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Boxertwin wrote:so wing on a string is not good but is there any other training exercises for a pup you can do with them?
ryanr wrote:TSAMP wrote:Parvo yes. Lepto and lyme. List probably continues. I am pretty new to it all. My first dog was a lab who never met a vet. I looked at it this way. The odds of crossing paths with that stuff were far less likely than the benefits my dog would get from the early exposure, not to mention the excercise.
I was assuming we were talking about a pup that already had its shots. I mean the pup is already at least 16weeks old. Find a vet that knows a darn thing or two about hunting/working dogs. Sounds like your current vet's expertise is in lap dogs.
Boxertwin wrote:The dog is now 4 weeks older. Still can be a handful.
Our vert was really against us taking the dog to dog park or places where there were other unknown dogs until after the rabies shot. She has all the others now, gets the rabies on Monday.
I have seeded my small back yard and counted 17 doves in the yard....the dog could care less. She was more interested in a bee.
I took her to a perfect vantage point, she watched for a bit and then turned away.....but then she did a perfect point on a blue jay on the fence in the afternoon.
Boxertwin wrote:so wing on a string is not good but is there any other training exercises for a pup you can do with them?
GONEHUNTIN' wrote:Not everything about "wing on a string" is bad. It depends on how it's used. With a pup, it does get them sight pointing but also can teach them that creeping results in a busted bird, a busted bird can't be caught, and to stay steady for flush.
Once they are slightly older, put the wing in 6" of cover so it can't be seen. Then they have to use their nose.
When they have that use a pigeon on a fishing rod. Same deal. You can start them in the yard, then move to cover. When you flush the pigeon, free spool the reel and let him go 50 yards or keep the line short and let him fly around pup's head. I call it "Fishing For a Pup". They love it, eagerly look forward to it, and learn a ton from It.
If you don't live where you have access to birds and cover, doing SOMETHING is better than doing NOTHING. Innovate.
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