Originally Posted by battue
Agree, and a good Dog will train a hunter quicker then the hunter will learn on his own. If the hunter is willing to pay attention. Sometimes it is wise to follow the Dog than have him follow you.


Sound advice.

A few posts up I see you said you now feed him before hunting.

Please don't take this the wrong way, but I thought you weren't supposed to feed them right before hunting/running them. Simply asking because this was what I was taught and have read elsewhere. Has the flipped/inverted stomach thing been debunked?

Congratulations on the grouse; never a bad day afield with dog and bird in hand.

Tight chains.

A=A


The perfection of life with a gun dog, like the perfection of an Autumn, is disturbing because you know, even as it begins, that it must end. Time bestows the gift and steals it in the process. "George Bird Evans"