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do you go thru the commands reg. durring the off season i go thru all of them i know the dog knows this but it keeps them sharp

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you can teach a pup a lot as soon as you get the dog home first thing i would teach the pup is name ever time you want to get the dogs att call by name call the dog to you name first then come or hear what ever word you want to use .. when you feed the dog make him stand back untill told to eat ..yo...

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of course a dog can learn all of this there smart you can even teach them differant things at the same time but you can confuss a dog with to much or trying to go to fast if you want to teach the dog to sit i see nothing wrong with that its your dog

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when you teach your dog to sit and the dog sits you praise the dog with a pat and good dog then when the dog dont comply with a command in training it gets some form of diss. most times its from a ecollar the dog dont like being stim. with the collar so it dose something it knows it will get that go...

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just an update on the dog she pointed out 80 yards according to my astro held nice i flushed and got a big red phase grouse but im still thinking if the bird had run she would have bump the bird . i have been bringing her back to where i think the birds take flight and whoa her and ack like im tryin...

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got into birds for one day hear in michigan next week they were all gone that was 3 or 4 weeks ago have got a few hear and there but not in any numbers just that one day a lot of people ask when are the woodcock going to be hear i tell them you done missedit season ends today

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try this when the dog starts pulling give the leash a quick jerk and turn and go in the op.direction the dog will go to the front when dog starts pulling jerk and turn go in diff direction after you do this awhile you will see the dog start paying more att. to you when this happends walk and when th...

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the birds she put up or flushed wild she started to chase so i told her whoa and she did stop. the birds she pointed my frind shot but missed the woodcock and the grouse we couldnt get a shot at it came up 30 yards in front of us so i know the bird run but she held point

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hunted her this morning pointed 1 woodcock and 1 grouse i know both birds run she was a good distance from the woodcock and the grouse flushed 30 yards in front of her but she did put up 2 more grouse that she didnt point but i stoped her from chasing

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i have to say when you get into a lot of woodcock there flight birds they do seem to hold tight mayby there tired from the journy but i have seen res.birds run from the point

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that happens hear to most hold tight but have seen them run from a point but there great for young dogs and just fun to hunt

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then youv never hunted michigan

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didnt realy do nothing mayby just got out of the way let her straight things out her self

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hunted the young dog today found some woodcock flight birds i couldnt have ask more from her held point all day let her hold point for awhile never broke once now when the gun goes off shes looking for a dead bird so back to grouse now hope shes got it down now

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the ryman setters is a biger dog than the field setters of today the smaller dog are built for speed to cover a lot of ground the rymans are a closer dog the lews are somewhere in between thats jusy my op. i know some grouse hunters that prefer the ryman setter but like i said thats just in the dogs...

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if you start with a pup thers shots vet bills food you can have some money invested by the time pups ready to hunt. then do you have the time to train you need birds and othere things .but be sure if you get a started dog that what the owner says is started is what you call started. i would ask to s...

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thers a lot of diff, in birds in launcher and birds running around on the ground .im going thru something like that ,iv posted this on hear, my dog dose fine with the bird in one spot and dont move had her point woodcock at 80 yards and hold let me flush but if she points and the bird moves the chas...

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thanks for the reply yea i have a frind throw birds thought there might be diff ,ways to do it guess ill do it like i have done in the past

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my two and a half year old setter will hold point as long as the bird dont move if it walks off as soon as the bird moves the dog bust in and flush the bird if she hears one take off the chase is on .so i know i have to stop the chase which means steady to wing at least just wonder some of the ways ...

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good deal thanks for taken the job

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hunted her yesterday afternoon not so many false points she pointed a grouse and a woodcock three or four points i could tell those points were not near as solid as when the bird was there i would get where i could see her and wait her out if she moved we would move on but when she held point after ...

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you seen your dog will point so no more wing on strings thats all right for pups to do 2 or 3 times now its time to move on and start the dog on live birds quail or pegions when the dog is pointing those then it time forthe real things wild birds

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thanks for the reply guys you bring up some good points ill try and use this in it might help me if i ever get this under controll she can be a great bird dog and she dose have a cannon nose and hunt hard all day wants to please

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iv got a english pointer who started out great she is five years old now last year she started pointing everthing and nothing its like she thinks thers a bird behind ever bush she will still point birds but she goes 50 yards or so and points when you get to her she releases and moves ahead 20 yards ...

