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Our winter training in South Georgia was action packed. Here is a video of a big covey.

https://youtu.be/AOM2RV82ACo

I realize that not everyone has the equipment/grounds to do this on, but I think the answer to a lot of the handling issues is to work them from horseback or from ATV and work them at a fast pace. If the handler is on an ATV and going 10 mph or so, the dog learns to find the front and stay there. C...

Heading to South Georgia this November for winter training. Training gun dogs and trial dogs. Reasonable rates. Please call for more information.

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Bruce and Neal Minard
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Summer Training. Our summer training trip to Montana will begin the first of July and run until mid September. We will be training on private training grounds where we have an abundance of wild birds.. sharptail, huns, sage grouse and pheasants. We can work all stages of pointing dogs from start to ...

We also have room to work a couple of horses.

This will be a great trip for all pointing dogs. Pups, to mature dogs, problem dogs welcomed. We have wild and johnny house quail. We will be training at the Black Water Stables in Quitman, Georgia. They have electric and waste water hook ups for guest who want to come down with camper to visit. We ...

Heading south at the end of November for winter training. We will be staying on a 5000 acre lease in Quitman, Georgia. Looking for derbies and shooting dogs to train and campaign. We will also have room for a limited number of gun dogs. For more information on this trip please feel free to give us a...

We will for sure look you up Mo. We are very excited about this trip.

Bruce

Hifive Kennels is traveling south for winter training and are booking dogs now. We are leasing land in Greenville, South Carolina from December through March. Our fully staffed team will be training and conditioning horseback shooting dogs. This schedule will include most of the major shooting dog c...

Things are shaping up. We have the horses ready with all shots and shoes. Truck and trailer all tuned, washed and disinfected. A new rack for the quad-runner is being made which will mount to the back of the trailer. We have room for a few more dogs. This is a great trip for gun dogs. They will see ...

Winter Training Camp for Pointing Dogs. From puppies to polished adults, your favorite gun dog to field trial performer. Our winter training trip starts the first of January and runs through March. We start in south east Arizona, where we work primarily on liberated quail. Dogs will also have opport...

Did you shoot your gun when the bird popped? The reason I asked is if you did then the dog simply thinks he's retrieving a shot bird back to you. No harm no foul. He doesn't know the difference. Agree. It sounds like the dog stood well while the flusher was flushing. Your right, if the gun was fire...

slistoe wrote:IMO one of the strongest attributes of field trials that is of benefit to the hunter is that you have to follow a course and the dog must hunt to the front, no matter the wind or objectives.

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Don't waste your money on the scents.

mik, If I had a dog that was not listening to me as I would like I would sure enough rectify the situation. Get a hold of him and make him listen. On range, to each his own. I hunt some nasty covers in Northern Lower Mich. A 60 yard dog would not make me very happy. Give me a least a 150 yard dog an...

i have a ryman smith cross setter she has started great this season she is a 2 yr old went to the hunting reserve sunday pointed 4 quail i killed went to the woods today ran over the first grouse fresh ou tof the truck then pointed 2 woodcock i killed for her she is doing well just a little wild fr...

Glad it's working for you. I don't like to take the pull out of young dogs. This helps to control it but doesn't cure it.

Thanks for the welcome guys.

When I take young pups for walks and I don't want them to pull I'll wrap the leash around the pups waist in a half hitch and then to the collar. No jerking needed. When the pup pulls to hard it tightens around the waist. Makes things a lot easier. If they still pull to much a sharp pull by you will ...

Young dogs hunt everything that smells good to them. Using the e-collar on off game to early can sometimes inhibit proper development on birds. Not always but sometimes. I wait to trash break my dogs until I know that their bird finding, range and handling skills are advanced enough so they will not...

Just introducing myself.

Bruce Minard, owner and operator of Hifive Kennels. I have been training pointing dogs for close to 30 years. I look forward to being a part of this forum.

Bruce

I am assuming the dog cannot differentiate the difference between cold and hot spots and it is obviously too tricky of a problem to correct in a "hunting environment." But if you think about It, it is kind of a crapshoot: if the dog is on point, you kick around and there is no bird then you are cre...