Dakota has a flat tire

I know, the flat tire to foot reference is getting overused, but I had to go ahead and throw it out because I did not have the creativity for anything else. Dakota, Maggie (German Shorthair), two neighbors, and myself went out pheasant hunting and had a blast. Dakota appears to have an idea of what her job is now, so I of course was thrilled! She flushed a couple of hens and then a group of four birds (2 hen and 2 rooster). Man, was she excited when those birds popped up. I could definitely tell when she went from smelling around to smelling a pheasant, and it was really fun to watch. I can't wait to take her out again. Next weekend we've got a trip with Secret Agent Man to a hunting preserve and I'm hoping seeing such a huge number of birds will get he to want to actually pick them up. I'm not sure how we ruined her for that, but hopefully she'll start to enjoy it again once they are birds she's flushing not frozen wings!
The down side of the trip was Dakota got a few nicks inbetween her pads so we had to wrap her up with co-hesive tape (sticks only to itself, not hair and skin) and some antibiotic ointment. She did not care for that and spent the rest of the day limping. Once the tape came off she was fine and dandy though.