Flushing Or Pointing Dog
Flushing Or Pointing Dog
I have a 8 week old GSP puppy and was told by several people that I should train him to flush birds and not to point... Not sure what to do. I hunt stocked birds in PA for the most part. Ive never trained a hunting dog before so im new to this and am going to order some training dvd's and equiptment needed if anyone has any recommendations.
Thanks!!
Thanks!!
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What does the P stand for in GSP?gsp1979 wrote:I have a 8 week old GSP puppy and was told by several people that I should train him to flush birds and not to point... Not sure what to do. I hunt stocked birds in PA for the most part. Ive never trained a hunting dog before so im new to this and am going to order some training dvd's and equiptment needed if anyone has any recommendations.
Thanks!!
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A gsp is a pointing dog. Perfect start & perfect finish is a good training program dvd set. Have fun training
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Re: Flushing Or Pointing Dog
X2 use the dog for what it was bred for. I like seeing a good flusher work, but to me it's like comparing a helicopter to a fighter jet. Ok all all the flusher folks go ahead and jump mebb560m wrote:What does the P stand for in GSP?gsp1979 wrote:I have a 8 week old GSP puppy and was told by several people that I should train him to flush birds and not to point... Not sure what to do. I hunt stocked birds in PA for the most part. Ive never trained a hunting dog before so im new to this and am going to order some training dvd's and equiptment needed if anyone has any recommendations.
Thanks!!
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IMO, it would be a sin to have a pointing dog trained as a flusher. I don't think it would work very well anyway.
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It is a lot easer to train a pointing dog to flush after it is trained to piont ,than train it to point after you made it a flushing dog . but why by a pointing dog if you wont a flushing dog ??? most pointing dogs will flush after pointing as you walk in if not trained to study to wing . Alot of hunters not field trailing there dogs perfer s that .
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Training with Mo is a great read. The dog is a pointer, use the tool for the design it was meant to do. Although I've used the back of a screw gun as a hammer, many times I end up with a ruined screw gun.
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Thanks Guys!! Thats kinda what I was leaning toward any way!!
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I think its odd that several people think you should do this? IMO train it to point, get a flushing dog if you want it to flush,
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When you train your long ranging GSP to flush, you get the advantage of not seeing any birds throughout the day. While you might think this is because there were no birds, it is in fact, because your dog was chasing them off 200 yards away in the woods!
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Moulders Farm wrote:It is a lot easer to train a pointing dog to flush after it is trained to piont ,than train it to point after you made it a flushing dog . but why by a pointing dog if you wont a flushing dog ??? most pointing dogs will flush after pointing as you walk in if not trained to study to wing . Alot of hunters not field trailing there dogs perfer s that .
Seems like a dangerous tactic, and what about multiple flushes?
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Everything said makes perfect sense!! Thanks
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My first bird dog was a Springer Spaniel, a flushing breed, and yes, you'd better have your track shoes on when he hit a hot track! To my mind, there's nothing prettier than seeing a pointer just locked down solid on a bird! Eye candy!
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A trained flusher is a joy to hunt behind. If they get too far ahead, even if on a bird, a toot on the whistle they should hup.buckeyebowman wrote:My first bird dog was a Springer Spaniel, a flushing breed, and yes, you'd better have your track shoes on when he hit a hot track! To my mind, there's nothing prettier than seeing a pointer just locked down solid on a bird! Eye candy!
I keep about 8 adult dogs, the flushers for thick cover where birds are more plentiful, the pointing dog for open areas where birds are scattered.
Training a GSP as a flusher is going to annoy the dog and the handler.