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Double Shot Banks

We did go back to obedience for a day yesterday and are planning to do more. He sat, heeled and came here perfectly. Never saw him skip a beat and i was impressed givin that my dad was the one commanding him, not me. We were using a wooden dowel, and after a few days we are planning on somehow tying...

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we understand this, how do we get him from laying down?
Isaac and Banks

Double Shot Banks

So we should tap the bridge of his nose, and/or his chin to get him to stop rolling it?
I know and agree now he is doing it for fun and himself, we have things to work on
Isaac and Banks

Double Shot Banks

I wasnt responding to even g, i was responding to doublebarrel gundogs, we arent following any program at the moment, my dad has force fetched (successfully) before, and is doing it the way he always has. I realize i sounded a bit harsh, but what i was trying to get at is "what should i do now" inst...

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So that doesn't answer my question, what can we do about it? Keep pinching his ear when he tries to play with it?
Basically you told me we aren't doing it right, with no way to help
Isaac and Banks

Double Shot Banks

Hello, My dog banks is being force fetched by my dad, he said he picked up on it faster than any other dog and after 4 sessions (4 days) he walked the full length of the table to get it and no ear pinch. he even grabbed it on the ground and seems excited to get on the training table. He fetches and ...

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i think its a puppy thing, but our small inside cavashon does it, although i dont think the dog will do it very long,
Isaac and Banks

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diamond puppy food. $30 for 40 lbs and its 30/20
works great. feed less dog looks great
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we found and used some of the super x shells. Not sure how old but they were old.
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Do they return because their home is where they get food? Can any bird be a homer?

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I think i have an idea on what a homer pigeon is, but what is the benefit of it? Why do people have homers and how do you train them? Just curious, but i might get into helping a man with pigeons and raising my own.
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Just got back from the auction, scored 20 pigeons for 3.50 a piece, my neighbor got the batch after me for 2.50 a piece (20 birds) so we're set for training!
If i had the money i would have bought a small hutch they had there.
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Im fortunate enough to have a neighbor that is a dog trainer, he gives me free pigeons and advice/help. He also has ducks we will use this summer with him.
Look for some fellow dog trainers in the area, from what i have found this community is very giving.
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CDN_Cocker wrote:
Double Shot Banks wrote:Personally i would get a lab, they dont get any more loving and caring
Isaac and Banks
You need to get yourself a spaniel then my friend hahaha

I would politely and strongly disagree, opinions.
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Personally i would get a lab, they dont get any more loving and caring
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Double shot the land i will be hunting is leased so no one else should be hunting on it, if they are they would be trespassing. Then it sounds like you should be fine! Although i still dont like tom decoys, we only use jake decoys, if a small tom or a young jake come by we dont want to scare him of...

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Another thing to remember, i have seen it done. We only sometimes used a jake or tom decoy, because you never know what goons are out there. And you dont want someone shooting in your direction at a decoy.
Shouldn't be anything to worry about though
Isaac and Banks

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Thanks everyone! Dedication
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We use 3 1/2 inch 5 or 6 shot, we think its a must but you could kill one with a 3 or a 2 3/4 if your close. and a headshot I love using mouth calls, easy to use but NEVER call too much, the toms will gobble up a storm in the morning when they roost, then they wont for a few hours, this is normal th...

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[ Wrong once again my 15 year old young man. One of the foundation dogs bred to the St. John's Water Dog was a Pointing dog......... Which after a couple more crosses (one to a Setter) ended up being the Labrador Retriever. So yes, my young man, pointing genes have been in the Lab from the very ori...

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If breeding to bring out the Pointing Genes (that have been there forever) doesn't degrade all of the other traits for which a Lab is famous, what does it really matter ? . I may be wrong..but i have a hard time believing the pointing gene has been in a labs genetics FOREVER... since the breed was ...

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Is the arguing all about a lab being a "pointing breed" or a "breed that can be trained to point"?
If a lab can be trained to flush or point so good..then its just another plus for the breed.
Although i do not agree with it
Isaac and Banks

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Once you get a lab you will not regret it,
Isaac and Banks

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My lab did this around that age, i think its just scary for them to jump that high on their own. Banks (my dog) jumps down now, but only after he hesitates and creeps down first, and he doesnt jump into it he puts his front legs up and we pick him up. Hes 7 months I think the dog will get used to it...

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this probably sounds silly, but what if the dog needs them for protection, if the dog flinches in-voluntarily when the whiskers are touched..
Isaac and Banks

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My lab loves to find deer poop in our yard, deer walk through it daily...
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Really, Pointing Labs aren't being advertised as pointing dogs, funniest thing I've heard in a long time. Simply go to the Parents clubs website they condemn the breeding of them, just as they do Silver Labs and Labradoodles. They ARE NOT being sold as a Pointing BREED ! ! ! ! ! (get your facts str...

