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Just my two cents. If you are inexperienced like me and want to eventually run hunt tests.

Get either Smartworks or Lardy's program. You can train a good hunting dog with the books listed, but...

Does anyone take their whiner/creeper out for entire training sessions and not let them have any retrieves?

My excitable dog starts getting wound up as soon as we arrive and start setting up. He...

Be careful and set him up for success.

Don't do anything that will set you back or sacrifice future success.

It also depends on what stage you are at with your training.

What are some drills to improve the square sitting facing the handler. My dog will square up when I do what was described in a prior post. (Tooting the whistle.) But he has not progressed to sitting...

When you say deerflys are you referring to the really large horseflys?

For those of you feeding Victor, which blend are you feeding?

They have several which one do you feed for an active dog in training?

Not to hijack the thread but what is the process to change handlers in a UKC hunt test?
One of my sons is sick and we will have to shuffle around to handle the 2 dogs at the hunt test this weekend.

I got a little piece of paper with a card that can be torn off to carry in your wallet.

Not sure how long it took.

I am intrigued by the British Field Trials and some of the terrain and cover our dogs get to pick up birds on. Can spectators go and watch the dogs pick up or is it invitation only?

Are there any...

I also use the "purple stuff" just spray it in their ears after we get done with water work. Keep it by the back door in a spray bottle.

The only complaint i have is it stains anything it gets on.

I guided in South East Texas for several years with a GSP hunting waterfowl. He was from a male brought over from Germany and was solid Liver and was much larger than most Amercian bred GSP's. Most...