Thread: Deer dog training

Thanks guys good read!

that article is a good read and im guessing Herb Spannagl knows a thing or to but hes only out lined what a "companion" dog should do and thats heel (as he said at the end) its a good starting point

a real deer dog should "Road You In" to deer from 20 to 100 meters away and this is not done in the heeling position , its done when the dogs out front and walking you to the deer on point.. or a type of walk up like a eye dog huntaway would,,, its not a heel ,, there is alot of difference between a companion dog and a real deer dog in my view

you could teach it in the field but you will lose quite a few deer or you could teach it on placed birds ect pointing training ,
but it depends on what you want, and what you call trained

There is a dude in the nelson area who posted some excellent info on deer dogs on the other forum he had a lot to offer but got the shits with the twats over there. I'm pretty sure his name was Eric. Ask about the hunting circles in nelson, you maybe able to track him down.

The 2 deer dogs I had were both GWPs, My approach was to keep them in on a rope until they were soild and let their instincts lead them, there were plenty of errors early on but we got there.