I waited til about 10:00 and headed north with Roy & Ruby. I think it was about 11:00 when I got to the vegetable garden. I walked them all the way to the north edge of the woods and sent them in on the ditch. It's a little wet in there since all of the rain. I think Ruby may have split off to the left to avoid some of the standing water. Anyway, that's where she struck. She trailed a little northeast. Roy struck and sounded like he was northeast of her. She located and I'm pretty sure she treed. Roy was there immediately and treed hard. On the way in they got quiet. I think Ruby was milling and Roy must have been watching her. I picked up the pace and turned on my light, I didn't want to give Ruby a chance to to screw up. Roy started hitting it even harder when he saw my light. Ruby joined back in and was doing a nice job when I finally got there. I a little lovin & headed home.
Ya' know, Roy had an ear infection when he was up at Gordy's. Sometimes I wonder if that wasn't the reason he started backtracking and slick treeing. He's getting better but he still has a little more trouble than I think he should. I may have a vet look at him some day just to see if he can spot anything. He's doing pretty well, but I remember him as being a better dog than this. He's had Bronco and 2 pups get the strike and tree on him in the last couple weeks. Now that I see his pups doing so well, I think I'd like to finish him and get a few more litters on the ground.
Posted by bruceo at April 26, 2004 11:59 PM