Gun Dog Forum

When I take my gwp (6.5 months ) on walks around a trail, he would pick up plastic bottles and chews on it. I give him the command "leave it" and he would drop it sometimes. My question is; will that affect him when he hunts if there's a plastic bottle laying on the ground? I sometimes correct him w...

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Hi hunters, i have a 5.5 month old gwp vdd, and he can whoa kinda good. Do i teach him stay too? Or is whoa already meaning stay? I haven't train him on pigeons or any birds yet. I know i need to. I notice when i let him loose in the fields he doesn't chase birds? What can i do to to make him chase ...

Its been a week and hunter has learn his name and "here". I am surprised that he can hold his poop inside his kennel when I'm at work and bed time before i let him out to the yard and play. He is now nipping at my hands,pants,shorts,shirts. I want this to stop. He does it when i let him out i know h...

I've done a lot of research on this topic and just would like some info from other bird dog owners. I leave him in a wire crate inside my house in the living room. He would whinned almost all night. He goes inside the crate at 9:30pm and i take him out at 4am before i goto work. He is very good at h...

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IMG_13761.jpg Just pick up my 1st hunting dog. He is 7.5 wks old and is a german wirehaired pointer vdd name Hunter. He is very birdy and plays with a frozen teal wing. He fetch the wing but doesn't bring it back to me, takes it and chews on it. Should i stop the wing and begin using a bumper? Is h...