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check with field sports in traverscity michigan they have some nice guns in that price range. and are good folks to deal with and know what they are talking about the have a web page

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woodcock are great for a young dog they hold tight and you have good woodcock hunting in wi. if you go when flight birds are in it can provide you with lots of birds

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take him down to the super market and let him point some chickens .just kidding but leave the frozen birds alone and put him back on live birds theres nothing good can come of the frozen bird thing

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why hunt your own state you have great grouse hunting there but if its phes. your wanting to hunt then the internet should give you all the imfo you need ..good luck

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a dog 4 months old in my op. is to young. at this point just let the pup be a pup hear in michigan the ferns are chest high and thick to much for a pup to handle i would take the pup to and open field and let it explore chase butterflys let the pup build conf.you can work on some basic things like c...

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i had a setter and a pointer back some years ago i give both dogs the same amount food daily the setter did fine on the brand i was feeding the pointer look like a pack of bones i took him to the vet i knew something was wrong with him but he check out fine the vet said to try him on another food su...

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if the dog flushed the bird i would not shoot but if you jump the bird while the dog is out hunting i would shoot and call the dog in to hunt dead

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take the birds and sweep it on the weeds in front of the launcher always were gloves so less of your scent is on the birds place bird in launcher a few feet behind where you sweep the birds as soon as you see the dog smells the scent if it dosnt point pop the bird .another thing you can do is plant ...

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welcome to the show

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any dog wants to please no matter what bread the setters iv got and have owend some were a little more hard headed than others were but if you can show the dog what you want it to do or not do. as i said they want to please iv never seen a dog you can beat it into them or shock it into them any dog ...

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i worked with my dogs with the beeper i dont use it to hunt with i use the garmin astro for that but i put the e collar with the beeper on them if they stay gone to long or range father than i like i hit the locate button they know that means to check in with me .i started training this way when the...

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no ..setters are tough dogs though they do not take the heat like some other breeds do or at least my dogs dont they are dogs that like to please i very seldom have to use the e collar they no what there suposed to do and are happy to do it . im a grouse hunter and so are my dogs there coat while ma...

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do not take your pup to a gun range you got lots of time so dont be in no hurry i would watch a video and follow it you can go to youtube lots of stuff on there about this

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the best grouse dog i ever seen was a brit.someone give the dog to my frind he was about five mo old i would put that dog up against any dog any where i used to say old brandy could make a grouse we hunted behind some guys one time we didnt know they were there we had birds in the bag the guys told ...

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iv got a frind that has solid black gsp nice young dog iv seen some dogs that were black with ticking but this dog is jet black.hes not interested in show just for hunting

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take the dog to the vet he can id the prob. in just a few min. prob nothing but could be my dog had ulcer in one of his eyes been treating it and it has not got any worst and seems to have improved

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keep us posted on this

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good stuff

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no not at all just hunt the dog and try not to controll the dog to much

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you can still have the dogs tail docked they will have to put the dog to sleep to do it and the dog will have some pain but pup looks good with the tail to me but you might check into it

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do not give in this in that i mean if the dog acts that way and you go open the door and let him out he thinks that his behaver made it happen the dog will do that evertime you just dont pay no att. to this behaver

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i would go with a started dog some times training a dog can be a lot of work and time esp. for never realy trained a dog befour

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iv never had this problem befor so dont know how good of advise i can give but you might try as soon as the dog turns to come back to you make a 90 degree turn and walk in a fast pace hand signal the dog to go to the front if you have pigeons you could let one fly out of your hand the dog will chase...

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welcome aboard and thank you for your service this is a good forum lots of imfo from some good dog people

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let your dog wear the collar dont even turn it on put it on the dog when you let it out to run or play the dog will asc. the collar as a good thing .when you do start useing the collar make sure your dogs know what your asking it to do and use the lowest stimalation as poss.if your not sure what to ...

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