Gun Dog Forum

I wanted to say thanks for all the suggestions. She is getting more forward when we are walking the lanes between the barns. Cannot run the fields here for a couple of months. Working on the basic commands while playing at the moment. Thought I'd upload a picture finally. Here she is waiting for me ...

Thank you for the responses. She is really a sweetheart <grin> I don't have another dog to run her with at the moment. If I am sitting, lounging or relaxing she does move away from me, about 20 ft, or if I toss something for her she will run to play with it, but immediately comes back. If I am stand...

Original thread http://www.gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=17746 One month later and she has gone from cowering in her crate or dog house, to greeting me when I get home from work. She's figured out its ok to play when no one is watching her, but still ducks and hides when she figures all...

Personally I prefer using a 16 gau or 20 gau. Check and make sure when she is firing, she is holding the gun tight to her shoulder, unless she is extremely athletic the shoulder tissue is going to be much softer and bruise easier if she isn't holding the gun properly at the kick back. Maybe throw a ...

Thank you so much for the replies. Last night was a huge step forward for her, took her wandering in the back part of the yard a bit. The geese are coming into the flooded fields off the river and a few of them landed within throwing distance of us. Instead of divebombing behind me and cowering, her...

I've been given a 6 month old german shorthaired pointer. My newfie passed recently and a friend of a friend mentioned this dog that they were 'getting rid of'. Long story short, she's done nothing but sit kenneled all her life, she was never given a call name, or had any playtime with anything but ...