Puppies

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, [...]

So, I have had my pup for over a month now; he is a pointer 13 weeks old today. I have been working with him, socializing, he’s learning his name, learning no, taking him into the field. My [...]

Of all the important “firsts” that your pointing dog pup will experience, his first season will be the one most profound, the one most instrumental in his development as a bird dog. Here are some [...]

by Bob and Jody Iler One of the most important commands your pointing dog learns is Come. This is the command that can save his life, teach him to reliably retrieve a bird to hand, and help him [...]

The game preserves are closed and spring has arrived. (On the calendar that is, for as we write this column, we are under a winter storm watch and it is, in fact, snowing.) As we residents of [...]

by Bob and Jody Iler “When should I start my pup’s pointing dog training?” Our client, Joe, sat across the table from us in our office as he asked this question. His six-month old female [...]

by Steve Smith    For pro breeders and trainers, it seems as though it’s nothing: A pup’s whelped, gets old enough to start training, the pro figures out the dog’s [...]

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 [...]