Recent content by Riggsgwp

I'm definitely no expert but with my pup I started introducing him to woah command at 9 weeks. I used a leash to keep him steady and did this every day. After one week he already started to hold on his own and I slowly began to walk around him. If he moved I placed him back to his woah position...

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His progress has been very fast, i'll give him the woah command with the half hitch lead then I drop the leash and I can walk around the house and he doesn't budge even if he can't see me. His retrieving is coming along he likes to bring it back because I used come as a command with releasing...

Thanks you answered my actual question. I have several videos for pointer training but I was unsure with timeline. I'll stick with light training and try the quail introduction once this winter. I guess it's easy to get to excited about this especially with my first pointer but it has been very...

Thanks for the ideas especially the plowed training area, i have a perfect spot to do that. So for now I will drag wings and dead birds and hide them in cover and let my dog try and hunt them up. If he finds them I will praise him even if he doesn't point. I will start using live quail once he...

The dog has only been introduced to wings and feathers. I'd like to work him more in the field introducing him to cover and scent possibly hiding pheasant wings, but I know if it's not a real bird then he'll find it and pick it up rather than working on pointing it. I just worry that it...

My gwp is 12 wks old and is already doing very well with woah and retrieving in the house, but I'm nervous about not being able to introduce him to real birds and scent until spring. I'm in mn and field work is near impossible due to the 20" of snow. I have frozen whole pheasants but without a...

Hi everyone, I'm just getting back into pheasant hunting and I recently bought a new german wirehair pup. I've already been enjoying training tips on the site so thanks for the great site.