| Do you love hunting birds? If yes, then most | | | | dogs acclimatized to the same atmosphere they |
| probably you will have your bird hunting dog as | | | | hunt in at all times so that these dogs can |
| company most of the time. But finding good | | | | perform up to par. |
| places to hunt for birds (with your hunting dog in | | | | As for the types of bird hunting dogs, they can |
| tow) is always an issue. It is especially difficult | | | | be grouped according to their levels of individual |
| during particular times of the year or seasons | | | | training -- raw puppies with no training, young |
| because most bird hunting areas are always | | | | dogs with some early training, finished or broke |
| crowded. In this case, look out for | | | | hunting dogs, and Field Trial Dogs. Gun dogs can |
| advertisements with wild game habitats or a | | | | be purchased at any time during their gun training. |
| commercial outfitter operation. These usually | | | | In selecting a bird hunting dog, it is very important |
| come with generous bag limits and can increase | | | | to look for high-quality dogs that are good with |
| your bird hunting success rate. | | | | the specific bird-type they are built to hunt for. If |
| When planning for your bird hunting expedition, | | | | your new hunting dog is bred from a Quality Field |
| what type of bird hunting dogs should you | | | | Championship line, then you can expect it to do |
| choose? This will depend a lot on what type of | | | | lots of great things. Stuffs like hunt upland game |
| bird a you enjoy hunting. Choosing a highly trained | | | | birds, compete in field trials at Local levels, |
| hunting and gun dog is very important if you | | | | Regional levels, and National levels. |
| crave bird hunting success. | | | | Alternatively, you can buy your bird-hunting dogs |
| You also must plan ahead as to what kind of the | | | | as puppies, and train them yourself. This isn't |
| environment your new dog will be in at home. For | | | | difficult if you know how. It is actually a simple, |
| example, will the dog be kept outside in the | | | | step-by-step process : buy it right, start it right, |
| natural elements, or will it be inside or in a | | | | retrieve training needs to be done right, point |
| warmed kennel? Will there be more than one dog | | | | training needs to be done right. The whole |
| in the kennel, or will it be by itself in its own | | | | process will in turn teach the bird hunting dogs to |
| kennel? Will it have a large kennel run for | | | | be "steady to wing and shot," according to |
| exercise, or will it rely on its owner for walking or | | | | professional dog trainer, Kenneth C. Roebuck in his |
| running? Good hunters keep their bird hunting | | | | book, Gun-Dog Training Pointing Dogs. |