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by Topsnteal
Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Watershy Shorthair Help
Replies: 23
Views: 10058

Re: Watershy Shorthair Help

Update:
Now that it’s been warm enough to do water work for a couple weeks we’ve made some significant progress. Thanks all for your help, it was a combination of many of the techniques mentioned that got us here.

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by Topsnteal
Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Watershy Shorthair Help
Replies: 23
Views: 10058

Re: Watershy Shorthair Help

Thank you all for the replies, it’s gone a long way instilling confidence in me. Come late spring we’ll get hard after it, but y’all are right in the meantime we’ll continue to chase wild birds for a couple weeks then focus on steadiness as soon as the season ends. I’ll be sure to update later on. T...
by Topsnteal
Tue Jan 14, 2020 11:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Watershy Shorthair Help
Replies: 23
Views: 10058

Watershy Shorthair Help

Long time lurker and first time poster here, I was hoping to get some opinions from some more experienced handlers as this is my first bird dog. My 9 month old GSP does not like to swim. That said he’s not afraid of the water, he generally gets his feet wet, runs around for a bit and will eventually...