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Articles
First Year Training Issues
Flushing Problems
Retrieving Problems
Pointing Problems
Other Training and Misc. Issues
 
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Articles
  • The differences between the German Wirehaired Pointer, Drathaar, and Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
  • Picking a pup (pointing dog)
  • Picking a pup (spaniel)


  • Which breed is right for you?
  • Picking a pup (retriever)
  • Temperment Testing
  •  
    First Year Training Issues
  • Too much whining, not enough retrieving
  • No interest in birds
  • Introducing water
  • Gunshyness
  • Rearing a pup with an older dog
  • Prefering bugs over birds
  • Teaching to hold
  • When and how to train retrieving
  • Marking and retrieving
  • Eating wings on dummies
  • Should I hunt my dog?
  • Stops short with bumper
  • Discovering nose and Rebelling
  • Peeing in crate
  • Hupping your pup
  • Introducing your Puppy to Water II
  • Puppy Training
  • When will pup show retrieving instinct?
  • Ignoring "Here"
  • When to introduce to water?
  • What now? (14 wk pointer)
  • Potential ability / Too willful
  • Playing chase instead of retrieving
  • The fickle puppy
  • 7 month old setter retrieve?
  • Intro to gunfire, books on flushing
  • Releasing the retrieve


  • 8m old retriever, now what?
  • Heeling and obedience
  • Nipping
  • Teaching your dog to swim
  • Swimming and retreiving distractions
  • 4 month old retriever, what now?
  • Keeping your pup enthusiastic over the retrieve
  • Introducing game when you don't have access to birds
  • Entering bad cover (nettles)
  • Can wildlife chasing cause problems? (pointer)
  • Introduction to feathers
  • Woah training early?
  • Pointing dogs 101
  • Starting pup on scent (pointer)
  • Introduction to feathers (retriever)
  • Afraid of water after bad experience
  • Chasing and barking at birds
  • Is my dog a slow learner?
  •  
    Flushing Problems
  • Steadying to flush
  • Teaching to flush
  • Catching birds in-flight
  • Introduction to Spaniel work
  • Limiting range with an E-Collar
  • Beginners basics
  • Won't go into brush


  • Lack of spirit
  • Dog won't flush
  • Ranging too far
  • Refining flushing work
  • Ranging too far
  • Dog won't range out
  •  
    Retrieving Problems
  • Dog won't retrieve
  • Eating the retrieve
  • Sitting still, plucking the bird, and vests
  • Dog won't retrieve woodcock
  • Breaking off lead
  • Only retrieves in water / Breaking
  • Only retrieves in water II
  • What is the "Forced Retrieve/Force Fetch"? (FF)
  • Delivery problems
  • Non-slip vs. upland retrievers
  • Chewing on the buck during force fetching
  • What do I do now? (second year training)
  • Watching the bird thrower
  • Honors instead of retrieves
  • Hard mouth
  • Two dogs, one whistle
  • More on force fetching
  • Beginners force fetching
  • Retrieving live birds / Sitting on the whistle
  • Blinds and lining drills
  • Hunting Doves
  • Biting after the dummy
  • How do you get your dog to retrieve?
  • Force retrieving with an e-collar
  • Baseball (the basics of handling)
  • Training your dog to hunting obedience from your backyard
  • Slow return
  • Introducing live birds with Force Fetching
  • Airborn water entries


