Well my father and myself went out to the quail fields of my friend's property, we had a quail in a small cage, my buddy (bruce) put the bird away from Lily, she walked over to where he put it at and went on a semi-point, she then started to check it out and I think the bird fluttered and she went nuts, barking uncontrollably. We took the bird away and then put it in some thick stuff, we walked her over and she found it quick. After that she found the bird several other times, barked a lot at it, but after a couple times finding the bird, she started tracking something. Well she never found whatever she was hunting on. But after we got out of the fields, a covey of 15-20 quails got up about 30 yards from us. Did she smell them and went on tracking them?? Maybe?? Who knows.
After that, we taped the bird's wings together and we let her go after it, she went nuts. The bird went under a building and there was enough room for Lily and she brung it out. She grabbed it and mouthed it, played with it like a toy, she went on point and then went after it. It was fun to watch. Almost killed the bird too.
Will post pics later.
BTW, when she played with the bird, I gave her the fetch command, which we been working on lately, she slung the bird my way, I said fetch again with a here here, she brought it over to me and dropped it at my feet. I am a proud daddy right now!
