Slowing your dog

Great looking lab. He does have a turbo. The question is will he do that in a pheasant field with his nose full of hot scent. If so congratulation!
 
In the off season find some large field to just run her in weekly. When ever she gets out past 35 yards turn and change direction drastically . When you do you can signal her with a low whistle tote or a vibrate on ecollar or nothing at all . She will realize you're not with her she will eventually come find you. Do that about 100 times over the course of the off season and her default range will be much closer. That's the way to teach a teenage pup to hunt close right from the the get go. All that being said it does not solve your problem of chasing flushed birds. That you will need to set a situation with a live pigeon. Then use the ecollar accordingly. Two of three session of that should do the trick. The good news is you have 9 months to work on it. Good Luck!
 
Gobbler said:
In the off season find some large field to just run her in weekly. When ever she gets out past 35 yards turn and change direction drastically . When you do you can signal her with a low whistle tote or a vibrate on ecollar or nothing at all . She will realize you're not with her she will eventually come find you. Do that about 100 times over the course of the off season and her default range will be much closer. That's the way to teach a teenage pup to hunt close right from the the get go. All that being said it does not solve your problem of chasing flushed birds. That you will need to set a situation with a live pigeon. Then use the ecollar accordingly. Two of three session of that should do the trick. The good news is you have 9 months to work on it. Good Luck!
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Super helpful. Will definitely work on both of these.
 
NEVER train a pointer to sit. Train them to whoa and/or heel. If the dog is outrunning its nose, you have your work cut out for you. If not, let the dog roll! I had a 90 lb ep that the first year I had him, he would hunt hundreds of yards out, for hours. I did practically nothing with him over the off season, except a very little yard training. The next year, from the first time out, he hunted only 20-30 yards out. Not nearly far enough out to suit me. The next year he hunted close in thick cover, & farther out in sparse cover. Hard to figure out what happened, other than the light bulb finally went on!
 
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