Madanline turns 1 today

How time has flown,  not a little puppy when she arrived but has grown none-the-less.  She is a real female now as she just finished her first heat, we kept her tightly wrapped and put Thai in a chastity belt.  Taking her afield, her legs have finally grown under her and she now runs with confidence, gone are the gangling appendages of her puppy hood.   Her stride is long and fast as she runs throughout the brush with her head high until she catches a scent, her head lowers little but you can see she's in a locate mode as she starts to sweep back and forth, no longer making the large arcs in front of me.  She has this funny Gazelle like hop to her gate which makes me laugh.  As a true Spaniel, she always comes back to check on my progress, staying not a second, then off again.  Watching her from the kitchen yesterday, she took a good 15 min's. to go from the porch to the way-back of the yard as a Morning Dove searched for food in the grass.  Slowly, step by step she stalked only to have Thai break her concentration, the temptation to great, so off she ran.  Can't wait for fall.

Life is good