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		<title>Road to Utility Test: Steady &#8230; steady &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.&#8221; While not originally coined for dog trainers, it is a worthy axiom, especially in the area of steadiness to wing, shot, and fall. Every step, every cracked twig or ruffling wing feather is an invitation to Manny. As if a bird were saying &#8220;C&#8217;mon, pup, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4609&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Near Gerlach, Nevada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bone-dry conditions. Birds were very near water. No greenup except where streams were flowing. Narrows things down a bit! Filed under: News<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4589&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road to Utility Test: water, water everywhere but &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, here on the desert we have a lot of water. Irrigation canals, stock ponds, a few trout streams and if you head for the hills, alpine lakes. But finding a piece of water for the NAVHDA utility test? A tall order. It&#8217;s gotta be a good acre or more in surface [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4582&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road to the Utility Test: &#8220;whoa,&#8221; in all its forms</title>
		<link>http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2012/01/07/road-to-the-utility-test-whoa-in-all-its-forms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not bragging. And I fear what I tell you next might jinx next week&#8217;s training. But every baby step forward is worthy of celebration around here as we head toward a fall NAVHDA Utility Test. One key element of this grueling test is steadiness, not just to a flushing bird but to the shot [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4574&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five words are plenty for this photo &#8211; but you gotta write them!</title>
		<link>http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2012/01/04/five-words-are-plenty-for-this-photo-but-you-gotta-write-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go to the FaceBook page for the next challenge in our &#8220;Five Words are Fine&#8221; series. Not a thousand words, just five should be enough to caption this photo. Clever, funny, poignant &#8230; your chance to get creative! I&#8217;ll pick a winner in a couple weeks and send them a Mini-Maglite. Good luck! Filed under: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4569&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road to Utility Test &#8230; challenges loom for Manny &amp; me</title>
		<link>http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2012/01/02/road-to-utility-test-challenges-loom-for-manny-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Easier said than done&#8221; is more than a cliché. Just look at the NAVHDA test rules if you don&#8217;t agree. A dog that passes, let alone earns a Prize I in the Utility Test would be a worthy hunting companion anywhere, anytime, on any game. And that&#8217;s the challenge. As the new year gets rolling, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4558&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road to Utility Test &#8230; I&#8217;m committed, or oughta be!</title>
		<link>http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2011/12/30/road-to-utility-test-committed-or-oughta-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every one of my wirehairs deserved a NAVHDA Utility Prize I. None (so far) has even run that test. It&#8217;s not their fault, it&#8217;s mine. In fact, most of their so-called weaknesses are &#8220;operator error,&#8221; not the result of their disobedience, or lack of intelligence. That&#8217;s why this is the time, and here is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4552&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One minute at a time, sanity is restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are over the hump. Winter solstice is behind us, and the days are slowly getting longer while nights get shorter. The gain is only a minute or so each day, but every little bit counts when you are sick and tired of going to work in the gloom and coming home in  more gloom. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4545&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A visit to Duke&#8217;s home, Pheasant Bonanza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago I told you the story of Duke, a young shorthair that arrived at Eagle Nest Lodge just a day or two before we did. His stoic, patient demeanor in the kennel intrigued me. I asked manager John Shirley if we could take him the next morning on a Hungarian partridge hunt. The show [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4532&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What gift: skunked!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Add that place to the &#8220;naughty&#8221; list!  Sometimes, the best outcome on a pioneering hunting trip is to finally cross a spot off your list. You know the one: it&#8217;s been bugging you for years, tempting you with its siren song of lush habitat. That&#8217;s what happened yesterday. Beautiful weather brought out a crowd, relatively [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scottlindenoutdoors.com&amp;blog=799685&amp;post=4527&amp;subd=scottlindenoutdoors&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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