Gun Dog Forum

He's with me at the office waiting patiently to hit a few road ditches after work today.

I'm curious to know what you mean by "exercise-related soft poops"? My dog poops about 10 or 15 minutes into hunting seemingly every time we go out. And from what I've noticed, it tends to be a little softer than normal. Is this indicative of something with his food?

My plan is that if he points something, I will hand the CC to my partner whose dog will back, walk up, flush and shoot the bird . First of all, that is one talented GSP your partner has there. If my Brit did all of that I would just teach it how to drive the pickup and send it out to bring home sup...

Have you shot over this dog? I've seen a GSP who was gun shy but still absolutely loved to hunt. He would either chomp the bird before it could fly, or he would catch wind of a bird and decide to turn the other direction. Both as a means to avoid hearing the gun go off. If your little one is scared ...

I'm relatively new to the training game, but I know the trainers I've talked to and all of the things I've read about this topic say that if you come across gunfire accidentally, it's important to act as if you heard nothing, and keep on moving and walking as if you didn't hear a thing. The dog is l...

I have a 10 month old Brit that did this for one training session last month. He would flash point and then head on in. I began to think it was because I WASN'T shooting the birds so he figured if I'm not going to bag them for us then he'd better just try it on his own. The no shooting thing IS a go...