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So true. I seldom use my collar for training and when I do use it, (turned on) its usually brief. I've had better results in using a cc, my hands, and voice intertwined with knowledge then any collar could ever compare to. Think some rely so much on the $$$ collar and all its godly features that the...

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It's used as a silent command. Also to avoid confusion on the retrieve when handling multiple dogs.

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I've read it's good to diversify. My GSP is 14 months and I have introduced chukars (at 5 months), quail (at 9 months), pheasant (at 12 months), and now a few chukars again. I have some bobwhites coming in August. At this point I just want her picking up the different birds and locking up. I plan t...

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When you have a pup that's showing no pointing ability, just charging in on birds, etc. Is when I've found the wing on string to be an essential tool. Put that wing out let him chase it around and before long ( a few minutes) that same dog will be quivering on a point. Once you see that once or twic...

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I should have been more clear. For those of you not in California, are you doing what you can in your state to keep your second amendment right? Yes, and we finally passed concealed carry! Not a great bill but a foot in the door so to say. Contact my reps as much as I can. Just had a mag bill squas...

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This is kind of dependent on the program you choose. A good stiff check cord in 20-25 foot a good leather collar +1 after posting on a similar thread a while ago and then seeing how different methods are used such a clicker, think it's best to decide first what program your going to use and then fi...

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If you like your cats and want a more all-purpose dog (but a flusher mostly), then go for a field bred Labrador. They usually will get along with cats. I have a good friend with a DD and have met a few others - they were all cat killers. My GSP was also a cat killer, but I know many more of then th...

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Awesome!! Love them muskies!

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Yes, that is what we did. Wire a foot deep along the bottom and sides and also put plywood over the wire just for added security. It will rot but don't plan to keep them for the winter. We built it 18' x 18' with a regular old kennel for the above ground with another section on top. Put two kid pool...

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I suppose you could call it self hunting, but my ESS will go crazy chasing anything that is flying over around or near the yard. anyone else have a dog like this? How and what can i do to stop this i personally cant stand it :D Doesn't sound like a bad thing at all. You can use these birds to work ...

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Put a check chord on him and work on come,heel,and woah. At the door woah him every time you go out/in and don't allow him to go through until you say. To me at the park he is listening because he has the harness on, "harness wise" dogs can become wise to any training tool. Why intro to them needs t...

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DonF wrote:So which venue provides the standard of excellence?

I think that is just ones self opinion. Some people prefer a VC dog over a MH dog, or FC. Dog exc. It's all really what someone is after that makes it an "excellent" title. Jmho

But I think tracking has excellent in one title

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2. Runt the dog on your own time against a proven trial dog and see if he has what it takes. I know a few people who do the later and the percentages they get are pretty darn good. Either way this is how trailing came to be in the first place. And who is the Judge? Percentages of what? The only way...

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I can pretty much say for sure that my avatar GSP Ranger would not only have competed, but he would have done very well, if I had chose to trial him. Not sure how you could know that, I am sure he is a nice dog, but do very well in trials? I only know one way to prove that. Not to start a pissing m...

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I am making a purchase of bird launchers in the next week or so. Is there a magic number of birds a dog should be worked over during each training session? Can you over do it? Someone told me that three birds during a training session is sufficient. Is this wrong. I'm sure there is no right answer ...

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Just remember Pups grow into behaviors not out of them. So pup should be learning that mouthing you is completely unacceptable ... Even a Momma dog will scold a up that is mouthing her +1 allowing it even as a pup will grow into something worse as they grow. Crack down on it asap. But still remembe...

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Uh, I am not a good example, I only use a whistle for GO. So I still don't understand. Neil, I think they are talking about using treats and then transitioning them out with only using the command.atleast that's what I got from the quotes below. I know in field trailing the whistle is used to get t...

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Thanks,

I looked it up aswell and it looks like your all right its for waterfowl. Found out some other newer laws in the process aswell.
Man wish they would just leave well enough alone..

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Isaac, Is banks retrieving anything you give him and releasing anything you give him? I mean anything... What I have found is if you move on to birds to quickly it can set you back in your ff process. I have a dog that wouldn't retrieve a bird for the life of it. She would run to it pick it apart an...

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I know how you feel. And I've been on the other side where my dog wouldn't leave a female alone at first and screw up ridiculously later on. Still believe that female was coming into or going from heat.... But the world will never know :( One reason I strongly believe in breaking my dogs of "leave i...

