WOMEN IN THE FIELD

CELEBRATING THE GROWING PRESENCE AND SKILLS OF FEMALE HANDLERS.

JERRY RAY CACCHIO

AS I’VE MENTIONED many times before, I’ve spent most of my summer days, at least the last twenty or so years’ worth, training flushers alongside my friend Danny Lussen in New York’s Hudson Valley. Part of what I love about my summer days is the routine. Reliably, we run dogs through similar drills and similar exercises in the same well-used training field, and we see dogs from a lineage of breedings and kennels that we have been acquainted with for decades. Each day has a reliable rhythm that starts with a cup of gas station coffee and progresses to mid-morning donuts. A cast of friends and dog owners trickles in each day to watch or work their own dogs, and they are forced to listen to me and Danny’s tall…

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