Birds!

For Thanksgiving, the Lady and I went to beautiful Whidbey Island for a week. Mostly this was for the humans to hang out and eat WAY too much food and drink (there's never too much) beer but Neko had her fun too.

I always love to get a little self-portrait of Neko and I in the smart car. People are always asking if she really fits back there, so here's photo proof:

Neko and I on the Whidbey Island Ferry

Because there is only so much Setter energy you can burn off indoors, I took Neko and her "auntie" Tav, the Irish Setter, to the park every day!

We love Patmore Pit

This occasionally results in quiet time:

Laser focus on the stuffed animal that doesn't belong to them

Chillin'

But more often our house is more like this (laser focus on the "bird!" in the kitchen):

The day after Thanksgiving, we all needed some exercise so a friend's dad took Neko out "hunting" for the first time:

She loved it, of course, and actually performed well enough that he was talking about where to get a Gordon Setter like this (I told him :))

After the hunt...

...it's best if you find a good spot by the fire.

 We love Whidbey Island!

Neko is waiting for me outside the coffee shop on the pier

 As you can see, we had an excellent turkey day! I was so excited and happy to watch Neko work in the field. It really validated my sense that she would be a great hunting dog. I will probably pursue some training for her so that we can do some field trial work and/or loan her out to my friends who hunt birds.

...before anyone starts to take us too seriously.