moellermd
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My wifes uncle who I hunt with bunch has a two year female lab. It came from a breeder whose "parents hunt great." The dog loves to retrieve dead birds and always wants to go hunting. The problem is that 90% of the time she just walks right beside her owner. If she sees a bird or there is a lot of scent she will take off after the bird or start covering ground. Every now and then she gets a little to crazy and runs to far and busts the birds out of gun range. When she get called back or "nicked" she goes right back to walking beside my wifes uncle. How do you get a dog to want to hunt for birds all the time and cover ground? I have hunted behind several labs that seem to have this same problem they just walk beside the owner or slighly ahead. She probably gets hunted 20 plus days a year.
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