Gun Dog Forum

I have a FECS bitch that I am considering breeding, so far we have done her OFA for hips and elbows, as well as CERF( or the new OFA equivelent of) and looking to get her PRA done. Looking at the breed club website. they list a long line of clearances that they suggest. What clearances do you do for...

let me rephrase then, the only extra training my dog will need. I don't believe it is an extra as in optional, an extra as in the only thing I have left to add to our training.

So steady to flush would be the only extra training necessary. In this instance, my dog flushed and saw the rabbit and she was on it like a bat out of heck. She was even vocal, which never happens when she is out and about. Good to know just another reason to steady

I do live on the west coast, butfar north, In Anchorage AK. Any suggestions or recommendations for trainers would be greatly appreciated. This coming summer, trainer with my local bird dog club s have offered an invite to their training group starts back up in spring and one of the things they menti...

http://rs981.pbsrc.com/albums/ae297/selantra/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0326.jpg~320x480?t=1381706414 Here is my husband and the dog. It was our first spruce grouse hunt, she flushed three but we only got one down before they disappeared into the trees. All within range but we lost them to human error ( ...

Went hunting this weekend and had a good time, brought home dinner. While learning to dress the bird with a friend I brought up giving the innards and a busted leg that was too messed up to even deal with putting in the pot. Friend mentioned that that is a no go since it would teach the dog that eat...

Glad to see a place for spaniels. I always appreciate any help or advice I can get, but occasionally just because it helps a pointer doesnt mean it is right for a spaniel. I have a two year old female cocker who I finally started doing work with this past April,and it was suggested by my mentors tha...

I have heard of cockers being used as rabbit dogs, but until yesterday had never considered it with my dog. While hunting grouse, she flushed out a rabbit and was on him, but couldn't get a safe shot on him. Just curious what extra training would be required? Steadying to flush would seem a given to...

Today I had a great opportunity to introduce my dog to live birds with a great trainer. I came away with plenty learned, and the one that stuck out the most to me was remembering that I know my dog better than anyone. This man is a great trainer and showed me a lot, but a couple issue arouse and loo...

Recall is reliable. That plan sounds brilliant actually. My husband is my usual gunner at least for this season so I can focus more on the dog and though I will never admit it to him, he is the better shot for now. So I am not against working more on handling than gunning.

In the post above I tried to clear up the retrieving part. For the record, my dog does retrieve, to hand most of the time. But she will not honor a retrieve. Hup is reliable but have never worked with another dog in the field.

Grammer error! She will not honor a point or a retrieve. She will retrieves well,but If it hits the ground she will rip after it. Hope that makes more sense. So I am assuming they want their dogs to point and then she would go in flush and retrieve.

Springerdude, you bring up a great point and it is probably the reason of my bias. This is our first season together, and I am nervous to how it is going to go on a normal day, the thought of doing something different from the standard at this point in time makes me even more nervous. I was up front...

It sounded counter intuitive to me, but then they started mentioning how many years they have been training dog and I starter to wonder if I was just that uninformed. My dog isn't wornig on her quartering and scenting, and their dog loses his point and doesn't get to retrieve. Sounds like a lose los...

I have only worked with spaniels so far, but when looking for some places to go out, I have a couple pointer people who are interested in going out with my spaniel. I am leery, I was up front, my dog will not honor a point,but they say it doesn't matter because their dog will. They say it will be a ...

Cheers from Anchorage, Alaska! I am a 21 year old student living in Alaska with my husband enjoying the last frontier on the Army's orders. We have a field bred English cocker, that I have been working with to finally get our hunting season under way. She is two, and the talented one between the two...