Post by: aaronoto on April 10, 2016, 07:02:35 PM
We did some dead bird fetches and she found those no problem, considering how tall the grass was I was impressed, the stuff was taller than her. She was pretty pumped after it was all said and done. I had a hard time wrangling her back into the truck :)
Post by: Colin on April 10, 2016, 08:28:48 PM
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on April 10, 2016, 08:45:22 PM
Post by: Old Dog on April 10, 2016, 08:48:29 PM
Beg, borrow, buy, or steal a launcher! A launcher gives you much better control of the bird at this stage. Bring your pup in on a check cord from downwind. As soon as the pup hits the scent launch the bird and let the pup chase it. You have to have pretty strong flyers. The pup will learn that if it pressures the birds they fly, and if pup chases the birds pup can't catch them. No more than a few exposures per session. In just a few sessions, depending on the dog, it should begin to point. That's really over simplified, and it's only one of many methods.
BTW from what I could see your session went pretty well. :tup:
Post by: Mark251 on April 10, 2016, 08:58:02 PM
Post by: Curly on April 10, 2016, 09:14:18 PM
Where's the video?! What a tease.The video doesn't show when you are on Tapatalk.
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Post by: Colin on April 11, 2016, 06:57:05 PM
Thanks. Sucks that it doesn't even show anything on taptalk.Where's the video?! What a tease.The video doesn't show when you are on Tapatalk.
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Post by: aaronoto on April 11, 2016, 08:30:15 PM
First off I'm not a pro. :chuckle: It's a great idea to film your sessions, so you can go back and correct your mistakes. However, I can't make out what you are doing very well, because the camera is too far away. One of the handy cams, or a second person filming would help.
Beg, borrow, buy, or steal a launcher! A launcher gives you much better control of the bird at this stage. Bring your pup in on a check cord from downwind. As soon as the pup hits the scent launch the bird and let the pup chase it. You have to have pretty strong flyers. The pup will learn that if it pressures the birds they fly, and if pup chases the birds pup can't catch them. No more than a few exposures per session. In just a few sessions, depending on the dog, it should begin to point. That's really over simplified, and it's only one of many methods.
BTW from what I could see your session went pretty well. :tup:
I don't think I'll ever reach the production quality of your videos ;) A launcher will come in the somewhat near future. I'm not in too big of a hurry though because I want to make sure she has plenty of bird exposure before I start introducing birds via a launcher.
Post by: addicted2hunting on April 11, 2016, 09:11:05 PM
Post by: Old Dog on April 11, 2016, 09:56:15 PM
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Video production quality? LOL! Lily does all the editing. I just strap the camera to my head, and start filming. :chuckle:
addicted2hunting has made you one heck of an offer. You won't get many of those, so you might want to take him up on it. :twocents:
Post by: constructeur on April 12, 2016, 05:26:41 PM
Post by: Colin on April 12, 2016, 07:20:54 PM
Addicted2hunting is a great dog trainer and dick hunter.Edit needed...
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Post by: NW-GSP on April 12, 2016, 07:22:29 PM
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Post by: NW-GSP on April 12, 2016, 07:24:29 PM
Post by: aaronoto on April 12, 2016, 07:25:40 PM
What breed is your pup?She's a WPG.
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Post by: NW-GSP on April 12, 2016, 07:27:08 PM
What breed is your pup?She's a WPG.
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I live in Arlington. I have a drahthaar, would be fun to get together to do some training.
Post by: addicted2hunting on April 13, 2016, 03:40:46 AM
Post by: NW-GSP on April 13, 2016, 07:10:51 AM
NWGSP- you live decently close as well. Not sure if you get together to train with people or not but you are always invited as well. I train everyday and weekends we have a few guys get together somewhere. We train for hunt tests and regular hunt stuff.
That would be awesome!. I am training for the vgp now.
Post by: aaronoto on April 13, 2016, 07:14:54 AM
Post by: addicted2hunting on April 13, 2016, 05:00:57 PM
Post by: constructeur on April 13, 2016, 05:03:18 PM
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Higgins methods are great for relatively soft dogs. I do like some of his training tools though, specifically his launcher.
Post by: wildweeds on April 14, 2016, 10:54:49 PM
Post by: wildweeds on April 14, 2016, 10:59:49 PM