great looking puppy, I am NOT showing these pictures to my wife:) she likes our brittany so much, she is "thinking" out loud now about another brittany.

Just an update on my son’s puppy, Pippin. He’s growing well, and I mess with him in my yard when they visit. They’ve taken him to a local game preserve area hiking and starting to swim in the Jordan Creek there, nearby where I pheasant hunt. I did a pheasant tail on a fishing pole thing with him and he has the pointing instinct, I told my son it’s time to start going to the fields with him on a check cord for some field exposure. Not much of a retrieving instinct, but he has the chase and drive and likes to run. Here’s a few photos.
Take Care,
Tim.

A handsome little guy. He's definitely ready for starting field training. Has he been introduced the right way to loud noises?





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Nice looking Brit! Sometimes they need a little encouragement on the retrieve. Makes me miss mine!

Dean, I have been getting him accustomed to noises and they usually visit once or twice a week, I usually make a loud sharp clap of my hands occasionally and he seems fine with it. With my two late German pointers , I introduced gunfire with a starter pistol in conjunction with them retrieving a dummy while they ran in the field and they’d associate the shot to the retrieve. Not sure how I’ll do it with Pippin as he’s not much of a retriever at this point, we’ll see how it goes as we take a few trips to the fields. I always fired the first shots behind my back at a distance as my dogs ran out for the retrieve. I can tell that Pippin is different than my late German dogs, so we’ll be going slow.
Take Care,
Tim.

I Think the best way to avoid gun shyness is to lightly bang a pot and Pan when the dog is eating. Start in a different room from where the dog is with a very light tap. Assuming there is no issue move closer and hit the pan a little harder. After 3 or 4 days I think you can pretty well be assured the dog will not be gun shy.

With my two Brittanies and a Lab and then with Grace, when she was a puppy while she was eating I would slap two blocks of hardwood together about 20 feet from them.

It is important that you don't look for a reaction from the dog because they WILL react if you do. Just act nonchalant like it is a normal occurrence and they get used to the noise very quickly.





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That’s how I used to do it with my other dogs walk along, throw the dummy, keep walking and fire the blank behind my back and keep moving. I like the two pieces of wood idea, I need to cut a board for the bottom of one of my wife’s planters, I’ll make a couple of clappers with the spare wood. I make a loud crack when I clap, I do that a lot to chase the crows away for my yard, they search out the songbird nests and one tore apart a rabbit nest last week that was in one of my wife’s flower beds. The crows roost in neighboring Bethlehem Pa , and in the Winter you can see them head out like a squadron of fighter planes and return before dark.
Thanks for the ideas,
Tim.

I have a plastic cap gun. While at play, I pop off a few caps. Next, out comes a Stevens .22/.410, and some CB Longs.
The Stevens is the perfect starter gun, because I can switch to the .410 barrel for live pigeons. The dog becomes accustomed to seeing me with a long gun, so the switch to the Parker 12 gauge is pretty seamless.
Knock on wood, I haven't had any issues with gun shyness in 3 decades. I'm working with a rescue GSP baby girl right now, and we sailed past gun intro, and are now working on the retrieving skills.
I would post pics, but hearts would melt like butter on pancakes.

That is one cute little pup! Congrats!