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I've been told its not necessarily good to "play" fetch with a bird dog that works, working him on bird retrieval is a bit different from playing fetch so not sure its a must to do.
Quote from: runamuk on May 09, 2011, 03:38:46 PMI've been told its not necessarily good to "play" fetch with a bird dog that works, working him on bird retrieval is a bit different from playing fetch so not sure its a must to do. lol you're right on that, i kinda worded it wrong. i didn't really play fetch with a bird, i just worked on retreval with him yesterday, thats actually why i froze it,.. help teach them to be soft on the bird.
Buy a video called "Smart Fetch" by Evan Graham. A chihuaha would fetch if you followed his methods.
i got a question for you dog people but he does awesome around .22 rifles and handguns.
Your lucky,,,,,,,,,,,,, one of these days you'll be screwing around and muzzle blast him and then your in for a heap of trouble, birddogs handguns and .22's should never be used in the same paragraph IMO.Seen more than one that was totally ok with shotguns for years and a chance encounter with handguns and rifle reports caused the red wire to touch the black oneQuote from: BIGINNER on May 09, 2011, 03:26:58 PMi got a question for you dog people but he does awesome around .22 rifles and handguns.
oh, and on a different note.... i came home last night from work, and let the dog out of his kennel,..... he ran strait to his toy that he never fetches,.. picks it up and brings it to me.. i took it and threw it across the yard, and he took off like crazy after it,... and he brought it right back and gave it to me. i think the dog might have logged into my hunt-wa accout and read this post.
really?? never heard that before. i only use .22's for the first stage of gunbreaking. just to start off with something not so loud..
Quote from: wildweeds on May 10, 2011, 09:08:25 PMYour lucky,,,,,,,,,,,,, one of these days you'll be screwing around and muzzle blast him and then your in for a heap of trouble, birddogs handguns and .22's should never be used in the same paragraph IMO.Seen more than one that was totally ok with shotguns for years and a chance encounter with handguns and rifle reports caused the red wire to touch the black oneQuote from: BIGINNER on May 09, 2011, 03:26:58 PMi got a question for you dog people but he does awesome around .22 rifles and handguns. I've only ever used a .22 blank pistol with yellow loads? never seen a problem. Introduced 5 chessies varying in age from 4 months to 8 months to gun fire and ducks two weeks ago at the Evergreen Chesapeake Bay Retriever Club training day at Carlsons. Every dog had retrieved a duck by the end of the day....used properly you shouldn't have any issue- I wouldn't shoot it right over their head but, I'd never do that with any gun when introducing a dog to gunfire- always with two people and always away to start and move closer as long as the dog is excited and not showing any shyness- wing clipped pigeons are the best for this- dogs forget the gun completely at a flopping bird.