Thread: Pointer and Setter Trials

nice English stick owned by Ian Hendren and borrowed by me while he ran his English Setter.nice shot Kawhia

You look like a Sicilian hit man El B

Good picture. If you were a smurf I reckon you'd be grumpy

Originally Posted by el borracho

Just throwing some thoughts out here for the experienced or less experienced .
Interested to hear thoughts on Trialing and winning and what each person does to advance a teams skill -what is it that a handler does with a dog that keeps it winning compared to a dog that doesn't ? Is the thought process and mind focus much different between people winning and not winning ?We can read all the books and watch the videos but don't win ?
Some dogs and handlers just keep performing and seem to just have an edge on knowing what to do . How much does a dog learn just by doing it and how much does the handler actually contribute after a time .I let my dog off the lead and he goes -occasionally doesn't come back for a time ..... but in the open cover just does his thing with a few directional prompts
Living in the city makes bird training hard in the week days but yard training happens while I walk as Im pretty bad at stationary training .I was thinking about this the other day -when I walk the dog where I live its not just to exercise them as I always have a focus on prompting an encounter with a bird and talking to my dogs softly with an encouraging tone to create excitement when near a dirty old Puk .Crossing the road I try to teach steadiness with a wait command before the dogs leave the foot path --I walk forward but they cant ..Inti my older dog moves sometimes and defiantly more than the little one . Walking in the weekends out of the city I treat as the family day out where the dogs know we are in bird country -I try to keep a little bit of order letting one go and the other heel -swapping them in and out and letting one point and leading the other in to back where possible
What are you guys doing to install discipline in their dog and to help the dog understand your a hunting team ??

Go hunting

Originally Posted by el borracho

Eesbees for me the dogs are the main aspect but not the only thing in a trial -handling is a biggy , competing against other handlers and dogs and seeing your growth or lack there of, your dogs growth and ability for itself and against others , being with a great bunch as we have that put their time into this sport to keep it going -man there are some champion people in our crowd that do that -thankyou to you all !!! and not to forget the advancement of English clothing hhaaaaaaaaaa I look forward to you running again soon Eesbees and hope a little champ comes to you soon -go the EsBRITON.

Thank you, El B, this clip says it all!!!!

The Arnold Schwarzenegger "I'll Be Back" Supercut - YouTube

Originally Posted by Toby

Good picture. If you were a smurf I reckon you'd be grumpy

Toby i am a smurf and im hung over and particularly grumpy lol

[QUOTE=EeeBees;176225]Thank you, El B, this clip says it all!!!!

The Arnold Schwarzenegger "I'll Be Back" Supercut - YouTube[/QUOTE it will be very exciting for you EES and hard , as you well know getting a the new family member to do want mum wants lol

Oh dear. A Flatcap being worn backwards! Evidence that your taste is all in your mouth! any wonder your dog chewed it up after that abomination!

worn back ward because it was chewed up --I must admit I quite like the flat cap backwards not a bad look indeed -a little bit arty --- and which abomination are we speaking of GQhoon

amusing

Originally Posted by el borracho

amusing

Dreadful!!! Thank God they are not caricatures of the Breton!!!!

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Dreadful!!! Thank God they are not caricatures of the Breton!!!!

floppy eared hounddddsssss one thinks lol

Hamilton gun dog demos at the A & P shows . Did anyone attend this . I must say I should have got of my arse and gone as HF1 last night emailed me saying there were not going to be a good cross section of the pointing breeds. Apparently there was some interest from the public towards seeing our pointing breeds perform. TeFarrarri did you go?

No I didnt attend. Not part of our current training regime

hhihdidnt sound like there was alot of space to work a dog either