Off season for the dogs

[KurtR]

That’s nice water.

It’s beautiful grounds at the Sioux valley retriever club. Wish it wasn’t 4.5 hours away

 

[sndmn11]

We have been working on honoring on sight, steady through shot, and teaching @KickinNDishin how to handle the mutt.

 

[Jason Snyder]

steady through shot

Currently working on this too. No pictures with just me

 

[IanCOLO]

I started using two birds at each location with one in a launcher and one in a trap when I started with Chief last year. He steadied up faster than any dog I’ve worked with before. I learned pretty quick I needed traps too. If I had the budget I’d have two launchers I would do that. But, I just use a launcher and a trap at each location. When the dog is younger I’ll launch the first bird when I know they have worked the scent cone and are just getting ready to point. I’ll do a few reps with just the launcher and not shooting any birds until I know they know they can’t catch the birds. When they get older and trust their nose better I’ll launch first bird when they point and then walk in and usually shoot the bird in the foot trap if they have remained steady.

It’s sped up the steadiness process for me. It’s also easier on the dogs and me getting steady to and mostly through shot without having to use any pressure.


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[Jason Snyder]

Made some big strides the past week. I think one more week and she’ll be steady to wing, shot and fall.

Overnight blood track this Friday. Feeling really good about test day.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Duck Drag before work today. First exposure to Duck. Maybe 45 yards w a 90 deg dog leg. Too Easy. 16 weeks. Pup still crazy AF. Soooo busy.

 

[KurtR]

 

[Jmyers12]

Mines on the couch till it cools down

 

[sndmn11]

I started using two birds at each location with one in a launcher and one in a trap when I started with Chief last year. He steadied up faster than any dog I’ve worked with before. I learned pretty quick I needed traps too. If I had the budget I’d have two launchers I would do that. But, I just use a launcher and a trap at each location. When the dog is younger I’ll launch the first bird when I know they have worked the scent cone and are just getting ready to point. I’ll do a few reps with just the launcher and not shooting any birds until I know they know they can’t catch the birds. When they get older and trust their nose better I’ll launch first bird when they point and then walk in and usually shoot the bird in the foot trap if they have remained steady.

It’s sped up the steadiness process for me. It’s also easier on the dogs and me getting steady to and mostly through shot without having to use any pressure.


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Are you in Colorado?

My dingo is steady to the flush and something that took little effort since we started training with Steel Fork. I had told Andy that I wasn't too worried about much beyond that since she is a mutt who will never do trials. She would break on the shotlast year and through most of the hunting season. The last weekend of season she figured out that when the gun goes up it means we are going to shoot. So, she taught herself to be steady until the gun comes up.

I decided that with our son and nieces/nephews getting within a season or two of hunting, that I wanted her to be steady until released. It hasn't been hard to get her to figure that part out when working on backing/honoring. I am really excited to see what my little mutt can do before she turns 2.