Rosethorn Training Angus

Padding into the sandy clearing Rosestar sighed a little impatiently to herself still not quite sure why she hadn't fobbed the dog off to Rockybolt to train. Surely a dog training another dog would be easier than her attempting to be patient with the pup. Pacing around the clearing she managed to get herself under some form of control Right we'll focus on defensive fighting, scouting for prey, scouting for predators and something prey related she decided, she didn't know what kind of hunting the dog knew yet but she supposed she'd find out. Pausing as she heard loud pawsteps a sly look crept onto the ginger she wolfs face, turning she spread her scent through the area some more before vanishing into the bushes and circling around. When the apprentice pranced into the clearing where she'd basically ordered for him to show up in she waited patiently until she leapt out of the bushes and landed neatly on his back pinning him to the ground and resting her large orange paws on his back "Tardiness is not something you should get accustomed to Angus, next time you will be on time or you'll get gathering moss for the clans beds again" stepping off of his back she moved around to stand infront of him studying him "First off we'll start with scouting out prey, you can't hunt prey if you can't find it first of all" the short tempered female informed him calmly enough. Taking a deep inhale of the crisp morning air the smell of plenty of prey came to her sharp nose, however she waited for the dog to tell her what he thought he smelled

Waiting for him to speak his announcement of mouse made her send an exasperated look at him "Do not waste energy on mice! A mouse wouldn't feed an elder or a warrior, when it comes to wolves you spend more energy catching the mouse than you do when you eat it" she informed him sharply flicking her ears back in annoyance "Smell again" Rose ordered him, she could smell deer, but that would be far too large for the dog to take down on his own. Raccoons would put up a good fight but the dog wasn't really one for fighting, so it'd have to be rabbits and Pheasants to start off with. Rosestar was quite fond of Pheasant as it was a sizable bird but it was easy to catch as well, the dog should be able to pick out the smells as he would have smelt them on the fresh kill pile. An ear flicked at a birds song, figuring out it wasn't one of alarm she returned her attention back to the dog waiting for him to respond with what he could smell. He was quite different from her previous apprentice, feeling the familiar guilt at the disappearance of Aspenpelt she wondered if she'd taught her better if her friend would still be around. She'd make sure to be extra hard on Angus to train him better than she trained Aspenpelt so he wouldn't die or go missing.

Listening to his words she just sighed, if he ever brought a mouse back to camp that would be what he was living on for the next moon"Right we'll focus on the birds, show me your hunting crouch and stalk" she informed him in her usual blunt way. Scratching the shoulder scars that as usual itched she listened to the sounds of the forest, she loved Thunderclan territory during summer. The Forests were truly alive, the sun was warm along her back and put her in a good mood, as she waited for the dog to show her what he could do. He'd survived on his own for a bit so she was expecting for him to be able to have a semi decent crouch that they could improve on. Worried about her clan as normal her features became a little drawn, with leaf fall fast approaching it was likely that Nightstar would begin pushing at the Thunderclan border since he disliked her.

Watching her apprentice move off, Rosestar sighed quietly somewhat amused at the dogs behaviour, tilting her head at his crouch Well thats gotten better at least thank starclan he'd been quite the disaster at first so it was good to see he was progressing. The dog avoided sticks and leaves where he might alert the prey to his presence fairly well, nearly snorting as the male waggled his behind not unlike a cat about to pounce when he finally leapt forward and crashed rather ungracefully into the bird. He grabbed it by its wing and managed to silence it, he deposited it at her feet and sat sneezing at a stray feather "Cover it with dirt we're going to work on your crouch a bit more, one bump and you would have toppled over. Apart from wagging your butt like a forsaken cat you did pretty well" praise from her wasn't often so when it was spoken it was genuine and meant quite a bit. Once he was crouching again she circled him and made improvements to his posture and placement of paws before finally he was in a good solid crouch where he wouldn't topple over.

The apprentices move to roll was a little amusing but she didn't comment, if anything the added layer of brown would help him blend in a bit more. A smirk wound its way onto her face as the male fell over when she corrected him a burst of laughter escaping from him. Correcting him again and again finally he had it right and she nodded with approval at his question "Yes, good" she nodded with approval "Now try hunting something else, once you've got it sussed we'll try some defensive fighting. We'll go somewhere else and i'll get you to find some more prey to hunt" His noises would have scared off the prey from now anyway, leaving the bird for the to come back to later she lead the way through to another piece of their territory the pond where animals came to drink. She figured this place would work as well as any, he seemed to enjoy the water so if he got bored of hunting big animals he could have a go with fish although she wasn't a big one for catching fish herself.

Quite pleased with him and his catch she allowed him to be a pup for a moment in the water, smirking at the guilty look she lead him up out of the water "We'll start with defensive movements, I'll teach them to you and then we'll have a mock fight" she explained to him calmly, once she had his attention she continued "The most important technique is tucking your tail in so other's cant bite it, its a well kept thunderclan secret" half turning she showed him how she tucked her tail in out of reach "This is difficult as it means you have to learn how to balance yourself without your tail. However its worth the time spent learning it" Rosestar chuckled a brief moment "Its great seeing their faces when attackers go to bite your tail and find its tucked away out of reach" she remembered it taking her quite a long time to perfect, remembering learning with Thistlepaw her gaze glittered with grief for a quiet moment. Acting like it hadn't shown at all she nodded at the dog to ask him to do it, she didn't have high expectations for him, he was still a pup really and was so quick to turn to play. He worried her, she didn't want to see the goofy dog get hurt by anyone especially not with shadowclan being particularly leery at the moment.

Smirking a little as the pup kept wagging his tail and tickling himself, she just shook her head when he gave up and scratched where his feathery tail had tickled him. She didn’t bother scolding him for it, he couldn’t help it, after all she’d seen enough of the dog by now to know that he wanted to please and that he tried his best. After teaching him some defensive moves she’d return to hunting, he had a good nose and should find scouting for prey easily enough even if the hunting part wasn’t as easy for him. Patiently waiting until he had it right, she nodded her approval when he finally had it “Good, now, another defensive move is to leap away out of reach of an attack. Essentially a dodge” crouching down slightly into a position similar to her hunting stance and leapt backwards suddenly as if out of reach of an enemy attack. She then preformed a similar movement except to the left, straightening up she studied the pup who was still a gangly thing and quietly had doubts that he’d be able to manage it but he had to learn. If they were going to give bigger prey a go or scouting for predators he had to learn how to keep himself from getting hurt, keeping her own thoughts private however she nodded for Angus to give it ago“If you need some encouragement I can always leap at you” she added with her smirk returning, it crept up her muzzle rather crookedly, admittedly she was fond of the red and white dog although it’d be like pulling teeth to get her to admit it.