Gun Dog Forum

So I've been working with Kirby on the leash with treats and that really seemed to calm him down and understand his limits. I tied him out on a short cable one day but that did not go so well. I tried again with about a 50 ft cord and he seemed to do better on it. In fact he may fight it a lil bit b...

Thank you all for the replies. I intend to put him on a tie out this weekend and through this next week. He will need to get used to that when I take him to the family lake house and other semi-public places. Last night's training session was a bit of a struggle, but I felt a little progress was mad...

Hi all. Kirby is my 12 week old pointing lab and we have been following the practices of Julie Knutson's "Training the Pointing Labrador" as close as we can. One item her book does not cover (or maybe I missed it) is getting Kirby used to his leash and walking alongside me. I'm not asking for formal...

I have a 12 week old lab and I trained him to sit within a couple weeks. Now its not solid by no means, but he knows to sit and wait when I feed him and also when I come to open the gate on his pen or crate. The way I did it was using bits of his food before feeding him. I would show him the food to...

Hi, I'm Jason. 26 yr old (in a few days) male. Work as a Project Engineer. My wife and I have just recently added Kirby, a fox red pointing lab, to our family. I've been hunting deer, turkey, coyotes, and small game for most of my life. In the past few years I have made the trip with family to South...