The Pet Gundog Puppy: A common sense approach to training your gundog: 1

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First things first...this is the internet and it is free. You are asking total strangers for something for free. When was the last time you gave something away because somebody you didn't know asked for it? Think about it. REWARDS FOR DOG TRAINING This is Ron, A German Shorthaired Pointer, owned and trained by Jo Laurens, the author of Force-Free Gundog Training. Laurens offered online courses on heeling, retrieving, focus and recalls, as well as all aspects of sundog sports. Photo courtesy of Jo Laurens, Force Free Gundog. While I don’t recommend this book for newcomers to learn how to train dogs per se, it's useful for any dog owner to keep these things in mind and it's definitely a must-read for anyone looking to understand more about their dog’s motivation. 6. The Midnight Dog Walkers: Positive Training and Practical Advice

Pippa has been working with gundogs for over thirty years. She and her husband run a pheasant shoot in the Surrey countryside. She has worked gundogs in most disciplines and spends summers and winters out in the fields with her dogs. Pippa adopts a modern approach to training, using positive reinforcement.

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It is also important to start training your dog at a young age. Puppies are more willing to learn and are easier to train than older dogs. If you wait too long to start training your dog, they may be more difficult to train and may have developed bad habits that are difficult to break. This book is written primarily for dogs in the first 12 months of their life. It encourages owners to use socialization, exposure, and classical conditioning to help your pup grow into its instincts as a gun dog. Release. The dog’s name, “okay,” “done,” “go,” or another release word lets the dog return to hunting or another activity after completing a task. Every week the vast majority of the posts on here are redundantly asked and answered. It is sheer laziness that it persists because people don't spend a second of their time and do some work. Wolters wrote the book for the suburbanite who does not have time and abundant game available for training a bird dog. Instead, he uses a pheasant wing and a fishing rod and line. This is similar to the method that I used to introduce my dog Bella to her first bird at 8-weeks.

George Bird Evans: Trouble With Bird Dogs And What To Do About Them: training experiences with actual dogs under the gun. Speak to a judge at one of the associations – NAVHDA is particularly helpful if you have completed one of their Natural Aptitude Tests. In his book Absolutely Positively Gundog Training, Robert Milner describes how he was asked to help Tennessee Task Force One rebuild its search-dog program after 9/11. Milner’s first training results were disappointing, so he looked for the cause. “The people were motivated and smart,” he explains. “The dogs were motivated and smart. I was an experienced and successful trainer of dogs and people in other areas. The compulsion-training model appeared to be the culprit.” This book by Rebecca Setler includes everything the “exhausted” puppy owner needs to know to make sleep training a breeze and eliminate nighttime puppy crying and accidents.Rewards are essential in force-free training, and the definition of a reward depends on your dog. A reward should be something you provide instantly, not after several minutes, and it should be something that satisfies and motivates your pup. Common rewards in gundog training include food treats, tug toys, retrieves, games, attention, praise, and actual hunting.