Thread: Is she old enough?

thanks for the advice everyone, I didn't actually get around to checking this thread until now so I'm only just reading the responses now.
What I did though was start out with a few .22 shots and once I saw she didn't mind broke out the shotgun and fired half a dozen through that and Ellie didn't mind at all. She was interested in this new sound she hadn't heard before but there was no fear or anxiousness which was good.
Being a cropping farm we have permission to take ducks out of season that are damaging it, so I managed to take a teal which Ellie did a bit of a retrieve on. Was a very good day!

As for Duck opening, I'm not expecting anything from her. She's not coming to be useful she's coming to just get a feel for it. I don't think it'll be anything too strenuous on her, we just go along some rivers with about 4 blokes and shoot birds that fly passed and jump a few dams. I don't see any issues with that.