CAN SHE HUNT????

[knot for shore]

thanks-that's my best friend, Hall's Southern Chase, aka Chaser!!!! His sire is out of Southland Kennels and a direct descendent of the lab in the book, Waterdogs. He has a much better pedigree that I do!

that's my last name.......... HALL. lol

[esangler]

that's my last name.......... HALL. lol

mine too...

[xxmacplherexx]

I Love my dog.I have fun with her no matter what.I thought that going out in the woods for a day she would love.Im not really a big hunter but I thought that its in her blood!!! STEVE

[cape_fisherman]

Beautiful dog.

No disrespect intended, but is she mixed with something?

Jay

[xxmacplherexx]

nope. She's a purebred english cut yellow lab, and she filed with the American Kennel Club.

[cape_fisherman]

Was wondering with that short muzzle and all.

Nice looking *****.

Jay

[SAXIS ISLANDER]

There is only one way to answer your question.....take her hunting. You've thought about it, asked about it, and seemed fine with the feedback you sought.

Take the dog hunting.

Keep expectations realistic. There will be very trying times, but also some very rewarding experiences.

[xxmacplherexx]

Thanks for all the advice guys. Steve

[Anders]

if you have any friends who bird hunt, ask them if you can have one of the birds they shoot after they go out. throw it with her in the yard and maybe throw it up and shoot it, or get a friend to throw it, see if she goes after it, try to make a realistic presentation of what it will be like to see if she understands and to give her an intro.

I save ducks and pheasants after every season to keep my dogs fresh in the off season and also for a warm up. depending on how serious you want to get you could probably find someone in your local area (30 miles) selling quail or pheasants or pidgeon to have live decoys.

Anders

[ncfish]

Acclimated both my dogs to gun the same way and worked great (as pups but done the same with adult dogs and works for them too).
While you're kneeling with the dog, petting or even giving a treat, have someone with a .22 blank pistol start out 50-100 yds away shoot and walk 5 yds, shoot and walk 5 yds until they're next to you. Do that a few times then you take the gun and walk with the dog in a field and shoot randomly a few times. If the dog's still okay with it, move up to shotgun. Also shoot the .22 when you feed the dog a few times.
After the dog's cool with the gun, start shooting when you throw the dummy (or better yet a dead bird).

And praise praise praise.

Did this with my lab and he goes berserk when he hears the pump gun click, hell when he smells Hoppes #9 for that matter...goes and sits at the door ready to go hunt, tail a waggin'.
DO NOT take a green dog straight to a range- might not be a problem but a gun-shy dog is one of the harder behaviors to correct. Personally I think it's a bad idea anyway for a hunting dog. My dog knows that when there is a gun fired, there is something that he needs to go get. I have a friend that takes his golden to the clays course, and in the field when he shoots the dog could care less since he's conditioned to do nothing when a gun is fired.

My .02- good luck!