Gun Dog Forum

thanks for the input. Anyone ever been to the club in KIOWA Creek Sporting Club and have thoughts on it?

Hey guys I just moved to Parker Colorado and I am looking for a club to train my dog on Pheasants and upland birds that is worth going to or becoming a member of. If you can point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. I've done searches but its hard to tell through someone's marketing BS.

I dropped by 1 year old Britt off with Jon last weekend and I am as excited for my pup as I can be. Milo will be there for three months working with them. For anyone thinking about it, I really find Jon and his staff to be very personable as well as knowledgeable. I'll keep ya'll posted on how it go...

LOL I was just about to say... wow you shoot a lot closer than I feel comfortable at times....

Chiwawa... great looking pup!

Better go north of Kansas as well... draught has caused issues there too.

Force Fetch would be my answer too.

I decided to send my Britt to Perfection Kennels. I talked to Jon for a while and just feel this is the best thing for me. I am super excited to see the results. I also joined the NSTRA Dog Club here in Central Indiana so that I have a place to work and maybe compete with him after his training. Wha...

Congrats I love Britts. I tend to like the process Perfection Kennels uses over George Hickox. I've studied both methods and loved the perfection kennel approach more for my brittanies.

Thanks for all the feedback. I have considered Navhda.

I have a Brit that is 8 months and I want to begin really working with him. Does anyone know of a good trainer in Indiana or surrounding states who takes dogs in and works with them? I had thought i would train him myself but I have decided to work with a professional... I want someone who has birds...

Lacey howls. Straight up nose in the air howl but she only does it when she is lonely. Gets everybody going when she does but hers is the best hoooowwwwllll always. Man can my Britt howl... nose straight up in the air howling.... I just let it go until he eventually figures out it doesn't change an...

Nice Wildweeds... thanks for that info.

Thanks Ezzy for that note. I introduced my 2 month old to birds last week. first I did the HuntSmith style with a dead quail and let him just get confident with it. Then next day I held live bird in my hand let him sniff them and then I let the bird fly off and let him chaise. Then next day, I took ...

Thanks for your reply. If what you say is true... why would Rick and Ronnie Smith suggest doing it? I am not saying you are wrong because I think there are all types of styles. I just highly doubt both Rick and Ronnie Smith would say chain your dog up alone in their DVD if it was a bad idea.

Geesh.. I guess I got lucky. then. I had no idea... I hope I learn as much as what was bread into him.


I am curious how you knew all of that? You must be really connected and plugged in.

Okay I admit it... I am a Newbie. LOL. The more I read on this forum the more addicted I am becoming. To tell you how new I am, for the first time ever I looked at my pup's AKC litter Certificate last night. Never asked about breeding history during the whole buying process.... Yeah I know... laugh ...

The GSP club of indianapolis will hold its AKC Hunt Test at the end of March at Glenns Valley Conservation Club. I adopted 1.5 year old gsp a few years ago and had no idea what I was doing. I went to the test and started asking questions and joining conversations. Got asked to join Glenns Valley an...

And the purposes are: 1) Determining which dogs are "Best" for breeding purposes. 2) You can spend more time behind your dog outside of the hunting season window. 3) Generally, dogs that play these games are better trained than dogs who don't, so in the end we get better trained dogs to hunt behind...

Here is my Milo all 8 weeks old.... today he got introduced to birds in the back fields and spent all afternoon looking for birds in our back yard.

Pup "Milo" is getting lots of socialization. 2 hours a day with kids. 1 hour a day with other dogs(not hunting dogs). 1 hours a day in walks in the fields, woods and creeks. 1 hour of one on one time with me on my lap before we go to bed. 5 minutes a day of just being on dog table as introduced by H...

thanks for the thoughts everyone.... welcome anyone's additional thoughts as well.

So my Britt pup is 8 weeks old and he has been loads of fun already. We pretty much have him crate trained even though he rarely but sometimes barks and whines for up to 10 minutes when we put him in. He learned real quick that isn't going to get him out of the crate. I started putting him on the ch...

My opinion is that the Puppy Development videos are excellent! I just have "Silent Command, Volume 1" - it is sort of a summary... EDIT - I just looked at the description of the Silent Command System, Vol I. It says: " This video by Rick & Ronnie Smith gives an overview of the first leg of formal t...

I was curious if anyone here as watched and used these DVD's in the training of their dog.... I watched the Puppy Dev DVD's they made and really enjoyed them. I watched Perfect Start and didn't like their style as much. The Pointing Dog DVD by Hickox that I have is good but I am looking for more det...

Thanks everyone for your replies very helpful and I piece this together.

I am new to all of this and I am having a difficult time understand the difference and the purpose behind them. When I asked someone about it I was told one is your dog competing against itself and the other is competing against other dogs. Okay, I get that but what is the significance of both? Why ...

Hey gang... new here to the forum. Live in Indianapolis and own a small farm in southern Indiana. Not a lot of birds even though I am planting Milo this year to help where ever I can. 15 years ago someone stole my two Britts and I moved on to retrievers. Now with my lab being on the downside, I have...

I have not attended his school but have attended one of his seminars about 10 years ago at a local preserve. I didn't take my dog as they used other dogs to show. I thought if you attended his school you bring your own. I would just call them and verify.

Seeds? Really. I have never heard of that one.