HNI Visitor,

I grew up around springers being that my grandpa always had them and about 5 years ago I rented the lower half of a house that belonged to a good friend of mine. Just about that time he got a springer and I fell in love with that dog. He was a male with all his parts so he was a little aggressive but I worked with him alot and took him pheasant hunting. He turned out to be a great hunter so when my friend decided to breed him with a female in Wisconsin, I got pick of the litter since he didn' t want another one at that point. In my limited experience, I' ve learned that alot of it has to do with simplicity of commands and repetition. I started working with him the first day on simple retrieves of a sock down a hallway with the doors closed. That way, the only way he could go was right back to me. I also had him neutered since he was a male and have noticed a big difference between him and his father as he doesn' t really bother too much with females. My springer has been fairly easy to train but I' ve also put alot of time and effort into it. I was able to get him into a pen where some pheasants were being raised so he chased them around and I also use a frozen pheasant which I use on walks and plant it for him to hunt it up. Take your time picking one out and put the work into training. There are alot of teaching aids out there in book and videos formats. Good luck!!!