Sam's First Birthday

The 27th August 2003 was Sam's first birthday.

That day, whilst out on the morning constitutional, we came upon a recently deceased young pigeon. So, this was Sam's first experience of real game. Naturally, she was quite excited but at least she didn't tear it to bits. Here's Sam with her trophy! .......

 

Sam's First Hunting Season

Sam acquitted herself very well in her first year, hunting well and retrieving to hand. She has a nice soft mouth and requires little or no coaxing to give up her retrieves. She does however have a tendency to become progressively more deaf as the day wears on - something to work on during the close season!! Nonetheless, we don't for an instant regret our impulsive decision to bring into our home a Springer rather than a lab as we had originally intended. Here's Sam bringing home the bacon...