Advice on Bloodtracking
Bloodtracking PDF Bloodtracking This article was originally published in the Annual Meeting Catalog of the Verein Deutsch-Drahthaar / Group North America. It is republished here with the permission of the author. Equipment You will need several pieces of equipment and supplies to train for blood tracking. These include a blood tracking lead, a blood tracking […]
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Early Neurological Stimulation
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On Breeding Bird Dogs
Training the Bringselverweiser
By Eberhard Felsmann Past Chairman and Breed Warden, VDD-Group Canada What is a Bringselverweiser or, freely translated, a “dead game guide”? It is a dog who has been trained to guide his handler to the carcass of dead game. The training of a Bringselverweiser is not difficult and you will be amazed at how fast […]
Training for the Drags
by Gary and Sandy Hodson The HZP and the VGP both include two drags: a shorter one with feathered game (pheasant or duck) and a longer one with furred game (rabbit). These drags are not really a test of the dog’s ability to track. The scent trail laid during the drag is like a highway […]
Sure Steps to Steadiness! – Part I
By Kit Critchlow JGV-USA I guess before I tell you one method for training a gun dog to be steady, I should throw out a definition. For different people it means different things. For the purposes of this article I will assume that steadiness means steady to wing, shot and fall. For pointing dogs you […]
Sure Steps to Steadiness!—Part II
Kit Critchlow JGV-USA In Part I we looked at things from Spot’s point of view and talked about using reinforcement in the proper way to help Spot learn. Now I will continue on with what was already said and talk about a very important ingredient in steadiness training. That step is a reliable STOP command. […]
Sure Steps to Steadiness! – Part III
By Kit Critchlow JGV-USA After going through Part I and II Spot should be full of fire in the bird field, leaving skid marks in the dirt when you blow your whistle and retrieving like a champ. If not, then you should back up and revisit those areas. If Spot has all of the above […]
Preparing a Pup for a Natural Ability Test
Article by Chip Bondi Versatile Hunting Dog Magazine This month’s questions arrived from Richard B. Rich asked, “Should you train yourself and/or your dog for the NA test? Simply put, yes! I believe you should prepare both yourself and your dog for the Natural Ability Test. In the February 2008 edition (blue) of NAVHDA’s Aims, […]