Nershi wrote:Sask for upland, fowl, both?
How is training going so far with the bearded little beast?
Primarily a Canada goose hunt but hopefully we get ducks too. No upland on this one but maybe in the future. Dog will be continuing his education in North Dakota on sharptails while we are hunting honkers.
Training has been interesting. Dog is very smart and I’m not, several humans influencing the dog.
I think we’ll get him steady this year but he has had too much “free” running in the woods and “our” pendulum has swung a lot further to “family dog” than “working dog” for my taste, but such is life with a family… if he doesn’t make it to my standards I won’t be surprised but if we really do get there it will be a testament to my resilience and his genetics. He certainly has the ability and I think he will eventually be a good hunter but my methods would have been easier and faster. He’s an amazingly smart dog and does a lot in the realm of “pet” and “therapy” but that isn’t exactly what I had in mind. Hopefully we can get him where I want him on hunting.