Dog Camp
Each summer, in late July, August and early September Dennis and I spend as much vacation time as we can in Nebraska and Montana training our dogs and our horses. In Nebraska, we do some training on our 320 acres near Big Springs which is just over two hours from home. For longer training sessions we spend a good deal of time on the Roger & Janet Painter Ranch at Ainsworth, NE where we can train our dogs on sharptail and prairie chicken in the heart of the sand hills. We have been training at the Painter Ranch with our good friend Ken Ruff and his family since 1996; here we have access to thousands of acres.
In 2009, we were invited to the Montana ranch of Rupert and Eunice Colmore at Livingston, MT.
In 2009, we were invited to the Montana ranch of Rupert and Eunice Colmore at Livingston, MT.
It is a marvelous place to work dogs on Hungarian partridge, sharptail and even a few blue grouse. We fell in love with Montana and each year we have planned a training visit with the Colmore's. Since we are amateurs training our own dogs, Dennis and I can train our young horses to be "dog" horses while we work our dogs. By the end of a summer at "Dog Camp" we can make them into terrific dog and field trial horses which are available for purchase.
Bonnie
Bonnie