Thread: Where to start

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Some dogs are gunshy, that's all there is to it.
Pick a method, I've tried it. You win some you lose some. It is helpful to start with a hunting breed but at the end of the day I've gutholed plenty of them too.

As to this air verse ground scent, well, I must have weird dogs cause they do both. Whether it's rabbiting dogs or deer dogs. In fact it's how most hunt and I've found it most unusual if they only do one. Rough idea on the wind then onto the ground.

I agree with everything except the some dogs are gun-shy bit. No dog, every properly introduced, is gun-shy.... Gunshy is 100% a human caused condition. Handled intelligently with ANY dog, it will get a positive result.