Comments on: Wearing two hats during hunting season…Trainer or hunter? http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/12/12/wearing-two-hats-hunter-trainer/ American and French Brittanys as companion gun dogs. Hunting, training, trialing and more. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:36:31 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: northernhunter http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/12/12/wearing-two-hats-hunter-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-204 northernhunter Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:36:31 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=233#comment-204 Until you start to work as a team I agree that you have to decide if you are a hunter or a trainer. This seems to be particularly true when you are hunting in thick cover for grouse or woodcock. If you don't have control of your dog keeping him working close, you are going to spend the day hunting for your dog and it is so easy to lose contact with the dog when you are working through cover. Other game like Rabbits can draw a young dog off quicker than you can say "Jack Rabbit". Also equally important is the attitude of your hunting partner. If your partner is looking forward to a day of shooting over your new young pointing dog and you spend alot of the day working the whistle and talking commands to the dog, it won't take too long before your partner will want to go home!! Not everybody has the patients to train dogs. Make sure your human hunting partner understands what you are trying to accomplish or wait until your dog is trained before you take your two legged friend along for the hunt. Until you start to work as a team I agree that you have to decide if you are a hunter or a trainer. This seems to be particularly true when you are hunting in thick cover for grouse or woodcock. If you don’t have control of your dog keeping him working close, you are going to spend the day hunting for your dog and it is so easy to lose contact with the dog when you are working through cover. Other game like Rabbits can draw a young dog off quicker than you can say “Jack Rabbit”. Also equally important is the attitude of your hunting partner. If your partner is looking forward to a day of shooting over your new young pointing dog and you spend alot of the day working the whistle and talking commands to the dog, it won’t take too long before your partner will want to go home!! Not everybody has the patients to train dogs. Make sure your human hunting partner understands what you are trying to accomplish or wait until your dog is trained before you take your two legged friend along for the hunt.

]]> By: Bpeacher79 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/12/12/wearing-two-hats-hunter-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Bpeacher79 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:29:14 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=233#comment-202 Truer words were never spoken... Bob Truer words were never spoken…

Bob

]]> By: psubowhunter http://chiefsbrittanys.com/2009/12/12/wearing-two-hats-hunter-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-201 psubowhunter Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:30:54 +0000 http://chiefsbrittanys.com/?p=233#comment-201 GREAT advice today I had that kind of experence. On the 2nd bird Sophie pointed I moved in keeping one eye on her and watching for the bird. The bird moved she heard it and then she moved (while she is GOOD at self relocating on runners WHEN NEEDED) THIS movement by her WAS MORE then I like, but I still shot the bird. I scolded myself for that mistake and said ok that won't happen again today. Sophie worked two more birds nicely and then one ran out from under her and she made unnecessary movement forward this time I passed up the shot and whoa'ed her as soon as she moved and was in training mode and made the correction. This has paid off for me before in a BETTER DOG :) GREAT advice today I had that kind of experence. On the 2nd bird Sophie pointed I moved in keeping one eye on her and watching for the bird. The bird moved she heard it and then she moved (while she is GOOD at self relocating on runners WHEN NEEDED) THIS movement by her WAS MORE then I like, but I still shot the bird. I scolded myself for that mistake and said ok that won’t happen again today. Sophie worked two more birds nicely and then one ran out from under her and she made unnecessary movement forward this time I passed up the shot and whoa’ed her as soon as she moved and was in training mode and made the correction. This has paid off for me before in a BETTER DOG :)

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