Companion Gundog Lesson 3 

Pointing Dogs, an Overview

Read the following blog posts:

What to Expect When You Send Your Dog to Me

What Makes Our Pointing Dogs Do the Things They Do?

 

Characteristics

-Genetic Selection

-Hunting

-Field Trials

-Hunt Tests

-Hunt

-Questing Dog

-Range

-Point

-Refined Stalking Instince

-“Setting” birds for the net

-Pointing for shooting flying

-Retrieve

-Often lacking the “ball drive” of retrievers and spaniels

-Versatile breeds vs specialists

 

Training

–Natural Bird Dog

-Grandpa story anecdote 

-Many ways to skin a cat

-Don’t be in a hurry

-Often a three year process

-Drive building beliefs vs no chase

-Recall and whoa

-Stoping chase, and stopping creep

-Many methods