VIDEO: Teaching Your Gun Dog "Whoa"

VIDEO: Teaching Your Gun Dog "Whoa"

August 26, 2011 By James Spencer

"Whoa" is perhaps the most important command that your gun dog will learn. Here's a training process designed to help you in your attempt at teaching your gun dog "whoa"

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