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Heres a link to my buddies hunt they smashed the birds on the last weekend of the season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8NDrp0JyBk Also you can check out some of my vids at: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Klsed21chJr-liM4cRFVg

No i didnt. i had never trained a duck dog before. So how do I star force fetch and how do I get the duck part not an issue?
Thank you for all the input.

I use and 8'6" lamiglas med weight and have caught many 20+ lb salmon.

You might try taking the dog out and socializing it more out of the home first then in the home, the more social it will be more confident and not feel as treatened. I'm not an expert but i had the same problem with a female red tick/walker hound i had. And firm discipline. hope it helps

I have a Walker hound myself and hounds are pretty well easy to train to catch/tree animals, you should decide what you want to hunt whether coon or rabbit, those 2 both are at night and rabbits dont tree, the usually burrow. My best luck has always been to start with a hide or a piece of one the fr...

I have a 4 yr old black lab that I started training as a pup to retrieve ducks, the first 1yr 1/5 - 2yrs he did great. Then for some reason he quit retreiving. would not pick up a duck but pheasants, pigeons, quial,or dove he didnt have a problem with. Every now and then if I can get him on a crippl...