Gun Dog Forum

Good luck with your hunts. A gun dog is not a gun dog until it knows what it is doing, and lots of hours in the field is the key to that. Past the puppy phase and obedience training, you can't train a bird dog in the back yard. By far the best teacher is a trained dog, so look around for other hunte...

I'm 73 years old, and have been bird hunting since I was a teenager. Over the years I have trained a Chessie, a Springer, a Large Munsterlander, a Picardy Spaniel, a Blue Picardy spaniel, another Springer, a Lab, and my current Springer. The Munsterlander and Picardies were pointers, which I saw as ...

Not a GSP, but I currently have a rescue springer that is the finest field bred springer I have ever met. I don't know what her lines are, but she is a champion from nose to toes. I followed a pheasant hunting party up the Columbia that had two dogs working and were getting nothing. 200 yards behind...