Their respect for the wild birds they harvested and the work of my dogs and especially for the public lands we hunted, was powerfully evident. They carried trash out of each cover. When they took a bird, they tirelessly looked to recover it and admired and regarded each one as a trophy.
The e-collar may be the best and most misunderstood training tool in use today. You’ve heard it many times, but if you’re using that collar out of malice, you really should get rid of it. Everything we ask the dog to do is first taught to them through the use of something like the check cord
I have no doubt I’ll recall days like these as I’m fading from this life into that great Grouse hunt in the sky where all dogs are staunch and never die.
Just as I would not want a flushing dog that refuses to stay within a reasonable gun range, I also don’t prefer a pointing dog that always stays within gun range. I would simply ask, what’s the point?
There are many different ways to evaluate your dog against others. Avoiding kennel blindness is something we should all constantly strive for as bird dog breeders.
Within twenty minutes her bell faded away into that huge Alder bottom, it is indeed the kind that stretches into the next state, a swamp that eats up the devil-hearted dog, but may just reward those with a little Grouse sense.
