Thread: Training 2 year old GSP for hunting

The blueprint cost about the same as 2 bags of dog food. Why wouldn't you? so much great info in that program. If you follow it strictly there is a very high chance your dog will be an absolute weapon on deer (providing your dog isn't already gunshy and hasn't already developed a bad chasing animals habit). The BP is a year-long, step-by-step program and requires a decent level of commitment, 20 minutes a day distraction-free to train the dog. Even if you don't follow it right through you will learn stuff that will make you a better dog handler so worth the money for that alone I reckon.
My dog is Vizsla/gsp bitch, 2years old. We've been using the BP for about a year now and she is coming along great! I can just see how good she will be with more training, maturity, and experience.

I don't really know about alternatives. I've seen other people just take their dogs hunting and let them make mistake after mistake and the dog turns out shambles and then doesn't get to come hunting anymore. I've seen others hunt their dogs in a heel and keep it relatively tidy like that. That would be a lot less work than training the BP but you wouldn't be getting the most out of your dog IMO. Depends on how much effort you are prepared to put in I guess.