One dog in the house should be enough, right? Or, according to some spouses or parents, one dog in the house may be more than enough – just plain one too many! But for us confirmed dog lovers, [...]
Another key control command to teach your pointing dog – in addition to the whoa and the come – is the heel. The advantages of having your dog heel, both on and off lead, are many: A dog that [...]
Transitioning from bird in the yard to thicker cover will help prepare the pup for those first forays in the woods. And one more gun. While I waited for Beverly to return home, I was thinking of [...]
By Bob and Jody Iler Back in our September 2021 column, we wrote “The Silent Whoa – Steadying Your Dog” – showing how the whoa command is crucial to the advanced training involved in steadying [...]
By Bob and Jody Iler No one sets out to train his pointing dog and create problems in the process! As trainers, we’ve had the advantage of working with many dogs and dealing with a lot of issues. [...]
Editor’s Note: This article was published in the January/February 2022 issue of The Pointing Dog Journal, but under the incorrect byline of Don Thomas. Chasing California quail in California was [...]
“Thank you for posting this information,” Martha commented on Facebook. “Our pointer ‘Liz’ was diagnosed with blastomycosis in the femur through a bone biopsy in 2019. She has been on medication [...]
By Bob and Jody Iler Pointing dog owners love their pups and want to develop them into top notch bird dogs. They are eager to learn and try different methods of training. Sometimes, though, this [...]
Something Old, Something New Fans of the traditional side-by-side are an interesting group. Some are traditionalists to the point that they have both feet planted firmly in pre-World War II [...]
The three Cs of chukar country. By eight years old, Jake had pointed and retrieved about three lifetimes worth of chukars, the beneficiary of boom years and lots of time engaged in the pursuit. [...]
