. In the top picture, you can see that there is one elk in particular that appears to be the head guy. We they took off after, he stayed back to make sure we weren't going to come any closer. Nature is really an interesting thing. Something I wasn't aware of, these animals lose their antlers. The dogs found one on the way back. It was huge and heavy. If the dogs had their way, they would have used it as a chew bone.
After all the running and treasure finding, we started our bird training. Below are a couple of pictures of Grady on point. As you can see from the second picture, I was a bit of a distance away from him. He held until I got there. All-in-all, his training day went pretty well.
Also, all-in-all, it was another great day in the bay/delta area.
4 comments:
My dogs LOVE antlers to chew on and when I am lucky enough to find a drop, I'll take it home for their enjoyment.
We found two and they were brought home. :-)
Hi Pam, I've been out of the Blogger scene for a quite a while & thought I'd drop by for a visit. Wow those antlers are bigger than Dixie's little bones. Hope all is well with you, regards Tony
I have got another Blogspot blog going & one for Dixie of her very own. Haven't posted on either of them yet though
Have a nice day
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