Time for Work!

Back when I was a baby, Daddy spent a lot of time teaching me how to retrieve things for him.  It wasn't hard for him to teach me because I love to run and go get things and bring them back to him.  It didn't take me long to figure out if I did that he'd throw it again and I could go get it for him.  It makes him so proud of me when I do that!

Last year I was still a young pup, but Daddy took me with him when he would leave really early in the morning with his gun.  He always packed a little bag with food and treats in it.  Sometimes we went to the bigger lake and took his boat.  Sometimes we would go to the place where I get to be a "Club Puppy" and run and run and swim in the lake.  The "Club Puppy" place is where Daddy trained with me.  But, when we went there early in the morning, when it was still dark, we weren't training.  We were taking me to work.  Daddy was going hunting.  I love hunting!  Dad takes his gun and he calls ducks in close to his toy ducks he has spread out all over the marsh.  I sit quietly and get a treat slipped to me every once in a while.  Then - BANG!  Daddy shoots a duck and tells me to get to work.  My job is to run out and pick up the duck and bring it back to Daddy.  It's a lot like training but way more fun.  He never throws it again, though.  Instead we just sit and wait for another duck to fly in. 


Then the weather got really, really cold and we didn't go hunting anymore.  Daddy said the season was over.  It got nice again and we did all sorts of fun things.  We went camping and hiking and on picnics.  I even got to go out in the boat while Mommy and Daddy went fishing.  One day I noticed the leaves were all turning pretty colors and falling off the trees. 


Then one day Daddy got up really early and packed a bag full of treats and food for him.  He picked up his gun and took me in the truck to the "Club Puppy" place.  It was time to work again!  That was last week.  The next day we went to my friend, Lucy's, house and took her and her Daddy to another place to hunt.  We sure had fun!  Lucy was jealous because she didn't get to go out the day before. 


This morning my Daddy got up really early again and off we went!  I hope we get to do this a lot - it sure is fun! 


Here's a picture of me last year when I was a baby.  Daddy got me a coat so I don't get cold.