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Thanks for all the ideas. I am only going to use a bumper for now on and going to try putting them on a chain gang and see if I can't get them all fired up by playing fetch with my older Gsp.

Any ideas on how to get them interested in a bumper?

I am only using real birds when I set they out to work on there pointing and field work. When I throw out a rubber bumper they just run over to it and sniff and go on ther way but they will retrieve a tennis ball every time for me. Just don't know why they won't do the bumper for me.

I am going to try and set out some birds this weekend and I will try and get some better pics. of him. He is a fireball and I can't wait till hunting season comes back around. Congrats on finishing Dougie title Fred sent me a pic. Of him last week and he looks awesome. Hows your pup doing out of tha...

That's one nice looking pup enjoy and have fun with him.

I have 2 GSP pups that I am training for Natural Ability in Navhda. My question is do you have to use a rubber or canvas bumper in the water retrieve? Both pups will retrieve a tennis ball and a quail good. I am wondering if you can use other things and what type of things you can use for the retrie...

Was doing some training the other day and thought I would share some pics. with you. Both pups are from Sundance GSP and are really comming along great. The first pup is 6 months and the second one is 7 months old. The first pup is out of FC Rip N Razor's Sundance Kid Can't wait till this spring to ...

I can't seem to get my pic to shrink down to the correct size so I can post a pic. to my Avatar Does any body know how I could get this fixed Thanks.

Congrats to Tony and Dougie!!! I got a pup out of Dougie this summer can't wait to see what he can do in the field.

Yes they are 5 months and 6 months old. Should I keep going the same route with them or back off and try something else with them? They are pointing pigeons in a trap and doing great at it. I am wanting to start putting quail over them so I can start shooting so they can start doing retrieves, but s...

They have been trained to retrieve and when I throw out a ball they will pick it up and hold it eveytime without really mouthing it. They don't really like bumpers but they are bird crazy so I started using birds on them. I am just afraid of when I try to get the bird from them they are going to wan...

I have 2 shorthair pups 1 is 6.5 months old and 1 is 5.5 months old they will retrieve a ball really good but I was playing fetch with them with a fresh dead quail and they both want to chew on the bird. What should I try doing to stop this? I have even tried using a frozen bird and they want to che...