Fritz was showing all signs of being ready to start the steadying process. He was over a year old and had run at a lot of birds. Whenever I took him afield, he hunted hard to find them. Birds were on his mind, and recently, he had begun holding point longer. I had introduced the e-collar at five-months old, and he handled well and went with me. Recently, I noticed he was acting more dominant around the kennel, but I had not given it much thought.
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Understanding the Check Cord
Sometimes the more simple the tool, the harder it is to understand. The human mind seems to like making simple things more complicated. Maybe simple is more complicated. Take the check-cord. There are few pieces of training equipment as simple, yet this short piece of rope is the single most important tool you will own, and it is vastly misunderstood. Unlike a leash where the dog walks next to you, a dog should hunt in front of you while walking on the check-cord.
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DELAYED CHASE
Delayed chase is when a dog runs in the direction birds fly once the dog has been released from pointing, backing, or stop-to-flush. If you compete in field trials or hunt tests, judges will fault your dog for attempting to pursue birds once they have flushed. Most hunters do not see delayed chase as a problem, and some welcome it especially when a covey flushes and their dogs take off in the direction the birds flew. Heck, it shows intelligence and an ability to mark the birds’ flight, but in competition, a delayed chase may keep your dog out of the ribbons.
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