Mr. Green's family has decided to name him Quincy after a place they used to live. It was great hearing about his adoption by their older german shorthair and his willingness to explore and find out about his new surroundings. He'll be out hunting in Montana and the Dakotas when he grows up! With his background I know he'll just be dynamite doing what vizslas LOVE to do!  

Cayenne is loving training! We're working on all kinds of things right now. She's got a verbal and hand signal for 'sit' nailed and now, slowly we're working on a 'stand' from her sit and then a 'back-up' sort of down. With 'sit' I'm adding a 'moveable' treat so she knows not to move until I release her. I hold the treat a little ways away and slowly head toward her mouth. If she jumps at it I pull it back and immediately, when she sits,my hand heads back down toward her mouth. Up and down, up and down until I saw the light bulb go off in her eyes and she stuck like glue to the ground. I can now use both hands to treat and come in from almost any angle and her head is the only thing that moves (watching the treat) until I stick the food into her mouth. "YES"!

We're also working on bringing things back that we toss and 'tug' to give her a way to entertain herself at those boring times when we're waiting to go in a ring or during classes with less move time than talk time. We'll enroll in puppy kindergarten when she's 4 months (all immunizations will be done) and we'll also do a short conformation class to give her the showring experience.