why bird-dogs should run for office...

... because they're smarter than many of our elected officials. With all due respect to the Honorable Senator from Pennsylvania, how about actually ensuring that US veterans get the resources they need to re-integrate into regular life? or actually worrying about how the United States can afford to pay for two ongoing military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq? While part of your job, I guess neither of these is in "the public's interest". As opposed to whether the NFL has held an adequate investigation of Spygate after its interview with Matt Walsh.

But hey, if you've got time on your hands between the Appropriations and Veterans Affairs Committees and you're looking for something to do to appease your inner Steelers or Eagles fan, then go right ahead...

In happier news, we just received these pictures from Sally's mom, Jennifer, taken at the Mayflower GSP Hunt Test last month. I post them both because while the top one is nice, the bottom picture shows that we can all honor one another's closed-eyes without any verbal commands.

In other exciting news, we will get to see Dennis + Sally next week! Seems Dennis has a flexible job, too, so we're going to meet up at Hill & Hollow and train on some quail next week. It turns out that Sally has been busy -- and that other folks think she's pretty darn great, too. Sally finished up her SH the weekend after we met her -- and will most likely come up to the Katahdin GSP Club Hunt Test in Hopkinton, NH, at the end of the month to try out for her Master Hunter. So, hopefully, we'll get to see Dennis, Jen, and Sally again soon.