Gun Dog Forum

My older dog, Hank (lab), has been conditioned on the e-collar and bark collar and I would like to get my young pup, Roxy (GSP), conditioned as well. Additionally, this summer I plan to have both dogs trained in a snake avoidance clinic. That makes three separate electronic stimulations that my pup ...

Hank - You said that you have a friend who trains shorthairs. Why don't you ask them if you can rent a couple of launchers from them for the month or so that you actually need them. You can join a Navhda training club or some other local trianing club. Someone will have launchers. If you want to bo...

That's pretty much what I figured. I'm also figuring that is is probably worth to have one remote launcher than 2-3 manual launchers. Alright so I found an LCS (FKA Innotek) bird launcher for $200 http://www.gundogsupply.com/launcher-with-bl2-receiver---2-button-transmitter.html While browsing this ...

I'm going to buy a pigeon launcher to start training my GSP pup on live birds and I was wondering if the remote launchers out there are worth the extra $200 or so. It looks like a couple manual launchers I was looking at were in the $50-60 range. I'm about maxed out on my "hunting budget" already th...