tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1386094978945591808..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Thoughts on Taking The DogSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-8246055690198380682007-11-15T05:06:00.000-08:002007-11-15T05:06:00.000-08:00Hi Scott,Many thanks for your kind post. I do hav...Hi Scott,<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for your kind post. I do have a year's worth of material about training and hunting with Rina. I hoped to work it into a book-length piece but in the mean time took on a new position at work and have not had a chance to touch it since. However, knowing I might have one potential sale now, maybe I shouldget back to it. :-)<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>MattMatt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-43333582516880405572007-11-15T00:10:00.000-08:002007-11-15T00:10:00.000-08:00Matt, sounds like it's time for you to write anoth...Matt, sounds like it's time for you to write another book--one on your love and understanding of dogs. This post is as eloquent as a poem and pragmatic as a Karen Pryor how-to! Maybe a colaboration with Steve? Whippets and Tazis?<BR/>Scott in MN (whose real-life is still on hold while he lives in an apartment sans hawk and dog!)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263057137051048922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-90762725752478279592007-11-14T05:02:00.000-08:002007-11-14T05:02:00.000-08:00Thank you---that's a very nice compliment!But stil...Thank you---that's a very nice compliment!<BR/><BR/>But still, I'd rather not work that hard again (ever), so please make sure the P kills his duck over the FIRST pond.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-20315975041905090242007-11-13T17:29:00.000-08:002007-11-13T17:29:00.000-08:00That's okay. What you are lacking in "far sight" y...That's okay. What you are lacking in "far sight" you make up for in flushing drive.Rebecca K. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203358870369377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-16516001235780631072007-11-13T17:28:00.000-08:002007-11-13T17:28:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rebecca K. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203358870369377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-53765499001121364132007-11-13T17:19:00.000-08:002007-11-13T17:19:00.000-08:00I think Brian has already taken a few ducks up the...I think Brian has already taken a few ducks up there this month. Usually it is still good this time of year; doesn't freeze hard until late in the month or the next. But I don't have a good line on the duck ponds, as I usually look closer to my feet for game. :-)Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-13415789709624825702007-11-13T12:25:00.000-08:002007-11-13T12:25:00.000-08:00Hmmmn. I do have Weds-Mon off...and I could do the...Hmmmn. I do have Weds-Mon off...and I could do the trip via NM. And that elk sandwich was yum!. How's the duck hawking?Rebecca K. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203358870369377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-59572772199666111812007-11-13T10:27:00.000-08:002007-11-13T10:27:00.000-08:00Paul my trip out with you was a great example of h...Paul my trip out with you was a great example of how one field good for the hounds is no good for a hawk. And vice versa: that little canyon area we hunted was incredible for rabbits (I remember the "herds!"), but I've often thought how Rina would simply have leaped off a 20-foot ledge after a rabbit had we run her there. No question in my mind she would have done that, and at speed.<BR/><BR/>Funny how in one place I can happily run her under a hawk and in another, no way. But the truth is that here I don't actually use her as a sighthound, but as a spaniel, and that makes all the difference.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to figure out how to get to NM next week. I've been in touch with Brian and Steve, and there a few options. But I'll have my dad along and am not sure I want to put him thorugh a marathon road trip just for a few hours of chasing rabbits. For me, of course. But dad chose another career. :-) I will call you from Jimmy's.<BR/><BR/>Rebecca, we will be out there again. Can you come? I'll make you another "elk" sandwich.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-75015414338600262502007-11-13T09:24:00.000-08:002007-11-13T09:24:00.000-08:00Boy don't I know how that feels. I'm still trying ...Boy don't I know how that feels. I'm still trying to overcome turning into a pool of jello every time I run the new Britt. <BR/><BR/>How's Texas looking this year?Rebecca K. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203358870369377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-5974809243440547242007-11-13T08:28:00.000-08:002007-11-13T08:28:00.000-08:00You don't have to explain it to me, it's been a wi...You don't have to explain it to me, it's been a wild trip bringing my lurcher and Tazi (and Brittany) out to work with my goshawk. The fields good for coursing suck for hawking - not enough slips to keep a gos focused - so we fly in tighter quarters where there are small herds of jacks. The result is the dogs are usually going 90mph in one direction while the gos and I are going 90 in the other. There are rare moments when we're all on the same page chasing the same rabbit and the kinetic poetry is awesome. Overall the stress level of these hunts makes me double dose on the meds - I wouldn't try it in unfamilar territory. <BR/><BR/>Is NM in your travel plans?<BR/><BR/>PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com