TRAINING OVERVIEW

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TRAINING OVERVIEW
Pointing the Way!

• USING THE DOGS INSTINCTS TO DEVELOP HIM NATURALLY

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CONCEPT

• SILENT INTERFACE DOG/HANDLER
• BEGINNERS WORKED BEHIND LINES
• ADVANCED DOGS READY TO POINT BIRDS GO TO FRONT
  LINE
• POINTING BIRD IS NOT CRITICAL FIRST STEP
• DIFFERS FROM TRADITIONAL METHODS

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TRAINING DEVICES

• PINCH COLLAR (PC)
• CHECK CORD (CC)
• ELECTRONIC COLLAR (E-COLLAR)
• CARDED PIGEONS/PIGEON POLES
• PLANTED QUAIL/CHUKAR
• BLANK PISTOL

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TRADITIONAL METHODS

• WHOA TRAINING
• WHOA BARREL, POST OR PLATFORM
• VERBAL INTERACTION WITH DOG
• LOTS OF PRESSURE IMPOSED ON DOG
• CAN ADAPT A DOG THAT IS STARTED WITH THE NEW
  CONCEPT

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METHODS

• BEGINNING DOGS (3/4) ARE WORKED BEHIND POINTING
  DOG.
• QUEUES ARE USED TO PROGRAM THE DOG
• BIRD FLUSHING, GUN FIRING, DOG POINTING
• DOG IS TAUGHT TO STAND THROUGH ALL OF THE
  DISTRACTION

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PROGRESSION

• DOGS LEARN TO STAND WITH PC CC.
• WEARS E-COLLAR FROM THE START
• MOVES TO LEVEL 2/1 ONCE STANDING/STOPPING WITH
  BIRD DISTRACTION
• BIRD WORK DOGS ALLOWED TO POINT FLUSH AND CHASE
  TILL STOPPED WITH PC OR E-COLLAR

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PROGRESSION (Cont)

• DOG MAKES DECISION TO POINT AND STAND OR TO FLUSH
  AND CHASE. IF CHASES THEN IS CORRECTED WITH LOW
  STIMULATION.
• DOGS ARE NOT PUNISHED WHILE POINTING AND
  REMAINING STAUNCH/BIRD IS ON THE GROUND
• IF THEY CREEP THEN THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FLUSH
  THEN STOPPED.
• VERBAL INTERACTION IS OVERLAYED AT END OF
  TRAINING NOT BEGINNING

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POLISH

• DOG LEARNS TO BACK AS HE PROGRESSES
• RETRIEVING NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ANOTHER
  ELEMENT OF FINISHING YOUR DOG
• PROGRESSION SUITABLE FOR ANY COMPETITION VENUE
• WHISTLE AND HAND SIGNALS ARE ALL EMBELLISHMENTS
  ADDED BY OWNER.

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RESOURCE INFO

• http//groups.yahoo.com/group/pointingdogs/
• TRAINING WITH MO, GLADE RUN PRESS, 25.00
• DVDS
• Nothing New on His Neck
• Gibbons Seminar, Tx, 2005