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I never figured out how to fix those issues with my first dog, just learned how to avoid letting them get established in later dogs. What techniques/methods does this DVD use?

The most effective trainers use both.

To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever earned a Master hunt test title using "positive only" methods. On the other hand, any trainer deserving of the...

I haven’t seen the Hickox DVDs but I liked his book, Hunt Em Up & HNTFSH is correct, it does take a lot of birds to develop a real upland dog.

I strongly recommend anyone interested in running...

I usually dove hunt in camo shorts (that's why I brought the dog along) and have never had an issue wearing them at tests in Texas where it's very common.

That being said, I think of the HRC dress...

I was referring to hunt tests.

Just to be clear, I didn't intend that post to be insulting to David in any way, I meant that I would feel slighted if I only got to run my dog for such a short time...

I would have a real problem w/ judges who made a decision after watching any dog run for “less than a minute”.



I've seen this done on rare occasions but the quality of the gunners is usually...

Spaniel tests have a bird planter out in front of the working dog a few hundred yards planting as the test progresses. He monitors by radio as the marshall narrates the action. If he hears that the...

The Golden in my avatar was trained along side Springers since he was a pup. His flush was explosive, in fact he blew his ACL when he was 9 flushing a rooster at a club training day.

His hunting...

What are your goals with the dog?

What do you mean by "National Champion upland dogs?

Generally speaking, bird dog trainers don't put much "obedience" work into dogs because it tends to inhibit...

A unique characteristic of the spaniel hunt test is that every breed is judged against a different standard. A description of the breeds hunting style is submitted by each parent club & Judges are...

I don't have a link but here's the body of the letter sent to our Club:


Date: April 2013

To: Clubs Licensed to Hold Spaniel Hunting Tests

Subject: Labrador and...

I’m not a “Clicker Trainer” but I think a “no go” is most often a sign of confusion & therefore pressure is usually not the appropriate tool.

I've used guinea hens for upland training with good success. They could only flly a hundred yards or so so I just "saluted" them w/ my gun then sent the dog like it was a cripple. Great training...

The same thing played out with the Border Collie at around the same time. Chronicled very well by Don McCaig
http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Wars-Border-Battled-American/dp/0983484503/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_8

The BSS was the original registry for Boykins & they were acutely aware of the inevitable breed split that occurs in practicality every sporting breed registered by the AKC. They hoped to avoid the...

Serious question, What's wrong with pigeons?

Granted, you would see more variability in where they land but for a JR test is that critical?

Being more fragile than a duck, they could...

You & I have very different ideas about what makes a gunner "very good". Only rookies shoot birds so close that they destroy them like that. A skilled gunner lets the bird fly a little. That's...

I'm waiting for a 2 hole w/ bottom storage to go under my topper but my truck is a Nissan Frontier (mid sized). I had them put the fan on the back where I can place an open cooler of ice so the fan...

I’ve seen this happen quite often when hunting w/ multiple “non-steady” dogs. They get accustomed to chasing a bird but having another dog get there first. Quite often they give a cursory search,...

I forgot to mention, cringing as 2 or 3 dogs struggle to bring back the same bird & the guy who couldn't hit the ground if he dropped his shotgun yelling "I got him!" :rolleyes:

Driven hunts using flankers, & blockers. Cover where you can't see the dogs. Birds flush & everybody shoots. Party limits.

Not my cup of tea.

Reading the dog & going w/ him to take a runner...

That style of hunting holds no appeal to me whatsoever. Neither does the type of cover that HNTFSH showed in the earlier pic. If that’s what turns you on, I agree there’s no good reason to train...

I trim my springers & golden a couple times a year & keep something like this handy. This is one undeniable advantage of a Labrador.

lol, I'll bet you & I'd agree on which direction it's going. It sure is easier to degrade a breed than to improve it.

I hadn't seen that Gundog article about Tom Ness before. I know Tom from the...

Actually there's 3 varieties here. American, bench-bred English, & field-bred English. All entirely separate gene pools, phenotypes, & abilities but the AKC doesn't distinguish between the bench &...