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UplandJim

Can't speak for Cass either, Though MNaJ is spot on. At face value FF looks like a way to teach a dog to delivered items correctly..to hand. Without that the hand delivery advanced behaviors become impossible for the dog to achieve. Doubles, stand alone marks, diversion birds, and blinds to name a ...

UplandJim

CDN_Cocker wrote:A better question would be why wouldn't you?

Please elaborate Cass.

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mnaj_springer wrote:Update: FF has been going well. We haven't run into any issues that we couldn't solve. This process has reminded me just how smart she is. Very soon we'll be transferring what has been learned to bumpers, then birds.

Why did you FF your dog?

UplandJim

batbag12 wrote: [ ... ] When we are in the yard [ ... ] he is very well behaved, but as soon as I get him to the field and let him off the leash he takes off and I cannot get him to obey any commands. [ ... ]

Thanks.

What do you mean by "in the yard"? A fenced-in yard?

UplandJim

A few pics of my boy

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UplandJim

For anyone interested in the 2014 NCC being held in Tyrone, PA, the 5th Series Callbacks have been posted.

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chrokeva, what kennel did you get your cocker from? congrats btw on being a fbec owner!

UplandJim

[ ... ] I don't believe in hunt tests, field championships, trials or any of that jazz. Training a dog for serious collection of game birds should be realistic. Field trials are fake and have nothing to do with REAL-world hunting. I don't believe the weekend working-class wing-shooter needs and exp...

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gundogguy wrote:It's so hard to humble around such photos of dogs and the things they can perch on.
When mine just enjoys a glass or two toasting her sire's NFC win! 2012

Did not realize you had a Clifford pup. Good Luck with her!

UplandJim

You mean Montlerville [/i], PA, right? It's in Tyrone, PA dude. When you don't know what you don't know (and what you're "hoping to see"), you oughtn't "dude" somebody who might know what you don't... MG just got [mahsc] 2014 ESS Field Trial Results in my inbox this afternoon. The last name of the ...

UplandJim

That's fine. Now I do have another question. I have trained Spaniels all over the USA with folks from every corner of the country. I have also spent time in the UK and trained with Welsh and English trainers. So here is my question, what is a barrel trained springer? and why would you not want to s...

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Does anyone have any or know of any good mock(or real) trial video? I'm looking to see good style . Upland Jim, What is it about Spaniel style your hoping to see? There is a big difference between Springer or Cocker style? I don't know. That's what I'm hoping to see ;) I prefer cockers because I ha...

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crackerd wrote:
UplandJim wrote: Also, the National Cocker Championship is in Tyrone, PA this year. Woot!
You mean Montlerville, PA, right?

It's in Tyrone, PA dude.

UplandJim

Does anyone have any or know of any good mock(or real) trial video? I'm looking to see good style . Doesn't matter if it's english or american style. I'm looking for bracing, flush/steady/retrieve type stuff. You know, what you would expect at a AKC Field Trial. ps: I haven't been on here in a whil...

UplandJim

Does anyone have any or know of any good mock(or real) trial video? I'm looking to see good style . Doesn't matter if it's english or american style. I'm looking for bracing, flush/steady/retrieve type stuff. You know, what you would expect at a AKC Field Trial. ps: I haven't been on here in a while...

UplandJim

I guess, that as long as people don't breed force-fetched pups, forced-fetching is okay.

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Given the snow cover over much of western PA would it be fruitless to look for woodcock tomorrow?

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CDN_Cocker wrote:Jake on a 30 min sit/stay. Not a problem for a pup with his drive! Only wish he would sit still this long in his day to day life hahahaha

Wow, Jake is a seriously beautiful cocker.

I agree with GDG's questioning.

UplandJim

And Josie get's into the woodcock season with her first birds on her first hunt. So, let's go try out all these trained abilities and skills and see how we do in the "real" world. Best "ribbons" in the world are a brace of woodcock over a battle scarred spaniel. Nicely done! Nicely done indeed! WTG...

UplandJim

gundogguy wrote: UJ This link goes to callback list, very handy for keeping track of handlers and dogs

http://www.fieldcockers.com/ncc2013/callbacks.html

Have Fun!

Awesome. Thank you!

UplandJim

1st series of the NCC is in the books 72 dogs started 62 back in the 2nd. Typical October weather for N Dakota cool windy a little snow. as I understand it Paul French had some paper work problems, so an ESPN crew is doing the work and French will do the editing and video production. 2nd series wil...

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SpringerDude, are those snipe? They just don't look like woodcock from those angles.

nice SxS btw.

UplandJim

Great stuff, gunddogguy, keep it comin' (as if seancing with Ed W. - don't know how he felt about the authors you cited, but I'm simpatico with your every critique, especially the Metropolitan copper :mrgreen: ) MG crackerd, I have to ask, just for curiosity's sake, why do you dislike Ken Roebuck s...

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Great stuff, gunddogguy, keep it comin' (as if seancing with Ed W. - don't know how he felt about the authors you cited, but I'm simpatico with your every critique, especially the Metropolitan copper :mrgreen: ) MG crackerd, I have to ask, just for curiosity's sake, why do you dislike Ken Roebuck s...

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The Missouri Woodcock season opened today. I took the opportunity to go for a walk and stretch my legs. We usually don't have many woodcock here this early but I needed to walk the dog anyway. First flush I couldn't see the bird due to the foliage. I thought I knew where the bird would have landed....

