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#455041 - 09/23/08 01:23 PM upland game dog training
Klyce05 Offline
Egg

Registered: 09/23/08
Posts: 2
Have a three year old lab that have never really gotten around to training for pheasant. Ive taken her out in the feild many times and she just cant figure it out. Can anyone reccomend a school around the snohomish area.

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#455436 - 09/24/08 08:14 PM Re: upland game dog training [Re: Klyce05]
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Registered: 05/22/07
Posts: 1632
Loc: Echo Lake
Welcome to the sight. I have a three year old and a five month old lab. This will be the five month olds first season but the three year old is already a veteran. I really dont think a lab needs to be schooled on how to hunt. They have an amazing instinct that needs only a slight adjusting. Go out and buy some live pigeons and introduce your dog to birds, get him excited about them and you should be good to go.
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#456654 - 09/30/08 02:11 PM Re: upland game dog training [Re: huntncoug]
Klyce05 Offline
Egg

Registered: 09/23/08
Posts: 2
i have brought her out many a times and she just will not go into the bush to flush out the pheasant. i have a 11 year old that shes hunted with but i still cannot get her to leave my side

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#456656 - 09/30/08 02:29 PM Re: upland game dog training [Re: Klyce05]
seastrike Offline
Hey Man....It's cool...

Registered: 08/18/02
Posts: 4323
Loc: seattle
Before doing the trainer thing consider going over to Cook Cr or Reecer Canyon (i think those are the names) in Ellensburg. They do the planted birds thing. Getting the dog on one live bird just might click the switch on.
I got my last dog at 20 mos. From the first time she got on live birds she was hooked. Her manors were lacking in the field and blind (my fault) but the drive was unmistakable.
I just picked up a puppy and I'm going to train him myself using Water Dog.
The little bugger pointed on quail the day I was driving home with him (the bitch was a pointing lab). That was cool.

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#456732 - 09/30/08 09:15 PM Re: upland game dog training [Re: seastrike]
hybridcx Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 03/19/07
Posts: 1350
Loc: sequim, Wa
watter dog great book all you need

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#457794 - 10/04/08 05:27 PM Re: upland game dog training [Re: Klyce05]
j 7 Offline
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Registered: 02/09/07
Posts: 1422
Loc: Your monitor
Klyce05,


There is no need seek training from an outside source. Through breeding your dog is a specialized hunter with highly specialized nassal memory for birds. From the dogs point of view, YOU should be the trainer. The number one thing, IMO, to dog training is consistency.

The key is to have repetitive positive response to hunting birds. This means daily, bi-weekly, or weekly exposure to game bird scent and pursuing scent in the field. The short term memory of a dog is worthless. Their long term memory works through repitition and lots of it. You need to spend the time if you want it to work.

I would suggest you keep taking the dog hunting on a weekly basis for the rest of the season (pheasant, duck, quaill, grouse, etc................). Eventualy you will flush a bird, shoot it, regardless of the dogs help. When that happens you have to trick the dog into believing it was the reason the scenario took place. Induce massive amounts of praise and put that dog on top of the world. Make sure they smell that bird and think its better than sex. Over time, with weekly training, you and your dog will develop a relationship with hunting. The dog should start to associate bird scent with a positive response and then seek the scent/response. You need to spend the time if you want it to work.
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