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Offline waortah54

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New pup for bird hunting but not sure if she will be good.
« on: November 04, 2012, 01:46:08 AM »
I just got a new pup she's a pointer and blue heeled mix. I know the pointers are good but not to sure if the cattle dog will taint her ability. How should I go about training her for birds? Any suggestions will be good

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Re: New pup for bird hunting but not sure if she will be good.
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2012, 08:32:56 AM »
Get her around birds as much as you can.  Also get her used to gunfire but carefully, don't want to scare her.  Shooting a cap gun from a distance when you give her food works well.

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Re: New pup for bird hunting but not sure if she will be good.
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2012, 09:15:33 AM »
Healers are generally really smart dogs.  I had a lab healer mix that I could give a ball or bird to and tell her to fetch to a person she knew with the command "Fetch to....".  She knew about dozen names.  I could also throw a ball, frisbee, adn stick and tell her to get whichever one I wanted in whatever order I wanted.

However, the smartness also lead to an easily bored dog that got into trouble.  The key to that turned out to be a mile or two run next to my bike every day after work.

The healer genes might make it harder to get her to hold to a point since they like to "guide" what they are chasing or looking for.

Good luck and have fun.

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Re: New pup for bird hunting but not sure if she will be good.
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2012, 10:40:39 AM »
 :yeah:
lets see some pics!!
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