Comments for SteadywithStyle http://steadywithstyle.com Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:21:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Steadying Process and Dominant Dogs by Martha Greenlee http://steadywithstyle.com/the-steadying-process-and-dominant-dogs/#comment-42 Martha Greenlee Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:21:48 +0000 http://steadywithstyle.com/?p=219#comment-42 Rod---pheasants are tough to hunt with a pointing dog and can cause false pointing especially if you have corrected him with the e-collar for chasing. The e-collar can make a dog more cautious and afraid to make a mistake so I'd be careful correcting him for false pointing as it can make it worse. I'd be careful about talking to him too and stay quiet. You can aggravate the situation by flushing in front of false points as the dog may see your flushing as a reward for pointing. I think you are on the right track when you talk about reading your dog to determine if he has birds. You might try walking in a new direction and asking him to go with you or stay behind him and see it he can sort it out. Unless you run hunt tests on pheasant you might do better training on quail. This would give you an idea if the problem is specific to pheasant which it may be. Hope this helps, Martha Rod—pheasants are tough to hunt with a pointing dog and can cause false pointing especially if you have corrected him with the e-collar for chasing. The e-collar can make a dog more cautious and afraid to make a mistake so I’d be careful correcting him for false pointing as it can make it worse. I’d be careful about talking to him too and stay quiet. You can aggravate the situation by flushing in front of false points as the dog may see your flushing as a reward for pointing. I think you are on the right track when you talk about reading your dog to determine if he has birds. You might try walking in a new direction and asking him to go with you or stay behind him and see it he can sort it out. Unless you run hunt tests on pheasant you might do better training on quail. This would give you an idea if the problem is specific to pheasant which it may be. Hope this helps, Martha

]]> Comment on The Steadying Process and Dominant Dogs by redbirddog http://steadywithstyle.com/the-steadying-process-and-dominant-dogs/#comment-36 redbirddog Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:04:44 +0000 http://steadywithstyle.com/?p=219#comment-36 False points. Came back from the hunting preserve where I hunt with Bailey. I'd like to get him back into field trialing this spring but I have a "problem." False points. The boy has a very good nose and can find our limit of pheasants during a few hours. My concern is for every point on a pheasant their is a 'false point' on a scent left over from a bird that was there or had run. This hunting preserve releases tons of pheasants during the season so there are many birds in the fields. On a couple master hunt tests last fall, Bailey was pulled for a false points. I can tell now a weak uncertain point but some of his points yesterday were rock solid. Is it just the conditions and part of the hunt or is there some real correction needed. Thanks, Rod a.k.a. redbirddog False points.
Came back from the hunting preserve where I hunt with Bailey. I’d like to get him back into field trialing this spring but I have a “problem.” False points. The boy has a very good nose and can find our limit of pheasants during a few hours. My concern is for every point on a pheasant their is a ‘false point’ on a scent left over from a bird that was there or had run. This hunting preserve releases tons of pheasants during the season so there are many birds in the fields.
On a couple master hunt tests last fall, Bailey was pulled for a false points.

I can tell now a weak uncertain point but some of his points yesterday were rock solid.

Is it just the conditions and part of the hunt or is there some real correction needed.

Thanks,
Rod a.k.a. redbirddog

]]> Comment on Using the Wind by Martha Greenlee http://steadywithstyle.com/using-the-wind/#comment-35 Martha Greenlee Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:06:01 +0000 http://steadywithstyle.com/?p=270#comment-35 Jere---you are correct. Thanks for your comment. Like you, I love watching a dog use the wind. It is natural ability pure and simple and not something you can teach a dog. Martha Jere—you are correct. Thanks for your comment. Like you, I love watching a dog use the wind. It is natural ability pure and simple and not something you can teach a dog. Martha

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