I have reached the point were Lizzy my 13 month old springer has been introduced to most livestock and completely ignores Sheep, horses and my ferrets, so i thought it would be a good idea to take her out with my friends harris hawk. The weather wasn't the best with high winds and light rain forecast for later but we decided to crack on. At first both bird and dog were very wary of on another, but once lizzy's attention was focused on the cover and what was in it they started to work as a team. The ferrets also worked well flushing over a dozen rabbits. We gave the bird a rest in the afternoon and and netted half a dozen good sized rabbits, one for the hawk, one for the ferrets and the rest in the pot { lizzy had a dawsons pie} The whole day was a success and the only near miss we had was when lizzy went to sniff the rabbit that the bird was eating and got a peck on the nose, no harm done and a lesson learned.
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