My 'middle child' Parker was a pup she seemed fearful of lous noises, I was concerned that she would not hunt.
Each Thanksgiving friends put on a fun shoot at their farm. I took Parker, keeping her back on a check cord, the first shot fired she dragged me right to the line and sat next to the guy shooting. That weekend she went hunting. She found and flushed bird, went right to it sniffed it and walked away. It took a little reinforcement to get her to pick it up. Once she figured out that was what was expected of her it was all over.
Another thing I do with my litters is puppy dummies with bird scent , especially with the pups I know are going to be hunters, cant start the nose soon enough!
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