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This is UH HR Brandywine Sue doing her thing.

I like any dog that has drive and desire to please its handler. I hunt with an ESS. I enjoy watching the dog work the bird and flushing it. I also use my flusher as a non-slip retriever for early season duck hunting.

Please don't get angry with your dog turn this energy into drive. I have two dogs my first one did none of this biting. The new pup I got two years ago is a Springer and she bit so much that I thought she had Springer Rage. What we had to do was refocus her on retrieving she just wanted...

No food for the Ruffs. I saw Ruffs this year but it was on private land with a lot of Autumn Olive bushes. With our woods get older here in the North and less clear cutting and fewer sources of food for the Ruffs I have seen the numbers go down. There are fewer young aspen trees with buds that...

Hey Marcwigg I hunt around Traverse City, Cadillac, and Buckley area. All the Chucker and pheasant hunting I do is on hunt preserves. I do my grouse hunting around Traverse City and Pine River area near Cadillac. I rarely see any one else out hunting with dogs. Thanks for the comments on the...

My best hunting buddy is a female ESS

Hello all, Yes I am from MI. My name is Doug. My dogs name is SHR Brandywine Sue. Brandy is an English Springer Spaniel 16 months old, 17in tall, 30lbs, and steady to flush and shot. She also as you can tell has her Started Hunting Retriever Title. This fall and winter Brandy and I will be...

I am no expert but this is the method I used for my ESS. I would try going back to basics. Place your dog in its crate or kennel bang lightly on a pan with a wooden spoon at a distance then immediately feed the dog. While the dog is eating lightly bang on the pan with the wooden spoon. Over the...