October 26th, 2020

Summer of 2019 we did a lot of training and I learned how to read her body language. We had done many over night tracks and tracks after heavy rains. She has such an amazing nose that I enjoy following her around cheering her on, she is after all still a Diva and requires praise and encouragement. During training I figured out she wants me to want her to find it, otherwise she would rather looks for other game. I am her own personal cheerleader amd that is how she wants it. We tested in Germany where she successfully completed an overnight track, when we got home we went on a few tracks. One of which which she found where the deer had bed down over night, the hunter had hit the deer but had not critically wounded the deer. The hunter confirmed that he has the same buck on his trail camera this year. Hopefully he will find success this year. The othe tracks ended at the property line because of lack of permission to continue on the track.

Fast forward to 2020 I got a call Wednesday night to help a hunter find his deer. So I packed up Berda and headed out early the next morning. She tracked the wounded buck for quite awhile, we were kicking out other game also, she pointed pheasant, kicked up several deer and a whole flock of turkeys. She pressed on and I was thinking we haven't practiced in a year and there a lot live game that would be much more fun for her. At one point we had to go back to the truck and drive around a river. The hunter asked if I was sure it crossed the river. I said I'm not but she is. The hunter asked the property owner if we could continue the track on his property, thankfully he agreed. I got her back in the area on the other side of the river and nose to the ground and off she went. Finally locating the deer for the hunter. This animal would have been a total lost because of the snow covering the track and coyotes. But because he backed out and waited for a dog we ended with a happy hunter, a happy dog, and a happy KlM Owner.