Back to Basics: E-Collar

POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler We have never wanted to be known as e-collar trainers and have always felt that many a good pointing dog has never needed the added reinforcement of the [...]

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Back to Basics: Control and Handling

POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler That young pup that followed you everywhere is growing up! You’ve taken her through a puppy program, basic yard work, and developed her as a [...]

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Back to Basics: Blinking

POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler Before you can get back to the basics when addressing the problem of “blinking”—first you’ll want to know just what blinking is! When [...]

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Back to Basics: Retrieving

Pointing Dog Pointers By Bob and Jody Iler To coin a phrase from an old country song—sometimes in training your pointing dog, just as in life—you have to go “back to the basics.” [...]

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Dos and Don’ts of Gun Development

POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler In the past two columns, we’ve talked about types of birds to use in training and how to plant those birds. When it comes to gun development, the [...]

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Planting Birds

POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler Last month we talked about the different kinds of birds we use for training our pointing dogs. Now we’re going to take a look at how we plant [...]

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Joy and Frustration of the Young Dog

Coming Soon Feature Excerpt By Frank Jezioro When it comes to bird dogs, especially pointing dogs — which, by the way, are the only dogs I find interesting — there is nothing I enjoy [...]

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Developing the Barnburner

Pointing Dog Pointer by Bob and Jody Iler very once in awhile, in the life of a pointing dog owner, a barnburner comes along . . . If you happen to have one, you may be alternately thrilled and [...]

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Giardiasis

by Dr. Dave Erlewein When we take to the fields and woodlands with our canine hunting buddies, a discussion of one of the more common “nuisance”-type infections our dogs might acquire [...]

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Canine Core Stabilization Exercises

Strengthening the “power center” isn’t just for bipeds By Jason Smith Strengthening the core is just as important for dogs as it is for people. Many people ask tremendous things [...]

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