Nitro's first pheasant

Smathers003 · Post by **Smathers003** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:31 pm

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After three weeks he flushed his first two birds today.

partyofone · Post by **partyofone** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 3:46 pm

Way to go, Nitro!

hettmoe · Post by **hettmoe** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:46 pm

Very NICE!

deseeker · Post by **deseeker** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:53 pm

The bird is about as big as the dog

I'm sure he'll have a lot more birds in his life

MNTonester · Post by **MNTonester** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:32 am

Is Nitro an American Cocker? He has the looks but that couldn't possibly be true considering all the hunt mostly being bred out of them. Pheasants and flushers make a great combo

Smathers003 · Post by **Smathers003** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:57 pm

He is an American cocker. The hunt surely has not been bred out of this one. He had never even sniffed a pheasant until week one of this years season and by our fourth outing he was sniffing out and flushing birds. I've been super impressed so far. I've never trained a dog before so I know that I'm making mistakes. Dog doesn't seem to mind though.

Post by **ezzy333** » Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:42 pm

Smathers003 wrote:He is an American cocker. The hunt surely has not been bred out of this one. He had never even sniffed a pheasant until week one of this years season and by our fourth outing he was sniffing out and flushing birds. I've been super impressed so far. I've never trained a dog before so I know that I'm making mistakes. Dog doesn't seem to mind though.

I think the "hunting bred out of them" is an old story that is way over stated with all dogs. There are some, where it has been depressed but in most cases, given the opportunity, it resurfaces rather quickly and easily. The end result may be different than you were hoping for but at least it is still there and trainable.

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