Recently we drove up near Washington DC to take Luther to a Hunt Test. We had him signed up for one Master and one Senior test. We got there about 10 minutes to 8 AM. I hopped out of the car to air Luther and Jimmy took off to find the Senior test site. There I was...with a dog in hand and the Master Test dog was running the course and the Judges were explaining their requirements and I couldn't see any of it because I was stuck with Luther. Luther was the second dog to run. Needless to say, I turned into a bag of nerves. I think Luther knew it, too. Luther nailed the land retrieves. He started off on a perfect line to the land blind and then took a left turn. From there it was down hill. His second land blind was okay but the first had too many errors (my fault) and we were dropped.
Jimmy ran him in the Senior test. His land series was great. He is so focused, he doesn't miss a retrieve on land or water. His entry into the water for all the water marks was perfect...the angle in was great...his blind was right on. So all was not lost since Luther got his first Senior Hunt Test pass.
Luther has continued to be my angel, guardian and best buddy. My chemo treatments leave me tired and sick and he will follow me around like my shadow. If he is at the office window checking out his neighborhood, he'll return every 15 minutes or so to check on me. He smells my breath to judge how I'm feeling. Otherwise, he sleeps next to the bed near me. What a great dog the good Lord has gifted me with. Some kind of special!!!
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