Thursday supplemental post

It's 4:30 PM in Dan and I are now heading for the hotel, returning from the Garrison veterinary hospital. Unbeknownst to us at the time, Maggie sliced open her right leg when retrieving the third rooster of the day. I knew she may have hurt herself at the time because she had to run through a Barbwire fence to get to the bird in when she did, it should turn off her feet. In typical Maggie fashion, she got right back up and ran to retrieve the road without a whimper. After receiving the birds from her, I looked her over to ensure she was on injured and I did not see anything wrong. She then hunted for the next 45 minutes without a hint of any problem. After getting back to the hotel, clean birds, feeding dogs, and eating lunch Dan happen to notice a red spot on her leg and looked closer to discover a fairly major problem. Thankfully the vet was only 20 miles away and was able to squeeze us in. Maggie received about 10 stitches and will not be able to hunt anymore for the remainder of the trip, so Jackson will have to pull double duty tomorrow and handle anything we get into on Saturday. As you can see from the third picture, the vet did a very nice job with the stitches.