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Scheduled for reverse shoulder surgery anyone with experience with this or information. Any help will be appreciated.

I am working with my Brittany on his retrive. He was not force fetch trained.* He is doing ok.... will fetch bumpers *and birds from land always* returns them ....but we are working on speed of delivery and style. HOWEVER .... today out of the blue* he surprized me with a " come play ...try to...

I am interested in hearing the opinions of bird dog owners concerning the new Lymes vaccine available /pushed? .... by certain veterinarians. My Brittany is on tick control medicine......dooes he also need the vaccine? Are there other concerns about " over vaccination"? Thanks8

I am a novice.....my Brittany holds a solid point until I flush the bird. I have not attempted to train for steady to shot and fall. I am considering attempting to teaching" Zippy" to flush on command. I am very interested in the thoughts and opinions of those more experienced.

Novice question. My Brittany found a bucket of bird feathers/from cleaning and chewed/ate a bunch before I found out what he was up to. Do I need to be concerned about any impact this may have on training?

wing finding ,answers Thanks for the information on my original post. to questions: My Britt. (Zippy) is not sight finding the wings,he is head high using his nose. I have watched as he catches the scent crosswind,10 to 20 yards away. When he starts searching I tell him "dead bird". We play the...

I walk my Britt daily and often hang a bird wing on a tree branch when he is away from the area. When we come back through that area on return he finds the wing and returns it to me. Is this an unwise practice practice? Is there any harm being done? As you can see I am a novice and this is...

Suggestions or comments please....it is very hard for a novice to know/understand if he is doing things right(if training is progressive as it should) I really have no benchmarks with which to judge. My Brittany is learning to retrieve. I did not ff. He is 100% on retrieves (on land) and with...

Novice question What is the difference between "fun bumpers" and what ever I am doing when I toss a "training" bumpers? Thanks

-4 below with 25 mph winds here in Michigan. Time for some indoor lessons. Question from novice trainer. My Brittany is learning to retrive. Did not ff Did not even know about ff before i got started/ told you I was a novice. He is doing a good job. Returns straight and fast. Always returns...

I have a 2 year old Brittany. I am a complete Novice hunter/ trainer. Zippy will retrieve bumpers, or *generally anything I toss or place for fetching. He will retrieve and return to front and sit and hold until I command give.....but if we try this with a live/shot bird or a bumper with...

Novice question My Brittany has decided to bring me anything that he thinks i might like. He loves to hunt has a unquenchable prey drive and we have been working on the retrieve, perhaps to seriously. I hope his latest trend of bringing stuff ( dead opossum, field mice, large bird-foot, ect)...

When training for retrieves are the dokens dummies worth spending the money?

Novice ..only a bird hunter 3 years now....first dog a Springer....hunted very close 20/30 yards ....new dog a Brittany hunts 100/ 200 yards away ......i would like him closer and have been trying lots of different things to alter his style/range Recently i tried just standing in one spot....he...

2 late ? for name I have a rescue brittany named ZIPPY.....could not be more appropriate ?