I saw that outfit with all the dogs at Plentywood.
A different outfit near there ask
Me where to go where they wouldn't come across young pheasants, but would have Shaptails. His dogs caught some young pheasants.
I wish this dog training would be banned, at least in August and September.
We got an English cocker spaniel last year and I don’t think I will ever be without one again. He has been a great family dog. Loves playing with the kids and bird hunting. Small enough he can travel with us. Tons of energy outside but you come inside and he’d sit all day on the couch...
There are some really solid trainers here, so hopefully they will chime in.
For guns - introduce the dog to gunshots when young. Go to a trap range and walk around with the pup and don't act excited, etc. Just play it off likes it's no big deal. You want the dog to associate gunshots with...
We’ve hunted ruffed grouse, mountain quail, sharpies, huns, sage grouse, doves, pheasants, geese, ducks, and a swan or two with this old girl. She’s retired now, but most shortcomings have been ours, not hers. She’s done whatever we’ve asked of her.
Someone told us that if you have a dog...
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I’m scheduled for a 1/2 day pheasant hunt in a few weeks. It’s a “wildlife ranch”, so they’ll be planted farm pheasants. Accompanying me will be a friend/mentor who’s training his young lab, as well as a friend of his who has a pointer. The farm also has dogs & handler that I can hire...
They're basically a jumbo dove. Never met my grandpa but my dad always tells the story that he said in the great depression, he and his siblings were some of the only kids to have much meat to eat and that was pigeons. Couldn't afford to keep the meat off the farm supposedly.
Some summer bird work with some of my Brittanys.
The adult male is my stud dog, Rocky. He has one of the top three hardest points I've seen after quite a few years of training professionally.
The liver pup, Eleven, was sired by Rocky and my female named Blixen. I breed for light but leggy...
It’s dated, but I have used the training method in “gun dog” and “water dog”. Super easy for me and it worked with all five of my Chocolate Labs. I started them early and the traning was fun and easy.
I have pics of a guy that was camped at the Plentywood fairgrounds for two straight months (August and September) with 57 dogs in a horse trailer. Training on public land sharpies because “they hold nice”.
The 10 day resident only opener is the same thing they do in ND. Seems like it is a...
We have an older lab that has seizures. We tried the medicine but it was sad to see it kill his general drive to do anything lab like so we stopped. My wife did a ton of research and we learned that it could be his food. We switched to a Costco brand and he has gone several years without any...
Training plan is easy. Work on basic obedience and expose your pup to as many things as you can in the first 6-7 months. Collar condition at that point and then hunt the dog as much as you can. Do your force fetch after the first hunting season.
Edit: read up on marker or clicker training and...
I've gone back and forth for over 40 years. Seems like first couple years with new dog i get focused on training and polishing the dog. Then get some balance back. Still love big game but a dog only lives for a short time.
The new year is bringing a few big changes for me, and some things I've been waiting a long time for. Moving back to Montana, getting married, and most importantly- finally getting a pup! After entirely too much deliberation, I've settled on trying to get a female yellow lab to train as a fellow...
These guys are spot on. The biggest thing I had to learn was to relax and have fun. This is supposed to be fun for you and the dog. If you find yourself getting angry, stop and go do something else. If the dog associates anger with training/hunting you are setting both of you up for failure...
From my NR, dog breeder, dog training perspective these are all fair proposals. I think SB 514 and HB 450 are both positives for upland hunting. I'm more than happy to give NRs a shot at the first 10 days without me being around. I'm the guy that shows up with big a truck and dog trailer...