Juggernaut Gundogs

I guess Serena gets them

She’ll be a monster by her first hunting season! #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors

Love this pack of dogs

Memory retrieves for Shaney #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #springerspaniel #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors

Inside dog setup finally complete! This makes it easy to keep the dogs healthy, happy, and clean!

She covers some ground!

Bonzo is such a good representation of the Cocker breed…compact, animated, fast, and biddable. I’d take 100 more just like him. #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts

Like driven’ a Ferrari (I can only speculate there)! #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors

No picky eaters around here! @proplansportingdogs

Learning meal-time manners! @proplansportingdogs #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors

It’s been a good couple of days hanging out with my Canadian buddy @cresswellshane. We see each other on person about once every 3 years, but it always picks up where it left off. Good conversations about dogs, and he gets a chance to see some good dog work 😜 This young Springer of his looks like it’s has a bright future.

I let my boys take over the homer coop…that was a mistake — population explosion.

These pups look like they’re going to be all-it! A couple females are staying with me, but there are males available. The pedigrees show how well-bred they are, but more importantly, both parents are great representations of the breed. Mom was high-point Midwest dog last year, dad is a hard charger, but gentle. It is not often that pups of this caliber are available. Message for details. Pedigrees in the comments.

But plenty of drive!

When the foundation is right, the advanced stuff becomes a lot easier. I used to think steadying to the flush was the holy grail of flushing dog training, but now I realize that if you teach it incrementally and keep the picture clear to the dog, it’s relatively easy. This is Bonzo’s second session flushing birds off of the ground. Next session will be in an actual field - finding, flushing, and retrieving.

Cato making a retrieve from the @retrievrtrainer lucky launcher. It wasn’t a perfect mark, but there are a lot of positives from this video. Notes from this video: 1) There was almost no wind at all and the cover was green. More wind or dead cover and I believe he would have found this with his original line. 2) He did a great job ignoring transitions and just searching (creek, viney cover, grass, plowed field all created transitions) 3) He never lost track of where his original mark was, and all of his searching always came back to that original mark area. 4) I’m not very good with the drone. #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors

At 12 years old, his drive has never wavered, even if physically he isn’t what he once was. Rocky is still the man in my book. #birddogs #flusher #dogoftheday #uplandhuntingdog #workingcocker #dogslife #dogsofinsta #dogtraining #workingdogs #mansbestfriend #dogsofinstagram #dog #doglife #spaniels #spanielsofinstagram #uplandbirdhunting #Trainyourdog #dogtrainingthoughts #placeboardtraining #catoboard #catooutdoors