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A flusher may be more desirable in heavy cover. I’m not sure though.

I think that there a southern Colorado HRC club, possibly based out of Pueblo? The retrieving stuff is generally the same. Their upland test requires the dog to flush the bird and then be steady to wing and shot. At one time I thought having a pointing lab would be the greatest! I purposely...

I’ll leave the dogs’ crates in the back of the suv with the doors of the crates off and the back door of the suv open. I’ll often find them in the crate napping.

Thanks for the update. Are you planning on running the pup in APLA tests?

In my opinion ditches are dangerous to hunt. Between the barbed wire fences and the cars flying up and down the road it’s not worth it from my perspective.

Good points by LC. I also don’t believe the APLA lJudges will ding the dog at a test for being “too close” to a planted bird.

Most of the PLs that I’ve seen do point pretty close to planted birds (mostly at hunt tests) or on training days. And the same dog may or may not point wild birds depending on cover and whether the bird starts to run. I personally wouldn’t worry about it unless I was going to run APLA tests.

In my opinion, pen raised birds do have a place depending on a person’s age and experience, a dogs age and experience, one’s health, available time, where you live, resources and so on.

2 3/4” 5’s have worked really well for me!

Why are some lab’s differentiated interesting differences Thanks!

Why are some labs differentiated as British or English labs? Aren’t labs lab

Goose, I’m not sure why you don’t like crates or e collars. For me, the crate is a safe place for my lab when I’m driving. I use The e collar (tone and vibrate) as a way to communicate with my lab without yelling or blowing a whistle. And the GPS is helpful if I lose sight of the dog.

1. How many people in your group? Friends and/or family? 1-3 depending on what everyone is doing. I’ll be out for sure. 2. How many dogs, and what kind of dogs? 1 lab per person 3. Region/area of the state you will be hunting? Eastern CO 4. Shotgun and pheasant load of choice? Beretta o/u...

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I’d say hunt the dog until the dog doesn’t want to. And as others have said, hunt appropriate cover. I’ll add that I’ll try to pick a situation where success is more likely, for an older dog.

Will a Gatorade bottle fit in the vest? I like to use Gatorade bottles because there’s no cap to fiddle with. Haven’t had leaking problems yet either…

I like the way Sage hunts with Lucas. I’d take a dog like that in a heartbeat.

In my opinion, Retriever Hunt Tests and actual upland hunting for wild pheasants are two different things. Some dogs do both well, and many do one or the other well. A highly titled dog (including some 4xGMPR’s / Triple Crown dogs, MH / MNH dogs and HRCH / Grand dogs) doesn’t necessarily...

I believe Julie has retired and moved from orchard. She does do a regular PL podcast on Podbean that’s free. And I believe that her book about training pointing labs is still available. Also there’s a Rocky Mountain pointing lab club and I believe that she works with them from time to time.

A couple seasons ago, on opening day, I was out with my lab on a good familiar 1/4 section of CRP. Over the rise come 4-5 guys and some dogs headed right at me on a line. Not sure why the didn’t see me. Turns out they parked a short distance from me too. Initially upset, I decided to leave...