| Since we live on the Wisconsin River across from the Pine Island Wildlife Refuge, we enjoy spectacular goose hunting opportunities and Dick enjoys hunting with the dogs. We spend a lot of time swimming the dogs for both exercise and water retrieval training sessions. The current in the Wisconsin River is very strong -- much too swift to send out a puppy -- so several years ago we dug "The Training Pond" behind the kennels and runs. It is approximately 225' long by 50' wide and about 12 feet deep at the deepest point. The spring-fed water and the sandy bottom make it ideal for our purposes. Now we are able to get even the little puppies out there at a very young age to begin their training sessions. |
