Gun Dog Forum

#3 Throw and shoot with dog chasing the bird. Let dog chase until it is far from the gun initially then keep setting up the same situation until the dog is closer to the gun but NOT too close for a while. Members: I put his poll at the very top of this page. Thanks for helping me out with that!!

I have caught my first pigeon. I have seen a variety of replies on the best way to do gun acclimation in the replies. What I see from perfection kennels, is shot, then the bird is thrown. This seems to make the most sense to me in training aspect of reward for sound. I see a lot of support for the p...

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You want your dog to mark is this correct?
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Based upon my limited knowledge, this seems like a waterfowl dog technique? My goal is to have a flushing upland birddog, despite the "duck toller" name, so long answer short, no.

Is it better to spend some time working at a distance where there is no reaction, or should I keep working the distance down until there is a reaction?

I am working on conditioning my 9 month old Novia Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever to gun fire. I am basing my training off of the Standing Stone Kennels videos. I am in the process of trying to trap pigeons to aid in this training, but have been using dummies with grouse wings attached because my dog ...