Other Options for Training Your Bird Dog
POINTING DOG POINTERS By Bob and Jody Iler Last month we talked about the pros and cons of training your pointing dog on your own versus enlisting the services of a professional trainer. You [...]
Train Your Dog Yourself, or Use a Trainer?
Pointing Dog Pointers By Bob and Jody Iler Now that spring is finally here (we hope), we can all get outdoors again and spend time with our dogs. Spring and training pups go hand in hand. And new [...]
Problem Solvers: Pressure on Pups
Pointing Dog Pointers By Bob and Jody Iler Years ago, a reputable dog trainer once told us, “More good pups are ruined by pushing them too fast and training them with too much pressure than [...]
The Sound Pointing Dog
POINTING DOG POINTERS March 2017 By Bob and Jody Iler With spring just days away on this month’s calendar, the thoughts of many “pointing dog people” turn to . . . nope, not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.” [...]
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 [...]