Wally and I were out hunting this morning with THH. When I was getting him ready, the temp was a pleasant 49, it was a little cloudy and no wind. Pretty much the same when I got to the meet. By the time we headed out, the wind was howling.
It seemed for while that they were running parallel to us. So we could hear pretty good. Then it seemed like they were turning toward us. Wally kept stopping and would turn to the sound and listen. Then the hounds faded in the other direction. We could still hear them and he would still stop to listen.
After a little more than a mile hike back we got to the trailers. I had gotten him untacked and a cooler on him when the hounds got really loud and didn't sound like they were too far off. He just stood there real still and listened and looked.
I think he knows why we are out there. I am also pleased that he will go by himself. I think he could staff with that attitude.
Despite not a lot of action while we were out Wally got some good check marks. There was one young lady riding near us. Her horse had been good but then kind of lost its senses. It was in that mode of bouncing around and not wanting to go forward. So we just walked along with her. wally's thought process seems to be "I don't what that horses problem is but its not mine."
Later got to a downed tree that was blocking the trail. The way around was negotiating the top brush of the tree. That elicited a lot of funky and abrupt jumps from members of the field. Wally just picked his way through and then hopped his butt a little at the end. Very quiet and calm.
We've got a couple of more hunts this season but Wall has it figured out.
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