  • From bumpers to birds
  • Introducing decoys and curing decoy-phobia
  • No reaction to force fetching
  • E-collar burned, won't retrieve
  • Casting and force fetching
  • Mouthing the retrieve
  • The first step in FF - The Hold
  • Burying the bird
  • Whistle commands
  • Force Fetch - when the ear pinch doesn't work
  • How long does FF take?
  • Whining
  • Handing a young dog
  • Spaniel won't retrieve to hand
  • Is FF with negative reinforcement necessary?
  • Dog won't handle
  • FF: Training with an e-collar?
  • FF: Training with an e-collar? II
  • FF: Won't retrieve unless pressure applied
  • Chewing on the dummy during the return
  • More on force fetching
  • Peeing on the return
  • Dog consuming game on return
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    Pointing Problems
  • Dog flushes instead of points
  • Dog won't honor
  • Soft pointing
  • Unsteady in the field
  • When to train puppy
  • Two-tone whistles
  • Pointing moving birds
  • Woah training
  • Running big
  • Creeping
  • Flagging on point
  • Catching dizzied birds
  • Running big II
  • Beeper collars
  • Backing
  • Woah Training II
  • Sitting on Point
  • Roaming too Far
  • Blinking
  • Using a check cord
  • Hand and whistle commands
  • Introducing planted birds
  • Chasing clipped birds
  • Blinking II
  • Bustin' birds
  • Getting dog to range closer
  • Breaking after the fall
  • Failing to lock on point
  • Honoring
  • Getting your retriever to point
  • NAVHDA whoa table
  • Running too big for turkeys
  • Pointing pen-raised birds
  • Hunting hares
  • Blinking III
  • Pup not pointing


  • Quartering
  • Getting more range
  • Holding birds in place for training
  • Woah - How steady?
  • Now what? - 14 months
  • Steady to wing
  • Barking on point
  • Teaching a dog to range out
  • Hunting/training with preserve birds
  • Flagging on point II
  • Blinking (but not really)
  • Barrel training
  • Whistle commands
  • Inconsistant ranges
  • Lacking desire to hunt
  • Unproductive points
  • Allowing the dog to catch the bird
  • Shortening range and breaking
  • Hunting nose down
  • Dog requires a lot of direction
  • Dog won't retrieve in cover
  • Okay for pup to point during walks?
  • Misbehaves off checkcord
  • Focusing on bracemates, not field
  • Reinforcing Whoa
  • Getting dog to advance out during tracking
  • Will rescue be good pointer?
  •  
    Other Training and Misc. Issues
  • Will neutering effect my dog?
  • Snow nose
  • Electronic collars
  • Dog rivalry
  • NAVHDA UPT Prep
  • Gunshy dog
  • Always hungry dog
  • Timid dog
  • New baby and dog/agressiveness
  • Hunting with a mixed breed
  • Game crunching after bird attack
  • Nuisance chewing
  • Training an old dog new tricks
  • Timid dog II
  • Should I let my dog run on my land unsupervised?
  • Chasing wild animals
  • Picking a sporting dog
  • Training an old dog II
  • The influence of other dogs
  • Too old to train?
  • Teaching to waterfowl
  • When is my dog in its prime?
  • Pro-Trainer or Do-It-Yourself?
  • Tests for adopting a dog
  • Flat-footed dogs
  • Gun shyness III
  • Hyper dog and no heat
  • E-fence interfere with hunting?
  • Excessive chewing
  • Occasional bird eating
  • Crate training
  • Will a pointing dog retrieve in cold water?
  • Afraid of duck blind box
  • GSP tail length
  • Spinning birds for planting
  • Ignoring commands during hunts
  • Training while laid up


  • Chocolate lab coloring
  • Gunshy fears
  • Bumper types and their uses
  • Wild tail
  • Teaching a Springer to point?
  • Springer rage
  • Eating the retrieve
  • Will my dog ever calm down?
  • Can spaniel be outdoors in the winter?
  • Training a deaf dog
  • Can a non-sporting breed be trained to hunt?
  • Shackling birds
  • Tying down birds
  • Sibiling rivalry
  • Bottled scent
  • Training with frozen birds
  • Breaking dog of chicken chasing
  • Barking at approaching waterfowl
  • Tracking deer
  • Tracking deer II
  • Occasional gunshyness
  • 3-legged dog
  • Resocializing adults with new pup
  • Dog wont walk with a leash
  • Obedience for a soft dog
  • How do I get ALL of my dogs to stop barking?
  • Hunting siblings want to play
  • Chasing wild animals
  • Training ecollar-shy dog with ecollar
  • Dogs gunshy after being shot


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