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I'm going to be buying a Chessie puppy and I've been getting prepared for it and I would just like some honest opinions on what preference of dvd series I should get or if anyone has some they are done with that I could purchase. Looking for taking them from a puppy all the way through to experienced hunter. Thank you Nate
What's your goals for this pup Nate? Hunt Dog? Hunt Dog+(Field Trials/Hunt Test)?
Most likely gunna be just a hunt dog but I would love to take him farther into field and hunt trials.
If you want to do Test or Trials, then train that way from the start, you'll get a GunDog regardless.
Do you plan on using an E-collar?
Yes I'm buying a dogtra 3500 NCP Super-X off a guy on the Avery forum.
Do you plan on Force Fetching this pup?
Well from what I've read up on force fetching is only if the dog is dropping the dummy or has a hard mouth. I mean I may be wrong but that's the idea I'm getting on reading on it. If so then I guess it depends on how the pup is.
2 Page Article on Force Fetch
http://www.gundogsonline.com/Article...sues-Page1.htm
If I were you. I'd Go Hillmann Pup, to Hillmann Fetch.
And then decide on a Complete Program for the rest.
-Smartworks seems most ‘New user’ friendly.
-TRT seems to be unmatched in Overall Worth, but new comers might struggle with keeping up. Train with a group or local experienced trainer though, and this might not be a problem.
-Fowl Dawgs seems to be a solid program and easy to follow as well for new folks.
-Farmer/Aycock Basics is simple and easy to follow too but will only get you to Water Force.
Overall, if I could afford it, I’d have the entire TRT package(TRT/Marking/E-collar) w/ all 3 Volumes of Training with Mike Lardy or the entire Smartworks+Advanced package. Not just a little of one or the other.
You SHOULD seek out help locally. Training a pup is fun, but you will meet walls when training alone. Especially in Force Fetch Training and Marking. Group Training is a MAJOR Key to success for unnumbered reasons from achieving distance in retrieves to socialization.
Thanks for all the help I will be buying these ones you recommended. And yeah I have gotten set up by the person who breeds the dog to people in the area that hunt their chessies.