We just got back from the Sandhills, where Mocha completed his first three dog bucket list items: get sprayed by a skunk, step on a snake, and get a nose full of porcupine quills.

Bird numbers were a little thin, but Kirk was still able to get some in the bag. Mocha pitched in on the locating and retrieve, his first sharpies.






It was very warm, and the dogs were carefully watched, watered, and rested





Especially on the way home:


Tolerance: the abolition of absolutes

Consistency is the currency of credibility