Bird dogs are born with a certain desire and some level of hunting ability. As trainers it's our job to expand that desire and ability.
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Throughout the process we insert ourselves as the pack leader to develop an obedient dog that enjoys hunting for us.
Posting this a bit late but better late than never. Here's Kit's final training day at Timber Creek; the main focus of her most recent visit was on fetch. She went the Three Forks trial 2 days later where she won 1st place Amateur in both fields and was 3rd and 4th place in the open. She has been a great dog to work with. She shows up everyday ready to go to work and eager to please.
10 month old Yahtzee arrived today. Here's her first obedience session. Every time she attempts to get ahead of me I turn 180 and make her come with me. I really don't care what direction I'm going as long as she follows. The most difficult thing for a dog on "whoa" to do is allowing the handler to walk behind them where the handler/trainer is out of sight. Yahtzee has trouble with it the first time but with a simple correction she stands for it the the next time. She's going to be a nice dog.
Izzy went home a few days ago with a good start. Here she is on birds.
Pebbles is my daughter's dog, I got permission to use her for demonstration purposes. Notice how she's asking the dog to sit in the same spot every time. Dogs get used to routines. Sometimes a routine is good other times you need to change things up. By asking a dog to sit or whoa in the same spot a few times they begin to anticipate it and prepare themselves. You're setting the dog up for success by doing this. Once the dog anticipates it to the point where they sit or whoa before you ask then pick a different spot.
Pebbles is a 5 month old cocker spaniel in training. Using the command lead she's learning to heel at our side when cued by a tap on her head and learning to sit when we stop. The only verbal command given at this point is "agh agh" when we don't approve of her behavior. We use "agh agh" to caution a dog and let them know we don't approve, this verbal command starts at 8 weeks old as in, don't bite my fingers. We use a "no" command in the event of a forbidden behavior, as in no, don't ever chew on a shoe. Once the dog understands our body language cues to heel and sit (or whoa; flushing dogs learn sit instead of whoa) then we begin to introduce the verbal commands. Pebbles has been slowly introduced to obedience training for the past month so she's almost hooked. You can see a few minor corrections in this video where she loses focus and looks the other direction or sniffs at something. You'll also see some missed opportunities to correct distracted focus where I didn't act quick enough before she corrected herself. You'll also see several times where pebbles gets out in front of me and I simply change direction, this not only trains the dog to stay at your side but also helps to keep their attention focused on you.
Kate, Izzy, and , Diamond. I take multiple dogs to trials but I don't want to take multiple walks with dogs while at trials. All my dogs are trained to heel as a pack. I don't care if they heel at my left or behind me, as long as they heel. I don't want them on my right cuz I usually carry my gun on my right side. All 3 dogs have been trained to heel and whoa using the command lead (Delmar smith method) and collar conditioned using the same method. I use a riding crop purchased from the local horse tack shop (a piece of plastic pipe or a tree branch will also work) to help guide dogs thru this process. Sometimes a dog looses its place on a corner and moves to the right side. The stick is used as an extension of my hand to move the dog away from my right side. Its also used to keep the "competitive" dog that wants to take the lead from running ahead of the handler. It's only used as a guide not a beating stick. If individual training has been done properly up to this point it doesn't take much to get multiple dogs to heel. I always say a dogs name and then give a command if I want an individual dog to respond. I say only a command if I want the pack to respond.
Izzy and Diamond today. They're both doing greqt!
Izzy arrived 10 days ago for basic obedience. She's learning very quickly.
This hits home; nothing better than watching a good bird dog do what they were born to do.
Craig began his quest to learn more about his dog at the local library. He assumed he would quickly satisfy his curiosity and move on to other pursuits, but ...
Received this in the mail last week.
In my happy place AKA The Dog House doing puppy obedience training with Emma. Anyone have an extra mattress? I'm worried my wife is going to get fed up with me staying out so late and tell me just to sleep in my dog house.
It was an honor to take these 2 active military members from Minot AFB on a hunt today in cooperation with The Fallen Outdoors.
6 month old Harley arrived Monday. After 3 days this girl knows heel and whoa on a loose leash. Very impressed with her so far. She'll be one you hope to draw around in another year or so.
Even though she's a Brittany. I'm very proud to say I trained this drama queen. She placed 1st in the open this past weekend at the Williston Fall Classic and placed 2nd in the open in the Lewistown Classic the weekend prior. I always knew she had the ability it just took longer than most to get it out of her. Congratulations Adam Paine.
Proud to announce we raised and trained a National NSTRA champion. Blackjack won the Purina Endurance trial yesterday. He's tired and sore today but he gave everything he had yesterday to run 4 braces and the final hour.
Got Rip steady on point. He's moved on to honoring another dogs point. If you're curious what's in my hand, it's a dog food bowl Blackjack brought to the field. He doesn't leave home without it.
Tucker is doing well with his bird work. He'll be going home in mid September which means we'll have an open spot for a new dog.
Diamond is almost steady to flush at 4 months old...can't wait to see what kind of champ this girl turns into.
Rip has been with us a couple weeks for steadiness training. After about 10 days of obedience training he's advancing quickly into steadiness on point. I'm a firm believer in obedience in the yard prior to any field work and it's really paying off with this guy.
