looking for birds for dog training- pigeons, chukar or quail

[Blcktaildreamer]

This guy is tiered of tweety birds. He is going to go crazy over pigeons.


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[AspenBud]

I'm hoping to just head tuck them for awhile $400 for a remote launcher just seems crazy to me. Are they that much better than the manual launchers.


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The remote launchers are nice if you are training alone and want to minimize the chance the dog will take out the bird. It's also helpful when teaching the dog that getting too close to the bird leads to them flying.

This one works with a pull cord if you're on a budget. Not the greatest, but sometimes simple works as well or better.

http://www.lcsupply.com/LCS-Universal-Bird-Launcher-Manual/productinfo/ULM/

[Happy Gilmore]

Cool I need to get something figured out my neighbor lady has someone with 15 racers that is getting older and can't take care of them any longer. She said I can have them for free. I plan to breed with them and train with the young they produce. I only have one dog I will be training so I don't think I will need to many birds. But this will be the first pointer I have ever trained so I'm not sure how many birds it takes.


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If the racers home you can get a lot done as long as you don't start shooting them. Steady to wing and shot does not require dead birds until later in the game. Retrieving, if you want the dog to do that, that's another story.

Buy a remote launcher or two if you don't have any. Lion Country Supply and DT Systems sell them for a "reasonable" price.

let it fly, shoot and throw a dead bird. Not that tough and isn't that big a difference. You can also NOT throw the dead bird if dog isn't steady. Keep it simple.

[NW-GSP]

Cool I need to get something figured out my neighbor lady has someone with 15 racers that is getting older and can't take care of them any longer. She said I can have them for free. I plan to breed with them and train with the young they produce. I only have one dog I will be training so I don't think I will need to many birds. But this will be the first pointer I have ever trained so I'm not sure how many birds it takes.


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If the racers home you can get a lot done as long as you don't start shooting them. Steady to wing and shot does not require dead birds until later in the game. Retrieving, if you want the dog to do that, that's another story.

Buy a remote launcher or two if you don't have any. Lion Country Supply and DT Systems sell them for a "reasonable" price.

let it fly, shoot and throw a dead bird. Not that tough and isn't that big a difference. You can also NOT throw the dead bird if dog isn't steady. Keep it simple.

I'm working with pointing dogs. Dead birds dog cut it.