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I have a topic in training kinda like this and was told to put up this one. I have a 6 mo setter pup, that i want trained in the spring when he is around a year old. I don't want to send him for more than a month, but i guess i could. Im gonna have him started decently. the trainers im looking at ri...

Minnesota/Wisconsin/Michigan... I don't want my dog nearly finished. I just want him learning the basic stuff, and knowing what to do. I am fine with working with him after the month. All the trainers iv'e talked to seem to be legit, and both have pretty good dogs. i am also gonna check on pricing/a...

Thanks sharon, and the wing idea i want to try, was just a starting point option for me as i have a few phez wings, i just want to get his field obedience and retrieving as good as possible so he doesn't have to be at the trainers for more than 1 month. I am also gonna call outcast kennel later toda...

Also, to get him to start retrieving, would anyone reccommend or not reccommend going in the woods, throwing a pheasant wing, him being able to see it or not, and point in the direction thrown, saying dead bird, fetch up, until he finds it and grabs it then say fetch up and bring it here until he co...

I would possibly run trials later on. Around 2-3 years old but couldn't I just make sure not to release him ? I will look at outcast kennels

I am going to have my setter pup trained in the spring, he will be right around a year. I have talked to 3 people, and still need to talk to 1 on the phone. the first option is Berg Bros. Setter. It sounded like they could tell what i wanted. But didn't know if it would be as good as the next person...

he busted the 2 he pointed, we dont go there for a long time, 3 days. i have grouse behind my house im gonna get him on. the owner of his mom said that even though busted, (one he was just relocating to catch wind) that he did pretty good and so did a guy that i hunt with out there that has a setter...

I ended up taking him on the first drive which I had an opportunity to run him with 2 really good pointing dogs. No check cord and he was looking for birds but didn't find any. Chased Tweety birds to far but came back after he lost them. Later that day, me my 2 cousins and 2 other people that hunt w...

After you get her going I would try to get the Gordon up to your normal standards to and you could have 2 great dogs

My English Setter looking for grouse and/or released pheasant, along with pictures of his sire and dam(i do not own either). Still working on getting his tail up more(it usually is around 10or11)

Now, i am not positive of this, but i would guess that depending how much of each breed in it him, you could train him to point, and also track, but i would choose the one that you want to do more of and do that more thoroughly and first, and let it progress, don't rush it, then later when he has th...

Alright. Right now where we are going usually around this time they seem to hood pretty tight. But would it even be worth taking him if he only goes out after we limit our are close? I figured it would be.

I'm not in a rush to get him training I just figured it'd be good for him. Like I said though depending on how open the drives are I probably will only walk him by myself or with my cousin after we limit out or are close too doing so. The check cord would be to make sure he doesn't run off not train...

He seems fairly mature compared to other dogs i have had by 6 months. although they weren't bird dogs, they were beagles and a lab/golden that wasn't a hunter, and house dogs. But like i said i agree with you and others, just was only gonna go out on the open drives to keep him away from all the pre...

Like mnaj said, a field bred springer sounds like a very good match. But there are many lines and breeders for both llews and English Setters, that if you talk to them they will let you know what you are getting, and what there parents do. When i got my ES i talked to ES EP Llew and gsp breeders bef...

That is what i pretty much plan on doing. But if there is a drive towards the end that is very open, i might take him on it as me and my cousin are the ones usually by each other, but still spaced, if its a big enough drive it won't be much pressure, as the only people around would be me my cousin a...

Neil- I brought up the field trial just to let everyone know what is goin on, i am also just gonna hunt with him, andi feel that recall is very important, Sorry for any confusion

Im not talking about field trials anymore, i mean overall just field obedience, i have talked to the owner of his mom and i plan on meeting up with him if i go to the trial.

Alright thats probably what ill do. If he is finding birds and gets the hang of it i might take him out on the last 1 or 2 drives. and sorry by has heard guns i mean he has been introduced to a full 12 ga already multiple times, but hasnt been shot around for a while. When i introduce him to it he h...

I have a setter pup that is almost 6mo and im going to north dakota for opening pheasant hunting, and we hunt on a relatives land, and im bringing my pup, but i posted on a different forum and everyone said to only have me and him or maybe one other person, and i plan on doing that too after we limi...

What are some ways to improve my pups recall and whoa whenever i say it? I plan on running him in field trials next year(coverdog mostly) and he is almost 6mo english setter. I don't want to have to always be calling him in while we are out "hunting" but are actually trying to get him on birds for t...

The boykin wouldn't be bad. Or strongly consider a Springer Spaniel too. They are great on birds and most naturally retrieve from Hunting lines. The pointing labs are generally smaller than normal labs, but not by much. i'm not positive but the Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever seems smaller than l...

It should be okay. Just let the pup chase birds and have fun. Im doing the same thing with my english setter this weekend but a real pheasant hunt, and im only gonna do a couple actual drives with him, otherwise just when we limit out let him find birds. Try to get him/her to point and hold for you ...

I am going to hunt with him first as i dont wanna start trials till at Least a year old, i can wait longer if i have to though. What are some ways to get his recall and whoaing better and work like everytime.

I am not looking to run him in any trials for sure until he is at least a year, so then he is a little more calm, and put together better. The one thing that i need him to be better at right now and for later is his recall, like the other day, i have a check cord but the snap broke, so i just used a...

The field trial i want to go to they both run in is cover dog region 19 walking shooting. The owner of mines dam said that its like hunting but with blank pistols. But i want him to retrieve anyway, because i wanna do more than one type of trial with him.

I have a English Setter pup that is almost 6 months old, and i would like to get him going good on hunting then i have a couple trainers that i am looking into to get himto retrieve good, and i have a different person that specifically helps owners like me get there hunting pup going on grouse and w...