Other Hunting > Bird Dogs

How to train a lab to point

<< < (2/8) > >>

Wayne1:
here's an artical that might help ya some

http://www.northernflight.com/whoa.htm

Skyvalhunter:
Make sure she doesn't start flushing on you. Once they point make her hold with "whoa" until you release her by an ok or tap on the body. If she starts flushing on her own thats not good. It would be good if you had a homing pigeon otherwise it gets expensive buying birds to train her on. But make sure she learns the command "whoa".

Snowman:
Thanks that will help quite a bit. Ok Sky. She is already trained  for release by her name or by a wave of the hand infront of her. So I will keep that as her release when flushing, but is it a big deal when you release them if they don't stand after the flush or do you want them to stop after flush until the bird is down?

Wayne1:
I like my dog's steady to flush and steady to shot...that way their not in danger in case another bird flush's up and someone take's the shot... plus if their steady till the bird is down...  they get a good mark on the landing...if your hunting tall grass, and your dog break's on the flush and shot..  they may not see the fall and have to put on a hunt for the retrieve

Snowman:
Ok. then will train her to steady on flush. She's good at not going after the shot as I've worked with her with a starter gun and keep her on a leash when waterfowling to get her used to staying until sent. So will do the same them.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page