It's Time!

 I'm sitting here in the relative coolness of the cabin while the oppressive heat from the sun burns my lawn and toasts all my flowers.  But do I care?  No!  Because tomorrow I go to pick up the new Puppy.  The breeder is about a 5 hour drive from my house but I'm taking the long way and enjoying the scenery along the way.  My route should take me through Lewiston & Clarkston, Walla Walla and the Wallowa Mountains.  All places I have never been to before (Actually P.T. and I camped briefly at Wallowa Lake years ago but it was all at night and dark out).  The scenic voyage should take about an hour longer but will be well worth it.  The truck is comfortable and has icy A/C so the 100+ temps won't affect me until the radiator blows up in the No Cell Service area of the Idaho Oregon border. Hooray!

Monday morning I go to meet with the nice folks at Forest Cove Tollers and finally get to learn which one of the 13 little sausages is mine.  I spoke with Steve the owner many times and he seems to have a system to determine which of the pups are the 'birdiest' and from there he determines which pup goes to what home.  My understanding is that they have some homes for hunting, some for agility, some for service animals and some for just all around pets.  I figure he knows a lot more than I do about which will make the best hunters but not knowing which puppy is mine for the last few weeks is tough.  If you go to their website and look at the pictures they are all adorable but all different with the coloring and markings.  All I really hope for is a lot of white on the underbelly which should help in the Tolling aspect of hunting (Again, look it up.  Do I have to tell you people everything?)  Of course it doesn't really matter which one I get, she will be the 4th best dog ever to grace the H7HT blinds.  Clyde, Peat, Waylon and June are all pioneers in the quest to retrieve birds that we shoot, and Ladi should be no different.  Of course I plan to be The Expert in perpetuity from here on out because somehow maybe my shooting skills will improve just by knowing that I don't have to go into the icy cold water to get all my hen Widgeons.  Maybe.

Well anyway, stay tuned for more groundbreaking information aboot our newest member.  I should be back in town on Monday night and by the time I get rested up and out for the 21st potty break I should be able to get at least one picture up of the new heartbreaker.

GBCH