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Lab. Much easier to train.

No improvement to report, have watched hundreds of dollars worth of pigeons, chukar, and pheasants fly away as he breaks point and charges in. Think I'm about done with " let the bird teach him".

Thanks for the responses, good to hear. I have an 8 month old GSP, my first pointer, and I admit I'm a bit shellshocked. I've owned retrievers, and trained for/run in AKC hunt tests, so I'm not a complete novice around training, but am an absolute rookie with pointers. The pup caught 4 or 5 quail du...

Serious question - once a young pointer learns he can catch birds, can they ever be trusted? Or are you better off starting over with a new pup?

Curious to hear stories from people that have taken a dog like this and achieved some measurable level of success with them (FT placements, etc.)

Hi everyone - rookie pointer owner here. Got a GSP pup back in July, 8 months old now. Have owned retrievers until this one, played the AKC dog games for a while and am learning that that experience doesn't mean squat with this dog, and I'm assuming pointers in general. Hoping to learn what I can he...