Girlie and I are happy to announce that we passed hunter's education with flying colors, acing our tests at 96% and 100%, respectively. We sat around with the hunting schedules then, putting some family hunting days on the calendar before it is bulging with activities. She and her Papa are heading off to the range today, to get some practice in with her new shotgun.
I did learn through training that the hiking trail we often take with the dog is legal hunting grounds. This is not posted anywhere, and is frankly quite scary, with the amount of hikers and dog walkers that frequent it. I then think about Scout being out hiking all over the place in fall, and have decided that I need to invest in a half-dozen fluorescent orange bandanas, one for each of us and each dog. Better safe than sorry!
Girlie has more exciting news. Our dog groomer has a little shop only two blocks from our house, and she has always been very welcoming toward Girlie's interest in her occupation. We had the Lucy in for a last summer's trim, and the groomer asked if she would want to start coming by the shop and work for her part-time. You can imagine how thrilled she is! While her work would mostly be sweeping and cleaning, she will also get the chance to learn to bath the happy dogs.
The more she and the groomer talked, the bigger the plan became. She would work 10 hours weekly only in Nov & Dec, and then more in the summers, unless she fell short handed with vacations. She will take it upon herself to TRAIN her in grooming, so that by the time she is 16, she can move up into a year round part-time job grooming as well. She pointed out that it is a great skill to have no matter what she chooses to pursue, as she can always get a job that pays a decent salary whereever she goes.
As you can imagine, Girlie is over the moon about this opportunity. Being told that her level-headed nature had impressed the this woman so much that she would prefer to invest her time and training in her rather than others years older is certainly something to take pride in. Our own dog whisperer!
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