Starting your puppy the right way gives a solid training foundation toward many wonderful hunting seasons together. When working with young pups, you are able to see a drastic change in enthusiasm and ability very quickly. Most well bred young dogs learn in a hurry what a quail is and, if started properly, turn"bird wacko". This involves the use of a lot of birds. When we start pups, we take them to the field daily with bird contact every time. Discipline at this stage is not an issue as we want these pups to run, have fun, and learn to find birds in a field without having to worry about answering to commands. After a pup starts to point birds, and we are getting involved in the flush, we start shooting a blank gun when the pup is in pursuit of the bird. As time goes on, we will shoot closer and closer to the pup until we are firing at the flush.
PUPPIES WORKING
Bird, 16-month-old English Pointer, owned by Richard Knepp of Montgomery, Indiana.
Bo, 6-month-old German Shorthaired Pointer , owned by Kent Boling of Greenfield, Indiana.