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I heard that in some states when you are hunting you are only allowed to carry so much ammo on your person when afield. Is this true where you live? I need to look it up for my state and other states I hunt in. Sometimes I go in like an arsenal, especially on new unexplored places I always keep 10 o...

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CDN_Cocker wrote:Really wish a mod would get this back on topic. This bickering is ridiculous.

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I'm so confused. :? And your probably not the only one. Newbies come here for help and this is what always happened. "I'm right your wrong, I've trained 109 dogs, or for 20 years, you don't know anything" so tired of the nonsense. What makes a trainer is doing the training effectively, and efficien...

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As Nate says go to a snake avoidance clinic to better understand. Everyone I have seen use TriTronics at the highest level, and I have never seen a dog able to ignore it. I do not know about the other collars, but with a TT, I don't need an extention cord. I did have one dog that did take an added ...

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I think your just going about it in the wrong but almost right way. You want to fry them good, and you want to give a command at the time to such as "leave it". By you not saying anything to them all they think is that the moose is shocking them and most dogs are still going to go after. They need a...

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I want the pups to come in on their on after the tug and release. I don't believe in reeling a dog in. When I give a little jerk and they start in and stop I just keep backing up giving the little jerks.. When they come in I praise them with my hands in a calm way. The dogs decides where the best p...

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Fuzznut, This is where about I stand on the issue of style. I'm sorry I just will never be able to justify pressure as a style related cause. "Fear" more so. I'm not trying to call you out. I just think there is a big misconception of the three. Pressure, stress, and fear related to style. There is ...

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I agree with slistoe and Neil too. If your dog isn't recalling reliably your not getting anywhere. I do water retrieves aswell and using a cc helps with this in getting them to come directly back to me in a straight line. Not zig zagging or going over to the side of me on shore. I just incorporate t...

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Agree
Use the cc to bring him into you. Don't take it from his mouth right away, instead Praise him for bringing it back to you while hestill has it.

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The thing that will make your dog that absolute best it can be is shoeleather. YOURS. Hunt the snot out of the dog every chance you get. Hunt every kind of bird in every kind of terrain, in all kinds of weather. Run the dog in the summer, go for walks, do whatever, but do it together. Every time I ...

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I agree they do need independence and leeway. I don't want a robotic dog that is always looking at me for direction. I want one that gets out explores does what a hunting dog should do. All my hunting is done this way. I rarely talk to them. I'm more of the follow the nose type. I'm fine if they don...

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I have one, but it's never made its way to the gun yet.

One day I hope to get it on there. Them long days afield sometimes can be a burden on the arms. Thank god for shoulders

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Do you think pressure is more age appropriate or experience appropriate? What I mean is more pressure because the dogs two and not 8 months. Or more pressure because the dog has been learning how to heel for a month straight and knows right from wrong.? As for me I don't even look at a dog's age. He...

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I think some might be looking at training days in the wrong way. They are not there for you to train your dog. These days are more for people with little or less experience then most, or for when someone might have a problem they just can't figure out how to fix or what not. I see folks showing up s...

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Really feel bad for them folks and kids. Prayers are with them.
2 miles wide I heard! Just shocking

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All shots up to date? That's about all I'd be worried about. Rats tear things like rabbits so if you haven't saw a bit probably isn't one. Just my opinion.

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e collar might make him quit if he hasn't been ff CJ +1 Ruffbrit, check out standing stone kennels. I believe Ethan has videos of doing ff with an ecollar. All his force fetching is done using the Collar with great results. If that's the route you want to go. Even give Ethan a call he's a real down...

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When i am working on retrieving in the yard with my dog and a bumper,and he does not bring it back, is it okay to give light stimulation to reinforce his retrieve? We are working with the bumper not a dead bird if it makes any difference, thanks for the help. Force fetch would help this. But not ev...

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Chukar12 I think you nailed it "fear". When trainers do have a heavy hand during teaching the dog, before it has actually understood the command is where all the style goes away. I guess you can use pressure to outline it But I think it's more so from scaring the dog. Pulling on a cc making a dog co...

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Winchey, that's the thing too, most everyone on here says not to start training a dog until a year old. I don't get that. What it tells me is a dog can't handle pressure until they are a year old. It just isn't true. To each their own but I like to startem young "come" the day I get them home. 4-6 ...

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