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Mills,
Woltors wrote three of them and they have some of the same components along animal psychology, but training a gun dog is different than a retriever, water dog. In addition to Gun Dog he wrote Water Dog and Family Dog. Great reads and more like manuals to refer back to. I think in Water Dog he even mentions staying away from S named dogs. Learned that one the hard way though. Good luck and have fun. |
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08-02-2018, 05:38 PM | #24 | ||||||
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There may well be something better than a birddog pup, but it would be a damned short list. The boy and the pup will learn a lot about many things together.
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08-02-2018, 06:28 PM | #25 | ||||||
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Congrats Mills, Just imagine all the fun and memories about to fill that young mans life. Pups are the best.
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08-02-2018, 07:57 PM | #26 | |||||||
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Mills, Great looking pup. Do yourself a favor and train him to respond to a whistle. All those books mentioned are great resources but concentrate on obedience first then if he has good genetics put him on birds, plenty of birds. He'll figure it out in no time.
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08-02-2018, 08:08 PM | #27 | ||||||
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Already have a friend who owns a bunch of bird dogs offer to help training. Things are coming along
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08-02-2018, 08:25 PM | #28 | ||||||
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Great pics! Oh man, those two are going to be as thick as thieves!
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08-02-2018, 09:59 PM | #29 | ||||||
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What Daryl said........! I had Britts years ago. Good luck, Mills!!
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08-02-2018, 10:21 PM | #30 | |||||||
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Labs are also good in colder upland game climates. Living in SE it is tough to have a lab to hunt quail or even for put out pheasants. That fat layer around them can really work on em in the heat and it puts too much strain on them in our climate. I will say this though what I like about Brittanies and labs is that they will tend to hunt close to you than some setters and most pointers. Actually in Mills case if all he could have is one dog to potentially do it all in the SE, Brittany is definitely the best all round choice. If he takes to retrieving just get him a camo vest for flotation and little extra warmth and you'll be in goof shape. Duck hunt in the morning and quail hunt in the afternoon. |
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