Recomend a gundog trainer

Mauser 308

Guys can anyone recommend a trainer to train an English pointer. A friend of mine has a 7 or 8 month old english pointer pup. Not sure of the breeding but I think the dog is showing potential. He is time poor during the summer and was looking to get the dog trained properly to a fairly decent standard. Any suggestions on a trainer and idea of costs, cheers.

custom 7mm08

you could try frank mansell in kerry not sure how much he charges

Mauser 308

custom 7mm08 wrote: »

you could try frank mansell in kerry not sure how much he charges

Thanks Custom7mm, do you have any contact details for him. Do you know much about him?

tonytoc11

http://www.topclassdogs.com/ I'd be interested to know how much he charges also

Bamanlou

he charges around 170 euros a week for board and training. he trained a 3 year old springer for a friend of mine in two weeks

Spunk84

Bamanlou wrote: »

he trained a 3 year old springer for a friend of mine in two weeks

seriously? 3yr old in 2 weeks:eek:Frank is the man:rolleyes:

TriggerPL

Bamanlou wrote: »

he charges around 170 euros a week for board and training. he trained a 3 year old springer for a friend of mine in two weeks

So you saying he trained a spaniel that three years old in two weeks up to working standard , stopping , dropping coming to the whistle , quartering . Retrieving on land and water , not to mention lefts and right and go back command !

Any man with a dog will tell ya that is bull **** !

No dout he got him quartering sitting and staying but that not training a dog , at 170 a week you,d buy a champion dog for the price of training a spaniel to full working order .

TriggerPL

Mauser if you spent 10 mins every day with your pointer , getting her to stop on the whistle and return to you , as well as using epointers video on teaching your dog to point and steady . Then your going to have a dog that will be more than enough for rough hunting and ya still have funds in your pocket

German pointer

TriggerPL wrote: »

Mauser if you spent 10 mins every day with your pointer , getting her to stop on the whistle and return to you , as well as using epointers video on teaching your dog to point and steady . Then your going to have a dog that will be more than enough for rough hunting and ya still have funds in your pocket

Do you have a link for that video? please

Mauser 308

TriggerPL wrote: »

Mauser if you spent 10 mins every day with your pointer , getting her to stop on the whistle and return to you , as well as using epointers video on teaching your dog to point and steady . Then your going to have a dog that will be more than enough for rough hunting and ya still have funds in your pocket

I agree with ya TrigerPL, but its a mates dog. He is a landscape gardener and works mad hours through the spring summer and autum. He was looking to send the dog away for a few weeks to get a decent standard of training. To be honest I am not even sure if that is possible.
I am a Red and White setter man and have enough with my two,to be training his pointer.

Mauser 308

TriggerPL wrote: »

Mauser if you spent 10 mins every day with your pointer , getting her to stop on the whistle and return to you , as well as using epointers video on teaching your dog to point and steady . Then your going to have a dog that will be more than enough for rough hunting and ya still have funds in your pocket

Guys what way do you find best to get a dog to stop to the whistle?

TriggerPL

German pointer wrote: »

Do you have a link for that video? please

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_GvZpN6Bbw

snipe02

teach em to sit when you say sit then then signal with your hand so when you say sit you raise your hand aswell then add in the whistle when the dog is dropping on the whistle everytime you can increase the distance between you and the dog but you have to be really persistant that whistle means sit and if the dogs even moves a few yards get after em drag em back to where he was when you blew the whistle and say sit and blow the whistle he needs to learn and believe that if doesnt drop it means your coming after him and your gonna be pissed the main thing is start close and work out at the dogs pace whatever he is comfortable with im no expert very very far from it but this is what i was told to do and it worked for me there will be lads here with a lot more experience and knowladge trigger is right you would be better off doing it yourself

TriggerPL

snipe02 wrote: »

teach em to sit when you say sit then then signal with your hand so when you say sit you raise your hand aswell then add in the whistle when the dog is dropping on the whistle everytime you can increase the distance between you and the dog but you have to be really persistant that whistle means sit and if the dogs even moves a few yards get after em drag em back to where he was when you blew the whistle and say sit and blow the whistle he needs to learn and believe that if doesnt drop it means your coming after him and your gonna be pissed the main thing is start close and work out at the dogs pace whatever he is comfortable with im no expert very very far from it but this is what i was told to do and it worked for me there will be lads here with a lot more experience and knowladge trigger is right you would be better off doing it yourself

couldn of said it better my self

EPointer=Birdss

Don't waste your money.
10 minutes a night for obedience. Field work will train the dog to birds. He surely has an hour a week to get the dog in the field. I said it once & i'll say it again & i'm not judging but if you don't have time to train them you don't have time to keep them. I work countless hours but will always make time...

Basic Training sequence:
Recall, sit, stay/drop, whistle, cast, quarter, turn in that order reinforced constantly with some retrieving thrown inbetween... Works for me.