Recent content by BradyBuck

I’m getting a Pudelpointer, I have had Labradors for the last 20 years running hunt tests and field trials. I do want to test with NAVHDA but hunting is my primary focus. I am a waterfowl guide but I have plans over the next 10 years or so to travel North America chasing upland birds.

So the overwhelming majority stated they did not require their dog to be steady. For those of you who also hunt waterfowl, how does that translate? I can definitely understand not requiring steadiness upland hunting but it’s a must for me hunting waterfowl. Anyone see issues with a breaking...

How many hunters find it necessary to steady your dog to flush, shot and fall? I am newish to upland hunting but I’ve always steadied my flushers to the flush, shot and fall. Pretty much every hunting video I’ve seen of upland dogs they all break as soon as the birds flush. Seems to create some...

Congratulations!

Wow! Awesome encounter!

Haha, hey the plan is to go after them all. I guess I’ll get my ass kicked a few times before it’s all said and done.

That’s awesome to hear, I’m very excited! I just have to find the right breeder and litter. Depending on a few things I could be looking as early as this spring or into fall 2026.

Awesome! During my time running HTs I have seen a lot of different breeds and really none others compare to labs in my opinion when it comes to the retriever games..however my interest in PPs began when I saw one run a HRC test and it had great water attitude and was hard charging. I immediately...

Hello, I have been a lab guy for 20 years, I’ve trained many waterfowl retrievers and participated and done well in HTs and FTs. I also guide waterfowl hunts in TX. However, I recently have become somewhat obsessed with learning everything I can about upland birds and pointing dogs. I have...

Hello all! I am an experienced retriever trainer but am looking into my first pointing breed. I am interested in you guy’s opinions on training programs out there online or even DVDs. I plan to train similarly to how I normally train a retriever but I am not experienced with “whoa” training and...