Gun Dog Forum

polmaise wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 20, 2021 4:20 pm

It would be ..if nether is trained to be steady to flush/shot/fall .
Add in honor whilst the other is handled.

Neither dog is steady to flush/shot/fall.
My pup is real young only about 10 months.
How old do you start steadiness training? I’m worried if I start too soon I could affect his drive.

Thoughts and opinions on running two spaniels at the same time? Me and a buddy both have young English Cockers and have talked about hunting them together. I can see this being a disaster when it comes to the retrieval. Anyone have any experience?

Thanks

chewing shoes When he takes a shoe without you noticing always encourage him to bring it to you with lots of praise. No matter if it's the nicest pair of shoes you own, don't get mad. Turn it into a training scenario. If you catch him taking a shoe off the rack, well thats a different story.....give...

After watching a more experienced trainer work his dog, Ive come to realize its been kinda me causing this the whole time. If i give the dog a chance to pick up the bird and have him walk beside me for a moment or two everything goes a little smoother. The rushing in and pulling the check cord was t...

Sorry to bring back up an old thread but I thought I would give everyone an update on Peppys training and progress.... He is 8 months old now and we have been making some progress. No more aggression issues, the nipping and growling have stopped. Gun breaking, water retrievals, place board training,...

Thanks Oregon Woodsmoke, you make a great point about how that would be confusing taking and giving. We've been working on a drop it command, and I think we are progressing nicely. I will be reintroducing frozen doves here in the next couple of days and let you guys know how it goes. Slistoe, I feed...

Thank you for the replies Don and Tim, I will definitely be giving that a try.
Do you think I should try again with a frozen bird, freshly killed bird, or locked wing live pigeon?
We have no problem with releasing bumpers.

Hello, Ive been a long time forum reader but first time poster. I recently acquired a field bred english cocker pup back in late February. Brought him home at 7 weeks old and everything has been going great so far. The only thing that has been sort of challenging was integrating him into the family ...