Zeke/PA
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Anyone who wants to talk about "Pointer Dogs" and bird hunting, I'm game.
SHOOT!
SHOOT!
The Bird Dog/ companion thing is of course an understatement especially if you have broken the dog yourself and He/She knows what the word "Whoa" means.Yeah, in PA you need to belong to a game reserve/Pheasant farm now. When I was a kid Pheasants were everywhere. Now I never rarely see them.
When I moved to Colorado I did more bird hunting with my German Shorthaired Pointer. Can't recommend these dogs enough. You need a good bird dog to bird hunt. Plus, they are great companions.
Hunt Her solo for BEST results!I hunt a private pheasant preserve here in MT. Great training for the dog, my GWP is 8 months old and has seen a lot of birds.
I expect great things from her next year, this year for most of the season she had a hard time keeping up with the adult dogs so she was not getting first crack at many of the birds. She is gaining speed and endurance fast now. She is a champ at honoring points, I didn't have to train her to do that.. she just did it naturally. Only twice has she flushed a bird another dog was pointing.
We need to get her out solo more. The few times I did that this year she did pretty well, mostly holding points. She retrieves like a lab. In the off season this year we are going to learn that whoa means fricking WHOA. Not whoa until she can't stand it anymore. She's trying, it is all just so exciting and she is still a pup!
I wish that you lived closer as I'd just love to help you break your "pointer dog".Graet ideas, thanks!
Zeke/PA said:Does she know the meaning of the word "WHOA"?
Sounds like whoa means stay. Why is it whoa? Tradition, or what?Zeke/PA said:In a small room, place the dog on/in a side/corner and walk away.
When she follows, put her back with a collar and under rear legs grab, set her forcefully back and say "WHOA".