by Tom Keer The seaside woodcock cover lay at the bottom of the lowlands and right below the dunes where the mooncussers walked. Coastal regions get more rain than snow, and that moisture is why the woodcock – those original shorebirds – were searching here for worms. Ticks liked the moisture, too, and that’s the challenge of running dogs on spring woodcock. Those several weeks of training pay big dividends come fall, but they can come with a cost – Lyme disease. I’m proud of the fact that not a single one of my dogs has ever contracted Lyme disease and,...
