RedDogRunner

[8D]here's another, the pup laying down, looks like he could care less, but believe me, all four pups would put in their time chasing the wing, and at one point, I had all four locking up simultaneously!
more photos of these pups and their new owners can be seen on Jesse's Hunting & outdoors in the dog forums there! Look for any posts regarding Vizslas and go back a few pages, the pups were born last August, so the photos begin from there!

nulle

I have and do use the bird wing on a line and works to start out a pup. On the heads up type thing on pointers I don't see the merit in this. All dogs do not hunt in the same manner and I have had pointers that hunt with the head down and others with the head up and they very rarly bump birds in either style hunting.

jashoffa

I would like to suggest a couple of books for you to look at and I would suggest buying instead of barrowing or checking them out from the library. The reason I say that is because the books can act as great reference tools to have on hand, you can go back and read them again. If you can't remember what the book said about something or you have a question about a situation you can refer to the book and see if it addresses your questions.


Gun Dog by Richard A. Wolters a book, written in the earlier 1960's I think, that is IMO the pointing dog training bible. It is still printed and has stood the test of time. I believe it was a revolutionary training book that is in part the basis for most modern training methods when it comes to pointing dogs.

Tarrant Trains Gun Dogs: Humane Way to Get Top Results by Bill Tarrant
Bill Tarrant was a gun dog writer and editor for Field and Stream and very knowledgeable about dog training. Also he wrote several other books of which I have not read, however, I am sure they would be worth ones time to read and purchase as well


Now the two books I have suggested will contradict one another from time to time but the basices are similar. Wolters suggests a more hard hands approach then Tarrant as the title of Tarrant's book suggest. I don't believe in adopting just one training method because your dog will don't always conform and it is good to have other methods to draw from to get your dog to where you want it to be.

JsmesB67

RDR, Thanks for the training tip... I'll be sure to give it a try!!!