Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
He is about 9 months old now. He has had nearly 100 wild flushed by now. He intently pointed a dead bird for me this week which really wasn't much help since the bird was only about 4 feet from where i was standing, but it was good to see the intense look and stance.
Anyway, I have been wondering if it would be counterproductive to teach him to whoa without birds, similar to teaching a lab to stay, without the sit part. Or should this only be taught in relation to birds?
Anyway, I have been wondering if it would be counterproductive to teach him to whoa without birds, similar to teaching a lab to stay, without the sit part. Or should this only be taught in relation to birds?
- Birddog3412
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Re: Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
you are fine to teach a dog to whoa without birds. To me whoa means stop, nothing to do with birds but Different training books/people do it different ways.
Re: Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
whoa is talt with out birds. have fun:)
Re: Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
Good article. Thanks for the help.
- Jagerdawg
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Re: Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
You are confusing whoa with pointing. Whoa is simply a command to stop and not move. IMO whoa should be taught in the yard without birds. Once learned it can then be used in your field training.
Re: Can I teach my young ES to whoa without birds
Better done by not using birds. Go to just yard training. Then introduce birds again later after the pups mastered woah.
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