Dog Trainers
As I walk along Grenada Lake heading into the town many recreationists clog the road. A group of fifty motorcyclists in The Cristian Motorcycle Association assemble at the foot of the dam for a bike meet. They are accompanied by flashing police motorcycles. Fisherman dot the spillway hoping for a bite. Large RV campers fill every available spot adjacent to the lake. The more elite buzz by in flashy pickup trucks towing high speed water craft. Then there are the dogs!
I tried to determine what was inside the narrow stainless steel carriers fastened on top of pickups and flatbeds. From the adjoining woods men and women dressed in camouflage fatigues paraded toward the containers. Inside were retriever dogs. “We train them to get a rating to show their proficiency in duck hunting” a trainer named Clint told me. I sold Mo last year to an insurance salesman he used him last season. Now I have Mo to continue the training.” Clint was an aircraft fireman at the local Navy air training base.
Recreation is big in the south. People live a different life style from the hustle of the north east.