Along with the other things we’re practicing, Manny is now learning that a gun shot means “whoa.” Yep, I sometimes shoot birds that fly wild, nowhere near my dogs … especially on a slow day, the first day, the last day, or any day when the adrenaline is flowing faster than the wisdom. When I [...]
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Road to Utility Test: steady to shot
Posted in bird hunting, hunting dog, dog training, tagged dog training, puppy, obedience training, German wirehaired pointer, Manny, North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association, whoa, steady to wing and shot, NAFHDA on February 3, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Road to Utility Test: Steady … steady …
Posted in bird hunting, dog training, hunting dog, News, tagged dog training, German wirehaired pointer, puppy, sto to flush, versatile hunting dog, whoa training on January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.” While not originally coined for dog trainers, it is a worthy axiom, especially in the area of steadiness to wing, shot, and fall. Every step, every cracked twig or ruffling wing feather is an invitation to Manny. As if a bird were saying “C’mon, pup, I [...]
We join Pursuit Channel! Year-round broadcast on basic satellite tier.
Posted in dog training, News, tagged National Shooting Sports Foundation, Pursuit Channel; Rusty Faulk; Merrill Sport; TV networks, Scott Linden, versatile hunting dogs, Wingshooting USA on December 14, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Thought you should be among the first to hear the great news … a press release that went out today: Scott Linden’s Wingshooting USA television series launches Dec. 26 on the Pursuit Channel, starting a two-year strategic alliance that will include programming and promotion activities on the air, in social media and other venues for [...]
Hunt test pictorial
Posted in bird hunting, dog training, hunting dog, News, tagged AKC, bird dogs, bird hunting, dog training, French Spaniel, German wirehaired pointer, German Wirehaired Pointer Club of Central Oregon, hunt test, hunting dog, versatile hunting dog on May 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was just gunning, and not very well at that, but I had my camera and could fit in a couple shots between shots, so to speak. Here’s a photographic account:
The perfect day?
Posted in dog training, hunting dog, News, Sporting Clays, tagged bird dogs, Central Oregon Sporting Clays, dog training, Fausti, Manny, obedience training, Scott Linden, shotgun, Spencer Tabor, Sporting Clays on May 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Progress on Manny’s force-fetch training under blue skies, with a big mug of espresso-strength coffee on the fence post. This is gonna be good, I thought. What a weekend. And, by guacamole-and-merlot time, it was. In fact, it only got better as the clouds built to a muddled gray mass, heavy with rain. Here’s how: [...]
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