Had a good.day today. 1st in A field with Pepper, 1st in B field with Blackjack, finished
River's amateur championship with 1st amateur/4th open. Best part of my day was the first 2 trial runs with the Terrorist, she had good scores across the board for a rookie...excited to see more of what she has in store.
Tucker is almost finished with obedience training. Excited to get him started on birds. I see a ton of potential in him.
The newest member of our team...Timber Creek's Rough Cut Diamond
Tucker is learning whoa quickly after his first week. He's a very trainable dog.
Tucker heeling on a loose leash 6 days after getting him. Pretty impressed with this guy raised by Lisa Hedstrom out of Donovan's dogs.
Picked up this cool little dog (Tucker) for training this morning. From what little I saw today he has tons of potential. Very excited to see his progress. Call me racist but I prefer GSPs...Don't know how or why we're getting so many Brittanies, I may have to join the Brittany Mafia soon.
6 weeks ago this high maintenance princess refused to retrieve. Our slow & steady approach has her retrieving today.
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Posting this a bit late but better late than never. Here's Kit's final training day at Timber Creek; the main focus of her most recent visit was on fetch. She went the Three Forks trial 2 days later where she won 1st place Amateur in both fields and was 3rd and 4th place in the open. She has been a great dog to work with. She shows up everyday ready to go to work and eager to please.
10 month old Yahtzee arrived today. Here's her first obedience session. Every time she attempts to get ahead of me I turn 180 and make her come with me. I really don't care what direction I'm going as long as she follows. The most difficult thing for a dog on "whoa" to do is allowing the handler to walk behind them where the handler/trainer is out of sight. Yahtzee has trouble with it the first time but with a simple correction she stands for it the the next time. She's going to be a nice dog.
Izzy went home a few days ago with a good start. Here she is on birds.
Pebbles is my daughter's dog, I got permission to use her for demonstration purposes. Notice how she's asking the dog to sit in the same spot every time. Dogs get used to routines. Sometimes a routine is good other times you need to change things up. By asking a dog to sit or whoa in the same spot a few times they begin to anticipate it and prepare themselves. You're setting the dog up for success by doing this. Once the dog anticipates it to the point where they sit or whoa before you ask then pick a different spot.
Pebbles is a 5 month old cocker spaniel in training. Using the command lead she's learning to heel at our side when cued by a tap on her head and learning to sit when we stop. The only verbal command given at this point is "agh agh" when we don't approve of her behavior. We use "agh agh" to caution a dog and let them know we don't approve, this verbal command starts at 8 weeks old as in, don't bite my fingers. We use a "no" command in the event of a forbidden behavior, as in no, don't ever chew on a shoe. Once the dog understands our body language cues to heel and sit (or whoa; flushing dogs learn sit instead of whoa) then we begin to introduce the verbal commands. Pebbles has been slowly introduced to obedience training for the past month so she's almost hooked. You can see a few minor corrections in this video where she loses focus and looks the other direction or sniffs at something. You'll also see some missed opportunities to correct distracted focus where I didn't act quick enough before she corrected herself. You'll also see several times where pebbles gets out in front of me and I simply change direction, this not only trains the dog to stay at your side but also helps to keep their attention focused on you.
Kate, Izzy, and , Diamond. I take multiple dogs to trials but I don't want to take multiple walks with dogs while at trials. All my dogs are trained to heel as a pack. I don't care if they heel at my left or behind me, as long as they heel. I don't want them on my right cuz I usually carry my gun on my right side. All 3 dogs have been trained to heel and whoa using the command lead (Delmar smith method) and collar conditioned using the same method. I use a riding crop purchased from the local horse tack shop (a piece of plastic pipe or a tree branch will also work) to help guide dogs thru this process. Sometimes a dog looses its place on a corner and moves to the right side. The stick is used as an extension of my hand to move the dog away from my right side. Its also used to keep the "competitive" dog that wants to take the lead from running ahead of the handler. It's only used as a guide not a beating stick. If individual training has been done properly up to this point it doesn't take much to get multiple dogs to heel. I always say a dogs name and then give a command if I want an individual dog to respond. I say only a command if I want the pack to respond.
Izzy and Diamond today. They're both doing greqt!
Izzy arrived 10 days ago for basic obedience. She's learning very quickly.
6 month old Harley arrived Monday. After 3 days this girl knows heel and whoa on a loose leash. Very impressed with her so far. She'll be one you hope to draw around in another year or so.
Got Rip steady on point. He's moved on to honoring another dogs point. If you're curious what's in my hand, it's a dog food bowl Blackjack brought to the field. He doesn't leave home without it.
Tucker is doing well with his bird work. He'll be going home in mid September which means we'll have an open spot for a new dog.
Diamond is almost steady to flush at 4 months old...can't wait to see what kind of champ this girl turns into.
Rip has been with us a couple weeks for steadiness training. After about 10 days of obedience training he's advancing quickly into steadiness on point. I'm a firm believer in obedience in the yard prior to any field work and it's really paying off with this guy.
Tucker is almost finished with obedience training. Excited to get him started on birds. I see a ton of potential in him.
Tucker is learning whoa quickly after his first week. He's a very trainable dog.
Tucker heeling on a loose leash 6 days after getting him. Pretty impressed with this guy raised by Lisa Hedstrom out of Donovan's dogs.
6 weeks ago this high maintenance princess refused to retrieve. Our slow & steady approach has her retrieving today.
Trained the new bird planter today. He did great.
