14 days ago by admin

If you’re planning to have a hunting dog, there are a lot of things that you should think about first. When you ask other hunters regarding their hunting dog training, you will find different answers. Some would say it was pretty easy and simple, while others would say it was really difficult. Do yo ...

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33 days ago by admin

Having a hunting dog with you during your hunting trips can be very helpful. In fact, it even makes the hunting experience more fun. Before you decide to have a hunting dog, you should know that hunting dog training will take time. It’s always best to start training a hunting dog as a puppy. The onl ...

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45 days ago by murphydogs

The seminar concluded on Sunday with more great stuff. Much of the morning was spent discussing in detail Saturday’s training session, now having seen some of the training issues, mistakes and successes of both owner and dog. On Saturday Mike discussed when trainers should be their dog’s coach and w ...

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46 days ago by murphydogs

The seminar actually began on Saturday with a nice homemade breakfast, then Mike gave a little introduction and the seminar was off and running. Several of us were new but most attendees have been coming for several, if not many, years. The agenda was loose, which allowed Mike to tailor it specifica ...

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47 days ago by murphydogs

I took the day off from work and went sage hen/partridge hunting this morning with Sophie and Dakota. Dakota is still relatively calm as a result of the Grand River seminar (posts to be published when they’re reviewed for accuracy); it was Sophie who got her fired up this morning. I laid Dakota down ...

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48 days ago by murphydogs

Haven’t posted anything the past couple of days because we spent the weekend in Kamiah at a seminar. Man, great stuff! as Mike likes to say. The seminar is conducted each year by Mike Gould, who developed the Grand River strain of Labs and author of “The Labrador Shooting Dog”, “Plateaus of Destiny” ...

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54 days ago by murphydogs

I did a little training with Elvis and Mia in our pasture last Saturday and gave Mia an introduction to water. Overflow from the irrigation ditch floods into our pasture and much of it was under a couple inches of water. After getting Mia warmed up on retrieving the wing, I tossed it out into some g ...

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61 days ago by murphydogs

Dakota catches a scent of the quail about 2 minutes into the video, and Elvis catches their scent again about 2:45 into the video. Elvis received some realistic training yesterday morning when I took him out in the pasture to work on searching and tracking. I took a Pheasant wing to work with but ha ...

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64 days ago by murphydogs

I introduced Elvis to the treadmill today and he did pretty good for his first time on it. He was of course nervous about it and was unsteady on his feet, but after his 5-minute session seemed to get the hang of it. We were originally going to do some grouse hunting. I loaded up the dogs and my guns ...

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65 days ago by murphydogs

The following is a “pass along” newsletter article from Just Labs magazine. August 09 Call of the Hunter by Jason Smith There’s no disputing your Labrador retriever’s ancestry — it’s one of a hunting dog. The breed’s very beginnings are traced back to outdoorsmen — fisherman and hunters — and, with ...

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