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I have a couple of questions. What do you mean she loses her drive in training? What do you mean by she cant keep up?
I don't train dogs together, since training programs are individualized. I train together after they are "completely trained", and then I teach them to honor another dog.

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I let the dog tell me when it is time to shoot birds. When a dog is holding point until the flush (all the sound conditioning done), I will shoot a bird for them. It is good to shoot a few and let a few fly off. It keeps up the intensity. If you can shoot 2-3 birds a week, that should be fine.

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I keep my quail next to my pigeons. I feed the quail a medicated chic starter. I feed that to the pigeons when they have babies. I usually feed the pigeons a pig food pellet.

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That is the best place to read about it.

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Futurity is a competition of pups and derbies that should be an indicator of future competitors. It is mostly breeders that must futurity nominate the litter for a pup to be ran in a Brittany futurity. The breeder and the owner both have to pay dues for the futurity litter then the pup.

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I have several dogs that are broke and wild bird hunted. If you try to put them on pigeons, they won't point or chase them. The dog looks like it is using its nose. Try and work on the commands: here, heel, whoa. You might try some pen raised quail. Older dogs can be trained, especially if it is jus...

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"Parent Clubs may establish qualifications that exceed this minimum standard." and most do.

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Looks like you live in ND (bird hunting country). I would be fine with a dog that held like that, and I was only going to wild bird hunt. If I was trialing, well I might put a little stauncher style on him. Like Ezzy stated, it your dog and do with what you want him to do. I have enjoyed trialing ov...

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I shot a Yildiz (Academy Sports) O/U 20g 3in for several years during training. It was cheap, reliable, and light. It kicked even with #8 is how light it was. After 4 years it started having issues with the trigger selector / saftey switch. If you seen how I treat a gun while training and trialing, ...

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You might set up a backing situation. Have the other dog point (and have the other handler hold the dog), bring your dog in for a back. If your dog doesn't back, just bring him in, and when he first sees the dog on point, "whoa" him. Then while the other handler holds the dog, you go flush the bird ...

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What evidence of thousands of pets dying are you refering too. The only oraganization killing thousands of pets each years is PETA and HSUS. They kill them after they feed them for 30-days. Glad you cursed in your post. You will surely be banned.

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If you mean "whoa" training, then I would say it takes on average about 3-weeks. It has taken me as long as 6-weeks to get some "whoa" trained. What do I considered "whoa broke"? When the dog is running in any field and as far away as 150yrds, and I say "whoa" (without the use of an e-collar). The d...

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If you are looking for upland, then I would head to Minnesota. LA only has ducks and woodcock. If you don't like the heat then LA sure isnt the place to be.

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Finally raining here in Arkansas.

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I bought 4 cheap $65 pistols in 2 years. I bought the $165 one, and I have been using it for 4 years. I have probably put no less than a 1000 rounds through it. I know which one I would buy.

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Texas has bought all of our hay in Arkansas. It is going to be a tough year for hay prices. Time to sell some horses.

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If i had some in my refrigerator and it go recalled, I would just feed it to my personal hunting dogs (not my clients). A dog will eat a dead racoon that has been bloated on the road for 3 days. Why in the world do I care that it goes in dog food? Atleast the dog food company will cook it to a high ...

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Why is there a question? Of course, Brittany.

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Yes, a wife with a good paying job and insurance is nice to have. Glad I put her through nurisng school

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If the dog is FF, then you need to FF in the yard with a warm flapping bird. If you use the e-collar to enforce then do so. If you are not comfortable doing so, then get some help from a local pro.

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If the dog likes to retrieve, then it just might do it. Many dogs dont like to start on doves, and they can cause bad habits. You might try quail first, if it has a retrieving instinct. As far as training it to retrieve as in a trained retrieve program, I wouldn't even attempt.

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Be patient and go back to the CC. Do you have a partner that can flush birds while you hold the CC?

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Wow, you require a lot from a 9 week old puppy. If I must break a young one, I restrict the amount of water and the size of the kennel.
I usually let my stay outside til about 6 mo old, and i then start the house breaking process.

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POLITICS: Well when AF stopped allowing the shooting of birds in a trial the numbers went way down. IDEOLOGICAL: There is a definate division between hunters and trialers. There are those who do both, but in general an average hunter isn't intersted in trialing. Many trialers feel like their dogs a...

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Sounds like your pup will be well socialized. He/she will not be obedient at 5-6 mo old, so there is no time lost there. It is good for them to go to a new place and have lots of fun with birds. There maybe some house training issues, but those should be easily resolved once back at home. You should...

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The main reason i don't use a choke chain (besides our show dogs) is the fear of damaging the trachea. I thin choke chain can do some damage, but a pinch collar can provide a lot of pressure with no injury. A good leather studded pinch collar is what I prefer (for most dogs), and then I transition t...

