2024 show your dogs success

[IanCOLO]

Keep a fresh bird and do some work in the yard. Take the bird, give him a treat. Then, give it back. Repeat. Do this a few times, give it back, make him follow you at heel and then take it and give him a treat.

I listened to a couple of podcasts that just didn’t let the dog retrieve for a while to show it wasn’t their bird.
I started with the treat like you said this week in our yard work as I think there should be less that could go wrong with rewarding for the drop. Giving a squirt in the eyes with the water bottle worked a couple of times, might save that one up for a test day if need be.


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[Jason Snyder]

I listened to a couple of podcasts that just didn’t let the dog retrieve for a while to show it wasn’t their bird.
I started with the treat like you said this week in our yard work as I think there should be less that could go wrong with rewarding for the drop. Giving a squirt in the eyes with the water bottle worked a couple of times, might save that one up for a test day if need be.


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Yeah, you can not let them have the retrieves. I think that’s a step or two down the road though. The water bottle squirt works, or you can just pinch the lips into their teeth until they open their mouth.

Whenever one of my dogs is a dink in the field I’ll take the bird and then give it right back to them and make them hold it. Repeat a couple of times then give them a drink as a reward.

 

[Irish Miner]

The kid and todays victims.

 

[TSAMP]

Finally got some solid points out of these two today working together and remaining steady. The wind likely played a big factor in the birds cooperating, but I'll take it.

 

[Fireman03]

 

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[CMP70306]

Cedar got her first pheasant today and had a blast running through the fields. She especially enjoyed my buddies rooster as she got to catch it twice. Once when he initially shot it and then a second time after it flushed out of his game bag after playing dead for over an hour.

I also got my first PA Pheasant and christened my new to me Browning Superposed.

 

[jmez]

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[Jesse Jaymes]

Did well today...View attachment 791984

What??? That's JV level porky stuff. Doesn't really even count!

 

[ORHunter]

Chukar last weekend, and the pups first duck hunt this weekend.

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[S.Clancy]

What??? That's JV level porky stuff. Doesn't really even count!

That's why I'm counting it as a success. Any porky encounter that ends with me not pulling out the pliers or going to the vet is a success, especially with an 18 month old dog.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

@ORHunter What boat is that? ANy more action pics of it being deployed?

 

[ORHunter]

@ORHunter What boat is that? ANy more action pics of it being deployed?

It's a Stealth Beavertail 2000. Here's the only picture I have of the entire boat. I run a little electric motor on it not seen in this picture. The downside is that it's really heavy so you don't want to have to drag it very far.

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[Bachto]

@ORHunter What boat is that? ANy more action pics of it being deployed?

Looks like the beavertail sneak boat. Edit - he beat me to it