New hunting partner is hopeless

Jay said:
I don't think he's useless, you just have to give him the appropriate training "materials"... For example, here's a pic of Huntress & my 9 week old Drahthaar, "Nos", with his first duck! Gotta start 'em early!

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Jay

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Jesus! :rolleyes:

Yeah, ya gotta start 'em early alright. Problem is, the only thing your pup's learning to do with that duck is how to shag one :D :D ;)
 
In my experience with Springer Spaniels, the best head start for your pup is to take him/her out with someone elses (or your own) already trained dogs.
They tend to pick up things faster learning from another good dog.
Good luck with your pup!
Eric
 
you guys get your Brittany's from Danyelle in Toon town? We got our Sydney from her just over a year ago. Great little girl, she is our second Brit, her mentor and our first was a male (Rusty) not from toon town. Awesome family and hunting dogs!!!!

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Sydney
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Rusty (RIP buddy)
 
You may think he is lazy now but just you wait! My anatolian shepard was the laziest pup i ever saw until he was about 4 months old. Now he is a 140 pound jackrabbit i swear the energizer bunny dosen't have half the energy he does.
 
He from hunting stock? My ma had a Springer from show stock. Dumber than a bag of rocks. The cat would lay in front of the heat, wait for the dog to come by and smack it across the snout (no claws), then the two of 'em would chase each other up and down the hall. Stupid dog fell for it every time.
 
Hunting stock. Papers and qualifications on both sides going back several generations.

You sure can tell even without seeing the lineage. Radar is very smart and his nose is amazing. You can always tell when a cat has been in the backyard because he tries to track it. We had racoons in the backyard last summer as well and I couldn't figure out why he kept going to the deck and trying to get underneath. There's laddace work around the bottom of the deck so he can't get in but I guess the racoons did and he could smell them. They were never there during the day but he could tell they had been at one time.

I took him out for a walk along a grid road one day last summer and he was going crazy. I couldn't settle him down so I turned around and decided to leave. We headed back to the truck and he flushed some prairie chickens that were hiding in the long grass along the road.
 
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