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'Working' a dog

  • 11-11-2008 9:45pm
    #1
    Whizzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Guys
    I'm looking for a bit of advice, tips or best practice on working a dog when rough shooting.
    I have a cocker who is a house pet and I just took things as they came when out shooting. RecentlyI got a '2nd hand' labrador whose origins were in field trials.

    Questions are this:
    Whats the best way to work the hedge rows? Do I let him sniff along at his own pace? Do I keep him in the ditch (I know he's no springer!), How quick do I work him?

    Thanks for any tips.


Comments

  • #2
    kevin7898
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭kevin7898


    just let him do his own think if bird is there he go in


  • #3
    deeksofdoom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,027 ✭✭✭deeksofdoom


    If he's a field trial dog he probably knows more about shooting than you do, leave him off just make sure he doesn't disappear out of sight, keep him close with the stop whistle.


  • #4
    pullandbang
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    I shot over a lab for years. They just plod along at the top of the ditch and use their nose. They don't do the busy Springer routine but will plough in if need be. Let him do his own thing.


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