Training
I didn’t know this part of South Dakota existed. It doesn’t by much—the wide spot in the road that is…»
A good friend of mine recently shared a closely held secret: his Brittany, then just 8 months old, was creeping…»
Let me begin by saying I’m pretty skeptical of the “magical” theories being thrown around nowadays for choosing a puppy.…»
With proper care, you can still hunt your aging dog. It seems like yesterday that your dog was a puppy…»
My initial thought was that there’s not much difference between hunting spaniels in the U.K. vs. U.S., but then I…»
The key to good wingshooting requires two things, a consistent gun mount and a shotgun that shoots where you look.…»
Problem: I have a 1-year-old female yellow Lab. She retrieves well, has good distance control and knows commands. When hunting…»
Lately, it’s become fashionable in more obscure quarters to adopt a laissez-faire approach to dog training, as if any pointing…»
Using your spaniel for jump shooting ducks is a good way to supplement your upland game bag. My favorite spot…»
August is a tough month for training gun dogs. Sure, most of us are fired up by the coming of…»
Hunting seasons come slowly and vanish quickly. After one vanishes, we can clean/oil our shotguns and put them away until…»
If I have a guiding principle in the realm of training dogs; it’s that it’s far more a process of…»
Ever had your eye wiped by someone else’s dog? You don’t want to, believe me. It’s humiliating! It almost happened…»
Why bother testing puppies? You might say, “Those tests look so easy I don’t see the benefit; seems like a…»
You’ve got a good dog. He stays focused and understands what’s going on,” said Sal Roseland, owner of R&R Pheasant…»
Behavior problems avoided are problems that don’t need to be fixed. In the case of dogs, most behavior problems are…»
How well your dog travels will make a big difference in how well he hunts once you get to where…»
Problem: I trained my black Labrador retriever for hunt trials for three years. He did very well for the first…»
Many gun dog owners confuse the focus regarding steadying a dog, mistakenly believing that steadying is all about the flushing…»
Strictly speaking, the term “release command” is an oxymoron. A dog is either on command or has been released from…»
Many retrievers have a natural instinct to break their heel or steady position once a bird is in the air…»
In many parts of the country, one thing you can count on for opening day of the bird season is…»
A lost dog could be more quickly found in California if Senate Bill 702 becomes a reality in California. According…»
“Whoa” is perhaps the most important command that your gun dog will learn. Here’s a training process designed to help…»
The blind retrieve has three parts: lining, in which the handler initially sends his dog toward the downed bird; stopping,…»
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