brooksieledgend Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 (edited) h i have a very well trained spainel that drops so shot stops and sits on whistle and is avery good hunting dog however when in the beating line and we come across a lot of birds he like to run at them causing one big flush how can i make my dog appraoch these situation with caution and take his time rather than rushing at 100mph Edited November 21, 2010 by brooksieledgend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butcherboy Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) h i have a very well trained spainel that drops so shot stops and sits on whistle and is avery good hunting dog however when in the beating line and we come across a lot of birds he like to run at them causing one big flush how can i make my dog appraoch these situation with caution and take his time rather than rushing at 100mph Simple..........don't let him near them. If there is hundred of birds in front they'll be very visible to both the dog & YOU. Call him in to heel & stand still tapping. The birds will then go one at a time (even then they might all go in one flush as they spook each other, stop tapping if this looks likely) There is no need for you dog to flush birds when they are in that big of a group & the keeper won't be best pleased with one flush. The dog will be gaining steadiness as he watches all this going on. He can then hunt the area looking for any that have decided to sit tight Edited November 22, 2010 by butcherboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowey Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 I had the same problem with one of my spaniels. He was for bred for trials but didn't quite make the grade. He was 18 months when I took him beating at the beginning of last season. What I did was keep him at heel off the lead through tall game crops for the rest of the season. With smaller crops where you can see him there was no problem but watch him on hedges down the side of gamecrops. These are often loaded with birds and the temptation to run on is great. Dogging in this year helped no end as did the cooling off period after last season when less game was about.I also made him sit in our release pens amongst hundreds of poults while I fed. I dogged in with him all summer/autumn and he was fine running large amounts of poults with his nose right up their backsides but easily controllable and still dropping to flush.This season he's a different dog but the key is he's maturing. You didn't say how old the dog was. Hope this helps. Just experience and time I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksieledgend Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 He's 3yrs I kept him on lead at these situations most of the time but as were pushing huge numbers along to the flushing point sometimes he goes in to fast spose it down to exp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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