Great night with the hounds! Temperatures were much more enjoyable going out around 7:00pm. We had a nice hound walking group including: The Kennedy's (Gary, Karen, Alyse), Fred and Cyndy Von C, our up in coming junior fox hunters, John, Ella, and Miranda, our Master, JCP, and then of course me (Priscilla).
We started off by coupling up the 'J' puppies (Joaquin, Journey, Jacob, Jessie, Jewels) to the older dogs and then we started up the Funnel Lake driveway (which can prove to be a bit of a hike up, and not always forgiving on the knees coming back down).
Some fox cubs had been spotted in the hay fields that we had been walking in last week so we headed down Pumping Station Road toward the bridge and the stream instead. On our trip to the stream, John practised his horn blowing and our hound Darla got pretty excited thinking that we might actually send her out to hunt, and Ella did a great job keeping the puppies hanging out with the pack. Karen made a good friend with our hound Easter, who is starting to show her age a little bit, and hung out near the back.
After we took the 'big' hounds back to the kennel, we took the 'little' puppies (aka the 'K's) out on leashes, and walked them out past the barn and to JCP's yard. Some of the K's are getting the idea of leash walking, and some.. not so much, but the great thing about hounds is that they are very smart, and once they understand whats going on they learn to trust you and try more and more new things when you ask them.
One thing is for sure, the hounds really love attention from everyone, and they love going out on their walks. I hope we can keep recruiting people to come out with us, so we can share our love of hounds and hunting with everyone.
We are planning on going out next Thursday around 7:00pm Cheers!
