Gun Dog Forum

I live in southern Ohio too, there is a place in Greenup KY that you can pay to hunt for a reasonable price. My son and I took our GSP there, great place to train your dog.
I can see if I can find his phone number. Great ol guy, it's an old dairy farm.

We have a female GSP in the house and wouldn't trade her for anything. But first year was pretty rough as far as learning manners in the house. She is 3 now and does a lot better nut does get excited when we have company over.

I took our gsp dove hunting yesterday and was surprised how she sat with me. But she would not fetch birds, just play with a couple injured ones. Just wondering if there was a training video on doves. She is almost 2 yrs old, and is basically spoiled by the family in the house. She does shed hunt wi...

ezzy333 wrote:Wolter's Gun Dog was written years ago pretty much as a diary of what he was doing. It has been found badly lacking by todays trainers. There are many books and programs better than Wolters IMO

can you recomend one for basic obediance for a 1yr GSP?

we have a 1 year old gsp in the house, she is doing great. Although we researched breed for a couple of years before we finally decided to get one, we were still suprised about all of theyre energy. Smimming is another good way to burn some energy, ours loves the pool. For awhile we wondered if we m...

S2---------- It's been alluded to but not out right said With any command before you use a e-collar the dog must 100% know or understand the command , he must know with no confusion what you want him to do if not you will create a much larger problem for yourself , e-collars can be excellent tools ...

I didn't want to use an e collar at all on her because I didn't want to do more harm than good.She does come in the field if called but just for a second and then she's off again. And I know she is still a pup, but she doesnt obey commands unless there is a treat involved. and the road thing scares ...

our 9 month old gsp is doing great in the house and is a member of the family. She likes to go everywhere with us. Only real issue is recall in the yard. In the field she never goes too far away but our yard is unfenced and a couple acres and she is starting to go near the road and will not listen t...

7 month old GSP female doing good in the house, except if we have company, but having trouble with come in the yard. Really need to buy a collar but I am hesitant about using one. Would a cheap collar be enough or should I spend the extra cash? Any pointers?

also interested in this, I have a 5 month old gsp female that more than likely would get to shed hunt more than bird hunt.

well, that was alotof advice to take in. but I do appriciate it. She is doing alot better using treats for a trade. And she retreives every time a toy is thrown. now to work on getting her to come when called.

well I do not play tug with her but I havent stopped my son, but she is so wild he doesnt play with her alot. she will fetch a toy and I put my hand over her nose and put my fingers in her mouth to make her let go. Is there a better way?

Thanks guys, very incouraging.

thanks for all the advice. She found a dead bird on edge of yard and ran like the wind to keep me from getting it. not very happy

yea I know, I pinch her mouth to make her give it to me, but I have seen my 5 yr old tugging with her

have been working with our 11 week gsp, she will retreive some but she loves to play tug o war. any tips for her making the retreive the part thats fun

really need to do something, she is chewing everything in sight.

I know rawhide is bad but what about pig ears or bones? Our GSP puppy is chewing everything in sight

ours chews everything too. hard to walk her sometimes because shw chews pants

about the same here,sounds like your having better luck potty training though. Our female is 7 weeks, we want her to hunt sheds and some birds, we do dove hunt but she can't retreive them if I can't hit them.

Thanks for the replies. She does have a bundle of energy, but we expected it, we researched the breed for over a year.

I'd use jealousy to train fetch - another dog or a person, as you describe. As I don't train force fetch the above would be the first thing I'd try too. If it did not work then I'd either try F.F. or C.T. and I'd try C.T. first of those two as there is less that can go badly wrong when done by an i...

our family finally picked up our first GSP puppy, a female 7 weeks old now. Working on house breaking now, but what and when should we be thinking about other training. We will hunt some grouse and maybe quail and would really like to shed hunt with her too. This a big commitment just trying not to ...

what is C.T. ?

thanks for the input. didn't know if one would behave better in house or not. This is a huge commitment, just trying to get all info I can

forgot to mention it will be living in the house

any advantages of one over the other? leaning toward female for smaller size

I have 2 boys, a 14 yr old and a 4 yr old, finding a pup for xmas would be ideal. nobody knows of any pups ? I have found some on puppyfinder and classifieds, but don't really now what your getting as far as genetics

thanks for the info. anyone know of any breeders in oh,wv or ky?

my son wants a gsp and I kinda do too, but wife wants to keep it in the house. I know they have tons of energy but what about shedding and housebreaking?