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EvanG wrote:Do you think you know everything about e-collars? Love 'em? Hate 'em? Want to know more...or perhaps to know better ways to use them?

never used one so I don't have a real opinion. truth is I don't need one.

UplandJim

If you have something to say just say it and stop trying to bait people just to tell them they are wrong so you can correct them and feel better about your vast knowledge and ability to name drop. Thank you for your contribution.. My contribution is better than beating the dead horses that you alwa...

UplandJim

Here is a pic of my youngest dog, Josie. This past weekend she got her first Master Pass towards her AKC Spaniel Hunt Test Master Title. She is 17 mths old . She is going to be a small girl for a springer and currently weighs in at 33 lbs. One day I would like to try a cocker but for now, this is a...

UplandJim

Standing or sitting he was still being steady. Excellent work!

UplandJim

shags wrote:Hounds = groundscent.

Gundogs = airscent.

+1

UplandJim

plant a few clipped wing pigeons for him. Don't be in a hurry, let him find them.

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Just read here that the 2013 National Cocker Championship with be filmed.

This is excellent news!

UplandJim

polmaise wrote:
CDN_Cocker wrote:MG - we may have started FTP today....
I'll follow this one !! ?..
I've found over the years that 'Drills' don't sit well with Cockers!..You have to 'Con' them !..But I'll look forward to the results

polmaise, what do you mean by "Con" them?

UplandJim

It's official - Jake is now a beginner bird dog - 1 day after he turned 9 months old! Got our first grouse today! The other day he made some flushes but nothing I could shoot at from where I was. Today he only had 3 but they were beautiful! The first grouse he flushed was in a clearing of cut brush...

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Jim <--- Has been know to be argumentative. :roll:

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Jim, it is you that need to work on your reading. The OP asked about a pointing dog. I would like to know the name of the cocker pro you trained under, because you are wrong about flushing dogs, too. Neil Wow. I'm sorry, but my "pro" sources are far too prominent to extol on gundogforum.com I've do...

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perhaps you have never seen a great one. In the realm of cockers in AKC trials? Oh, I've seen the best. You do know we are talking about a pointing dog? That are expected to hunt at extended range, not within shotgun range. But having trained a number of Boykins, I can tell you are wrong about flus...

UplandJim

With the surge of new posts lately regarding spaniels (whether they be cockers or springers) I am starting this thread in hopes to have a good discussion regarding anything and everything spaniel related (like "the spaniel corner" on the Michigan sportsman forum). It's nice to see a few newcomers w...

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Neil wrote:perhaps you have never seen a great one.

In the realm of cockers in AKC trials?

UplandJim

I am not even sure how you can develop a bird finder without hunting the crap out of them. Dogs that find birds is an instinctual trait. They are born that way. IF they are NOT born ""bird finders", then they should NOT be bred. Period. Same thing with retrieving. I can't even begin to tell you how...

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Winchey wrote:I am not even sure how you can develop a bird finder without hunting the crap out of them.

Dogs that find birds is an instinctual trait. They are born that way. IF they are NOT born ""bird finders", then they should NOT be bred. Period. Same thing with retrieving.

UplandJim

There are lots of folks who hunt with steady dogs. They don't trial. How do the rest of you suppose that the dogs got to be steady if they were not hunted? That is what they are - hunting dogs. And their owners certainly didn't wait till the dog was 3+ years old to go hunting with them. Steady is a...

UplandJim

I will be getting a ESS 8 week old puppy at the end of this month. She will be my hunting buddy as well as our inside house family member. My question is do I still train the sit and stay commands or do I just use the hup command? Thanks for you help. This will be the first gundog I have owned or t...

UplandJim

My almost two year old shorthair who I have been breaking on birds and doing great with is backing, pointing, standing her birds thru flush, and thru the shot, my question is I plan on running her in a couple field trials next year and I having her to this point I would like to get her to be steady...

UplandJim

Correct the dog before he breaks, he will tell you he is going. But this only works after countless hours of working on steady, so he has learned he is not to move after you go in front of him. I can shoot and train, it has taken years of practice. I train all my dogs to steady, and do hunt my fiel...

UplandJim

Correct the dog before he breaks, he will tell you he is going. But this only works after countless hours of working on steady, so he has learned he is not to move after you go in front of him. I can shoot and train, it has taken years of practice. I train all my dogs to steady, and do hunt my fiel...

UplandJim

I have two dogs. One for hunting and one for field trialing. The FT pup will get to hunt wild birds either when he earns his FC or it appears that he is not FT material. The hunting pup I got a few weeks ago as a rescue of sorts. He is almost 2 years old and he was poorly trained and is not FT wort...

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I have two dogs. One for hunting and one for field trialing. The FT pup will get to hunt wild birds either when he earns his FC or it appears that he is not FT material. The hunting pup I got a few weeks ago as a rescue of sorts. He is almost 2 years old and he was poorly trained and is not FT worth...

UplandJim

Hello all, I'm new to the forum and to bird dogs. I just went through trying to decide between pointing and flushing dogs so I figured this would be a good thread to post in. I wanted a breed that was smaller in size and that was some what versatile in most fields. I plan to do mostly dove, duck an...

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I'd like to know why people choose flushing breeds over pointing breeds. What benefit does a flusher have over a pointer? the people who choose the pointing breeds don't know any better :D LMAO well I know that! Seriously though to those of us with flushers - Why does a flusher give you the edge? W...

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