"Train smarter not harder " is my favorite quote from Mike Lardy. There is way better training materials out there now that make training a gun dog much easier on the dog and the trainer. Mike Lardy Rick Stawski Danny Farmer Bill Hillman Chris Akin Have all put out great training materials.

Unbelievable! Borrowing a 9 month old Silver lab for breeding purposes! The dog is not sexually mature, not old enough for the most important health tests and most likely being bred only for his color which is not recognized by the AKC!

Oh well the rest of the story is pretty cool.

Pretty good article. I would add hobby breeders to his list. Breeders with 2-3 breeding females really are hobby breeders and will really do their research and also compete with these females. I call myself a hobby breeder. I breed 1-2 litters a year and compete. All my females are titled or AKC poi...

The long line will stay on as you collar condition. It will work if you follow the program start to finish. Don't skip steps and don't take short cuts and you will be fine.

Starting at 3 is an uphill climb but it can be done. Get a training collar and a long rope. Go to a park, ball field, or school yard and start doing your OB with the training collar on but leave the transmitter at home for a couple weeks. In the mean time buy Fowl Dawgs 1-2. Less than $50 and you ca...

Check Craig's list and also swap meets. I have seen birds, ducks, and rabbits at them.

How old? Was she exposed to birds young? Did she have any bad experiences with birds? Does she enjoy retrieving other things?

This puppy is sold.

And again less than 10 hours since last login. Probably been on 4 times today and had to login twice.

I am having to log in once a day now??