by Kerry Webster » Thu 06 May 2004 6:45 pm
Wayne,
Seeing you and I are just about eye to eye, I heartily agree with you on the problem of being a short handler. Frustrates me no end ! I even considered taking a milk crate with me to the firing point once. No rules say that you can't.
Regardless of the height of the dog, and I have medium sized and a "big" one, if I am in a hole, neither of them can see me. I have tried tippy toe, but that raises me a maximum of two inches, I have tried a leap in the air, but that is hard on slippery or rocky surfaces, so most times I have to trust my dog, and hope like hell that it took the right line.
You know what also annoys me, is a blind retrieve where you have a bush/tree directly in front of you covering the line to the game. I ended up sitting on the ground for this type of retrieve once trying to give commands. That was a pretty unrealistic run, as in normal circumstances the shooter would have walked a few feet to the side to enable him/her to see the dog and area of the game.
Kerry
My goal in life is to become as wonderful as my dog thinks I am.