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Learn as much as you can and from as many different trainers as you can. There are a million ways to Rome, and all those ways are dictated by environment and attitudes of dogs.

Oh, as a trainer you are not your own boss. You are your own manager, but you have to answer to many bosses (clients).

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Still proportional but they are just really huge. There was a reason we named him Dozer.

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Congrats!

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I have raised and purchased Brittanys over the past 10 yrs. I have had Brittanys as small as 22 lbs, and I have had them as big as 62 lbs. My average male is about 36-42 lbs and the average female is about 28-34 lbs. Those big and small ones come out when I have done line breeding. It is usuall 1 th...

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Well if she isn't FF completely then don't do things that you can't enforce. You need to finish the FF process before jumping too far ahead.

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Is she FF completely in the yard and the field? If yes, then maybe she doesn't enjoy swimming. Maybe she knows you won't go into the water and make her retrieve. Sometimes intelligent dogs have to be forced to do it in all locations. You may have to get into the water with her to make her do it. If ...

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Oh! you have a treat everytime you kill a bird. My great grandfather used to give all of his dogs the quail head, and they never ate a bird. As for treats, this is what I do to avoid FF one. I FF 90% of the dogs I train, but there are some people who don't want it. Some owners only care about the po...

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I personally give them the lower leg bones and heart. I leave the guts in the woods to shoot coyotes over.

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If I have an owner that doesn't want me to FF there dog provided that it is a natural retriever, then I will work on the "here" command where the dog has to touch my hand at completion. Stop throwing bumpers and go back to working on "here". Keep a little treat in your hand, and give it to the dog e...

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Sharon is correct. When you begin to "Whoa" train a dog, you need a touch release for atleast a few weeks. I don't let them start moving verbally until about 90-120 days after they initially learned "whoa".

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Bark collar would help out, but make sure he is kenneled. You dont want him freaking out and running you off the road.
Normal to bark when they are excited to go somewhere. Good Luck.

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American Field is a good place to advertise as well.

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He is intact, and I don't know if he is breed quality. I have only had him a couple of weeks. I will know much more about him as the weeks progress. I just want to check my options, or I may end up selling after his is trained.

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I am new to the DD's. Even though I have trained several, this is my first time to own one. A friend of mine gave Chief (12 mo old DD) to me, and I am going to train it in upland, waterfowl, and dead deer tracking. I was wondering about this registration. It doesn't seem like you can do but certain ...

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Ezzy, my response to Jonesy was inteded to say I don't use FF to fix everything. That is all that post was about. I wasnt stating that trying to cure a gun shy dog with FF. That wouldn't work. A noise shy dog has to be fixed with different methods. I have offered the advice on how I would fix the do...

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Hattrick, I have had a ton of problems with chukar. They seem to put off a lot of heat by piling up on each other. Spraying down with a water hose helps, but those birds are crazy. Sorry about your homers. I have had the opposite experience. I have only had a few pigeons die in the last 10 yrs. I ha...

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Are you asking for a pointing dog or a retriever? Retriever I first train a retriever to "heel". After the dog will "heel" in diferent locations and different stimuli, I go back to the yard and teach "sit" from while obeying "heel". After I teach sit, and the dog sits until released. I then teach "h...

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Chris, You answered your question. The more you pay attention to a dog when it is pointing unwanted things, the more issues that arise. Just ignore the dog, and it will eventually realize that you are interested and it will follow suit with age. Keep working dog on birds. It is a good thing that you...

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blucoondog, A that dog has had this many wild bird encounters and it is still not pointing could be a couple of different issues. There could be some maturity issues (which I have seen in a few GWP's that I have trained). The next issue could be the dog is just not a natural pointing dog. You can br...

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It is HOT here in Arkansas. I transport my birds from the quail folks in my car. As soon as I get them to the house I spray them down with cold water prior to putting in my quail pens. Quail last about 4 weeks here before they are all shot, I don't keep more than about a 4 weeks worth at a time. One...

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Good luck. I would rather have a good grouse dog. It is nice when they duck hunt too.

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Jonesy, This is a room where people ask for advice, and people do provide advice (good or bad, but with good intentions we hope). Advices is sometimes criticized so others can feel better about themselves. I have been guilty of that. Instead individuals could just offer their suggestions and leave i...

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Why is the dog blinking. Because he shocked it on the retrieve, time to fix the retrieving issues.

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The dog is blinking at the issue of mouthing the bird. The problem worsend as now he has associated the scent cone with the bird and blinks on sight or scent. The issue with fixing the blinking problem is, are you going to let him eat more birds? Then what do you do, you have no way to correct that ...

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