Four Ways to Steady Your DUCK Dog in the Blind Featuring Bob Owens A steady dog is a safe dog, and we all need our gun dogs to be safe. Here are four ways to make sure your duck dog is steady in the blind.
Training Your HUNTING Dog For The Field And As A Family Pet Featuring Chris Akin Part of the reason Labrador retrievers are so popular is because they are excellent family pets as well as hunting dogs.
Essential Training Tips for Sporting Dogs Featuring Bob Owens Preparation for the season involves an endless list of things to do and properly prepping a sporting dog for the season should be at the top of the list.
Solo Dog Training Featuring Bob Owens When I first started training gun dogs, I didn’t always have a partner or bird boy to help throw marks for my dog, so I had to find a way to create effective training scenarios on my own.
Pre-season Training Tips for Sporting Dogs Featuring Bob Owens Preparation for the season involves an endless list of things to do and properly prepping a sporting dog for the season should be at the top of the list.
PRO TIPS FOR USING TRAINING DUMMIES WITH YOUR GUN DOG FEATURING CHRIS AKIN There’s much more to using a training dummy than just tossing one and having your Lab fetch it up, says Chris Akin. Here are some pro tips from Akin who currently holds the record for the most Grand Champions trained.
A SMART WAY TO TRAIN DOGS Featuring Dr. Ira McCauley A strong training foundation is super important for puppies. Learning how to heel, sit, and stay gives puppies the confidence to move on to other, more difficult tasks. There is no more important time in developing a dog’s foundation than when he is young, and using treats is a very effective tool in that process.
POINTING DOG TRAINING BASICS Featuring Ethan Pippitt Every step of the training process is important, but there are a few commands every pointing dog should know, whether they hunt pheasants in the prairie or grouse in the Northwoods. Eukanuba™ Pro Trainer Ethan Pippitt of Standing Stone Kennels has bred, raised, and trained bird dogs for many years. Pippitt suggests every dog should know the following essentials going into their first hunting season. He also offers some tips that are helpful for any dog.
How to Use a Place Board to Train Sporting Dogs FEATURING TODD AGNEW The power of a place board—a slightly elevated square platform—cannot be overstated in terms of helping your canine understand what it is he is supposed to do.
BUILDING A CHAMPION BEGINS WITH PUPPY TRAINING FEATURING CHRIS AKIN, WEBB FOOTED KENNEL Champions aren’t just born winners; they’re developed from a combination of good genetics and a lot of training time. Chris Akin of Webb Footed Kennel personally trains 26 dogs a day, has a hundred dogs in his kennels, and employs a staff of eight.
FLUSHING DOG TRAINING BASICS FEATURING TODD AGNEW, CRANEY HILL KENNEL With so many bird dogs, retrievers, and versatile dogs in the fields and streams, flushing dogs are sometimes overlooked. That’s OK, because flushing dog fans know what’s up, and they know that flushing dogs are tremendous hunters.
