Training

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Problem: I have a 1-year-old female yellow Lab. She retrieves well, has good distance control and knows commands. When hunting…»

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The game of “hide and seek” often comes to mind when I’m duck hunting. It seems that in the field,…»

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Lately, it’s become fashionable in more obscure quarters to adopt a laissez-faire approach to dog training, as if any pointing…»

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Using your spaniel for jump shooting ducks is a good way to supplement your upland game bag. My favorite spot…»

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August is a tough month for training gun dogs. Sure, most of us are fired up by the coming of…»

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Hunting seasons come slowly and vanish quickly. After one vanishes, we can clean/oil our shotguns and put them away until…»

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If I have a guiding principle in the realm of training dogs; it’s that it’s far more a process of…»

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Those of you who are old enough to remember training dogs without electronic devices also probably remember the bad old…»

German pointing dog

Why bother testing puppies? You might say, “Those tests look so easy I don’t see the benefit; seems like a…»

Pheasant in field

You’ve got a good dog. He stays focused and understands what’s going on,” said Sal Roseland, owner of R&R Pheasant…»

Friend's dog

When Hanna finally pinned the grouse, the bird was holding on one edge of a wet, boggy, depression ringed with…»

Dog and pups

Behavior problems avoided are problems that don’t need to be fixed. In the case of dogs, most behavior problems are…»

Gun dog

How well your dog travels will make a big difference in how well he hunts once you get to where…»

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If you’re having trouble trying to fill the stocking of the hunter in your family, take a second to check…»

Black lab

Problem: I trained my black Labrador retriever for hunt trials for three years. He did very well for the first…»

Dog with decoy

Many gun dog owners confuse the focus regarding steadying a dog, mistakenly believing that steadying is all about the flushing…»

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“Whoa” is perhaps the most important command that your gun dog will learn. Here’s a training process designed to help…»

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POINTING BREEDS “When the temperature gets above about 65 degrees,” Roger Buddin of Big Country Kennel said, “you should start…»

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Life comes at a pup from all directions in its first year. It’s fun and exciting but sometimes intimidating–a time…»

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Field trainers will be able to release and shoot domestically raised birds year-round when they’re training hunting dogs and raptors…»

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by Angela Pham No matter how comfortable a pup might be with retrieving a small game bird, it can be…»

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by John McGonigle These three qualities are the key to instilling good habits. Congratulations! You selected and brought home your…»

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by James B. Spencer By “multiple dogs” I mean two dogs that belong, one each, to two hunters. If you…»

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There’s a school of thought among certain old-time dog trainers that it’s best to let a young dog mature for…»