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February 4, 2012
Is Your Dog Ready for Hunting Season?
Let’s fast forward to noon the next day: After a brisk start, your dog worked for about an hour, found two birds, and gradually began to stay closer and slow down. It wasn’t much longer before you had a dog that was within gun range all the time – and before long, it was walking at your side, following you. Frustrated, you try to encourage the dog to hunt, but you’ve run out of dog power. Why isn’t the dog out there working to find more birds? There are lots of reasons a dog will come in and stay close. It may simply be thirsty; or maybe it’s feeling pressure, especially if the owner is overusing the e-collar. But both thirst and pressure are easily fixed: Give the dog a drink and keep your transmitter away from your finger. However, the main reason we see dogs come in and quit hunting is because they’re tired. What can you do when they run out of steam? |
Trainin' Dogs
he anticipation has been building up for months, and it’s killing you: Opening day is tomorrow, and you’re headed out to your favorite covert first thing in the morning. The truck is packed, the weather looks like it will be perfectly crisp and cool, and all that remains is for the alarm clock to ring at O-Dark-Thirty so you can grab your dog, some coffee for the drive, and hit the road.