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1 . We all have an opinion and we all prefer different things, Im just stating mine 2. Im not going to say it is what it isnt 1. What I stated IS NOT an opinion. Everything I stated is FACT. Look up the breed description.......... you'll see that what i said is FACT. Do you really think that it's o...

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My argument is this: A lab is and was always a great dog, why did people have to make a pointer out of a flusher? Isnt this just confusing people who might buy a lab and expect a flusher and get one that wants to point? Involving more training? Just get a pointer is my say Isaac and Banks Shame - S...

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I know i have started many topics on this, but i am getting mixed signals because everyone has their opinion. Should i keep shooting around banks every day a few times even if he is a little uncomfertable? Or wait a month or two and re introduce the gun with a bird at a longer distance? Or wait anot...

Double Shot Banks

My argument is this: A lab is and was always a great dog, why did people have to make a pointer out of a flusher? Isnt this just confusing people who might buy a lab and expect a flusher and get one that wants to point? Involving more training? Just get a pointer is my say
Isaac and Banks

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looks confident! awesome pup

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I believe if you look in the GDF Hall of fame posts there is one explaining how to build one.
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I hunt in northern iowa, never seen any other bird besides a pheasant, but i have heard of quail in the area
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Not sure if this is true, but i heard cummins is making a deal with ford.
Also heard, new dodge trucks are dropping the "dodge" and now will only be called "ram trucks" and because of this cummins is leaving them due to a contract deal or something
Just rumors but who knows

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All of the guns will be eliminated for now. Thank you for all of your concern and advice, he will go back to retrieving birds and getting birdie untill this summer. I definetly take full blame.. i wanted to get the gun over with so we could move on to bigger and better things. But i know now we nee...

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All of the guns will be eliminated for now. Thank you for all of your concern and advice, he will go back to retrieving birds and getting birdie untill this summer. I definetly take full blame.. i wanted to get the gun over with so we could move on to bigger and better things. But i know now we need...

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Well today didn't go well, mostly because the live bird somehow flew away when we pulled most of their feathers, i guess we should have pulled ALL the long ones... good thing its a homer and went right back to my neighbors house :D banks noticed the gun, and didn't like it. on the 3rd shot he didn't...

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Personally i love labs, although chessies are tough dogs too, If you want a hardcore waterfowl hunting only dog maybe look at a chessie but a lab will do you just the same. My only drawback on a chessie is how they look, they have really wide set eyes and look kind of ugly. But im prejudice to labs ...

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Im a chevy guy but i hate it when people argue over whose better, they're all good trucks,
Isaac and Banks

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Yes this is a re-intro although already he is showing much better attitude and response,
We will probably start it today, with a .22 short or the training pistol (unless we have to give the training pistol back, we borrowed it) with him retrieving a live bird
Thanks,
Isaac and Banks

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. He was fine with the blank, so move on to shotgun tomorrow, let him chase a bird and fire a shot. Two times he fine. Next one kill the bird over him. Unless the dog has shown gunshyness do it and move on. at 7 months just get it done, and move on to the more fun stuff. Unless you think your dog c...

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Doc E wrote:IMO
Once a dog is really "birdy", is when I do Introduction to the Gun, it's ONLY done with a bird -- preferably a wing-clip but a dead one is alright too.

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I have a live bird, and access to many more, this is what i will used

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I can tell you from personal RECENT experience, my lab is 7 months old and knows heel, taught him around 5 months. I would stay generic, use a choke chain with a short lead, if he (or she) gets ahead yank it (only pull once really quick) turn around and say "heel" its amazing how fast the dog learns...

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Hello, I know i have not been as active, because spring is here and i actually have something to do! Today, after seeking personal man-to-man with some trainers, i borrowed a training pistol and some blanks and suggested i do as before; let him plan and shoot it while its wrapped up in a towel, and ...

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i use here, sound better,

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I have not read the other replies (and really should)but here is my imput. my father and grandfather always used the dull flathead end of a nail, its easier on your thumb and it easier to make the dog feel it i guess, Isaac and Banks What does your training program book say about it ? ? ? ? . I hav...

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Duckdon: I did this by calling him, and when he came and tried to run by i would nick him and say "here" again, now whenever i call him here i make him sit also so he cant run by, not making him heel though S&j gsp: I believe that is what i said, we will work on gun shyness/gun intro soon and then F...

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I have not read the other replies (and really should)but here is my imput. my father and grandfather always used the dull flathead end of a nail, its easier on your thumb and it easier to make the dog feel it i guess,
Isaac and Banks

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Hello, Banks is now 7 months and im pretty happy with him so far, although i know his obedience can improve..alot. He Comes when called, sometimes it takes a nick on the collar if he smells something. I got rid of my bad habit of letting him just "run by" when i call him. He has gotten good at sitti...

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