 GUN DOG TIP #1: Training Plan (Train the Way You Hunt)TAKEAWAY: Save a lot of time and aggravation by starting with very simple training plan. AND Train the way you hunt so on opening day, your dog is confident and ready for anything.Train the Way you Hunt TRANSCRIPTDrew: Hi, I’m Drew Keeth with Honey Brake. I’m here today with Steve Snell from Gun Dog Supply and Joe Perron from Champion Retrievers.Steve is a new member of the Honey Brake Experience Team. We’d like to welcome him in here for this series of this season. Steve is from Gun Dog Supply out of Starkville, Mississippi. They have an unlimited supply of products for dogs. Check them out on the website. Today’s we’re going to talk about a training plan for your dog, when to start and how to start. Joe, you want to elaborate on that? Joe: What I like to do, Drew, is when we get them home at 49 days, is I like to get a little paint roller and throw it for them. All the gotta do is just go chase it. They don’t have to bring it back to you. Put them on a lead and walk them on a lead, teach them how to talk. They don’t have to walk at heel or anything, but just stay around where you are and get used to it. And then teach them to sit. And the way I teach them to sit is I’ll pick up on the lead and I’ll push their hiney down, and I’ll say sit at the same time. Get ‘em, let them walk around a little bit, repeat that. And just keep repeating it. In a few days he’ll be sitting whenever you tell him. Steve: Drew, most people train one way and they hunt another. It’s really important to incorporate everything that your dog is going to see in a hunting situation into your training. The first time a dog is in a duck blind, you don’t want it to be the first time he sees decoys, first time he sees a four wheeler, the first time he’s got three or four people around him firing shotguns. And so, you’ve got to incorporate all these things into the training to have a dog that’s ready to go. We’ve got all sorts of books and DVDs that can take you from a puppy all the way up to a fully trained retriever. Drew: The one thing we did with Honey this year, we got her around Christmastime and started her out taking her to the duck shed every morning and meeting everybody before daylight, and running around, and four wheelers, and trucks, and boats, and all that good stuff. Socialization, to me, is very, very key to successfully having a hunting retriever. This is your Honey Brake gun dog tip of the week. |
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