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Thanks for all the advice, as far as the launchers go. There were no launchers involved when he simulated everything for me, carded pigeons and flight feathers pulled. I got some pigeons and am going to take her out tonight to see how she does, i will do my best to describe what she does. Thanks aga...

He also said that she might just be getting sick of pigeons and to use quail if i can get access to a few? He compared training on pigeons for 8 weeks to playing basketball by yourself every morning. Could that be another reason? Im sure switching it up would help. What you all think?

Alright here is the situation: I have a 3 year old GSP that i just got back from two months of training. I went out with him the morning of picking her up and he said that for the first 6 weeks of training she was doing really well, however the last two weeks of the training she had been blinking he...

Is it really that big of a deal if he accidently called Jenny a "he". Seems to me like there is a lot of irrelevant nit picking going on.

Thanks for all the advice! Im gonna get some more birds. I know the best thing is to get a bunch of exposure to wild birds but i dont have access the them here that i have found yet. Thanks again!!

Tried the carding thing, i dont think the birds i had were hard flying enough, my dog would just catch up to them and they were low flying lol silly dog . I know its something im doing wrong just have to figure it out. I think i will try and clip the wings like you suggested, thats a good idea

Alright, so its been awhile. Here is my question, when i put the pigeons to sleep and lay them down and let my GSP out, she walks right up to them and they dont wake up, am i dizzying them too much? Should i wait a few minutes before i let the dog out? If i do will the pigeons fly away before she ev...

alright, i think i will look into it.

My 1.5 year old GSP and i and going to start training consistently again, i have her solid on many commands but its the hunting part that i have not gotten her into that much. Should i buy the perfect start perfect finish dvds or do you think that it wouldnt do as much good now that the pup is almos...

Thanks that makes me feel like i did something right even though i was for awhile correcting that

Alright, my dog is pretty steady on whoa, i can walk around her throw things towards her, over her head, at her feet and she wont budge. I just have one question, when i yell whoa and give her the hand signal she will turn and look at me then her feet are planted as soon as she can see me, if i am i...

That's a good idea. I'm in ut. I'll add that to my profile

Thanks, its good to know that im not the only one. Im gonna try to find some birds to get her around. I should have plenty of resources around here.

I am getting back into training my 1.5 year old GSP i trained her everyday for 6 months and she is steady on whoa knows all basic commands, the reason i stopped is because i got discouraged mostly with myself. This is my first dog and i dont know that i have the confidence in myself, I left of at tr...