Off season for the dogs

[Jason Snyder]

What are you doing with your dog during the offseason?

I did some tracking and pointing training today.



We are working into pile drills with force fetch.



As soon as it warms up we’ll be ready to start some blind retrieves on land and then into water, and do some duck searches.

 

[jmez]

Still running them on wild birds. Will have to stop in April. Will start working them on pigeons then. Whoa breaking my young dog now as well.

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[HairyScandinavian]

My old girl is 11, so I started letting her up on the couch. That's about all she's doing til next December.

 

[KurtR]

Snow geese are here so chasing them. Dog gets to work on patience watching 1000’s of honkers land in the snow spread haha. When we are not doing that finishing his master title and prepare to run the grand this fall hopefully

 

[AK_Skeeter]

With labs is is easy.
Indoors lining drills, no-no barrier drills, casting drills, backwards and 2-sided heeling, etc.
Outside I've been running long cold blinds (unknown destination) for both labs.

 

[Mosby]

Warm weekend in the KC area. Was able to go out with the local Vizsla club and work with my 2 year old Vizsla both days. Did training over birds yesterday to steady him up and ran him in a mock SH hunt test this morning over quail.

 

[TreeDog]

Switch from birds to antlers for a bit. Then work on drills in the summer.

 

[GreenNDark Timber]

He's been my trail running buddy mostly so far since duck & quail season went out.

Brushed up a little on steady to wing last week. No issues on pigeons but I need to find some quail and pheasants to tempt him a little more.

Once things warm up a little more I'm planning on more casting drills and trying to extend his distance a little more.

 

[jmez]

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[Jason Snyder]

My pup has her natural ability test in a couple of weeks. We are working on tracking and drags. She is also through the initial part of force fetch and we are doing bumper drills in the field.

 

[ccc9092]

What are some good resource for new handlers like myself?

Was gifted a five year old English Setter and would love to know what all I can do with him this offseason. He’s a hunting machine but doesn’t seem to fit the NAVHDA qualifications.

Thanks!


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[406flyfish]

roading and finding sheds.

 

[Jason Snyder]

What are some good resource for new handlers like myself?

Was gifted a five year old English Setter and would love to know what all I can do with him this offseason. He’s a hunting machine but doesn’t seem to fit the NAVHDA qualifications.

Thanks!


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Depends on what you’re wanting to accomplish. You could still hook up with some local NAVHDA or JGVH folks to work on pointing work.

 

[TSAMP]

I'm also still working wild birds. They cut some late corn here and birds have been concentrated. Been a great start for the 12 week old pup getting to see wild birds up pretty close. I'm impressed at his motor. We do 2 mile walks off leash no problem at all.

 

[Mosby]

Made arrangements with another Vizsla owner to bring my young Vizsla over to her house this week, so I can work my dog on honoring. He's going to his first AKC hunt test in April so I want to tighten things up. Going to buy some quail next week and just keep working on the basics. Great time of year to work with dogs IMO. Not too hot and ticks aren't out in full force yet.

 

[AndrewMT34]

Starting force fetch with my 3 year old griff and beginning some formal whoa training with my 1 year old GSP. Should be a fun spring.

What tick medication does everyone use?

 

[TSAMP]

Starting force fetch with my 3 year old griff and beginning some formal whoa training with my 1 year old GSP. Should be a fun spring.

What tick medication does everyone use?

Bravecto for me, mostly because it lasts 3 months. It's nice when you find ticks on your dog and they're the dead kind.

 

[KurtR]

Starting force fetch with my 3 year old griff and beginning some formal whoa training with my 1 year old GSP. Should be a fun spring.

What tick medication does everyone use?

Bravecto for me to.

 

[AndrewMT34]

Thanks, I'll give that a shot this year.

 

[HairyScandinavian]

What tick medication does everyone use?

Nexgard Spectra for ours.