What makes a good bird dog trainer? In May, we introduced you to what we call our “Bird Dog Bible” – Wing and Shot, written by Robert G. Wehle and published in 1964. Though our own program of [...]
May 2022 What is the best method to use in developing your pointing dog? It’s often confusing to sort through all the available information out there today. In this age of instant information, [...]
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. [...]
“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 [...]
by Steve Smith We go hunting, many of us, partly to get away from it all. Just us and our dogs and acres and acres of uninhabited prairie or creek bottom or clearcut. Unless we’re, I don’t know, [...]
