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    Just get puppy out into his hunting environment as much as possible so he learns the scents himself' we cannot teach him how to scent, how the wind effects the scents, he has to let his instincts guide him...not out hunting, just out there with him exploring...he will get it...someone wrote somewhere about teaching a puppy to point...I have never heard so much bollocks...it is instinctive in the pointing breeds...if you had a puppy that you had to teach to point although I have no idea just how you would do it I would say his prey drive was utterly dismal, or he has no confidence through having an overbearing twat as an owner.



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    Quote Originally Posted by EeeBees View Post
    through having an overbearing twat as an owner.
    don't hold back EeeBees, say what you really mean.
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    Well, its true... I love watching the young puppy, Im meaning from three to eight months old, figuring out things in the rough...their brains are working, they are gaining confidence and letting them do this on their own reenforces a connection with you...and it is this connection that gives them confidence because they know you are there if they get into any trouble...like a puppy becoming gunshy...it just should never happen IF as long as the person has some nouce about it...
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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wirehunt View Post
    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.

 

 

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