Life: FEATURE04

Ray Takmajian watches as his dog Belle, an English Cocker Spaniel, flushes a pigeon during a training session. Takmajian, along with a group of Spaniel owners, is hoping to become the first Spaniel Hunt Test Club in Illinois. They practice quartering in the field on the property of Danelle and Larry Oliver in Dorsey Ill.

Ray Takmajian watches as his dog Belle, an English Cocker Spaniel, flushes a pigeon during a training session. Takmajian, along with a group of Spaniel owners, is hoping to become the first Spaniel Hunt Test Club in Illinois. They practice quartering in the field on the property of Danelle and Larry Oliver in Dorsey Ill.