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This site is dedicated to my current Yellow Lab "HOMER"
Sunrise in the blind. Nothing is more enjoyable than sharing it with your friends and a well trained Retriever. This blog is a journal of how I trained my first gun dog "Homer". I am in no way a professional trainer, but in less than a year, using only 4 DVD's , I trained Homer. Homer will do blind retrieves well over 150 yards away and he's just over 1 year old. Training him has built an inseparable bond between us. Homer is strictly a hunting retriever we do not compete in field trials. Training your own dog is a ton of fun, you will save thousands of dollars, and the bond created is 100 times better than sending him to a "PRO". Below is a picture of me and Homer with his first Mallard. I hope this site will help you decide to train your own gun dog.
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Now that warm weather is quickly approaching I thought this information would be very helpful. If you are considering giving your dog Gatorade or other sports type drinks to increase stamina in warm weather I hope you find this article helpful. I was seriously thinking of giving Homer Gatorade before I read this, I’m glad […]
Last years wild quail season was a bust. No Winter rains made for a dismal season. The next best thing is pen-raised Bobwhite’s. Over the weekend Homer and I had a blast with the pen-raised birds. Homer did an exceptional job of holding and marking when the bird “flushed”, (I actually used a launcher). This […]
Homer is doing great on double and triple marks, the double T at 200 yards and he has the swim by down pat. The last few training sessions we have been working on blind retrieves in heavy brush. This part of his hunting dog training is really preparing him for “real” quail hunting here in […]
Here’s a tip for teaching your hunting dog “Line”. Taking a line to a downed bird is started in the Water Dog DVD. With a young dog you want the “blind” easy to see. The point of the lining drills is to get your dog to charge out to the “blind” at full […]