Archive of category "Bird Dog Training"
When training a dog, there will be times when it doesn’t respond quite the way we thought it should. It’s entirely possible that the dog is simply being deliberately disobedient, but it’s much more likely that the dog is uncertain of what it should be doing. In other words, the dog is confused; and any [...]
For decades now, we’ve heard professionals talk about “bolding up” a dog on birds. We’ve seen them stroke the tail up and heard them “sweet-talk” a dog on whoa or point. We’ve seen them apply just enough pressure to a dog’s rump when it’s on a bird to get them to resist and become even more solid. And I remember Paul Long telling me and showing me how to take a dog with a low-slung back (lack of confidence) and “pump ‘em up like a bicycle tire.” Best of all, these tricks of the trade worked – and they continue to work.
If you want to have an outstanding bird dog, you have to make sure that he gets a lot of actual live bird contact.