flash Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 taking the dog out for its first shoot tomorrow. will be working in the beating line for the morning. plan to hang behind the line at first and slowly get closer to the firing line. any other tips would be appreciated. cheers flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm doing the same myelf can't wait.................. will be keeping her on the lead all day though, I have one of those retractable ones, so I'll see how that works out. Good Luck :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 i will be doing the same, sadly only have a short slip lead. good luck with tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_k Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 i was doing the same thing last year... my tip wood be, depending on how much you trust your dog, treat them as you mean to go on, expect them to be a pro straight away... keep them on the lead while walking the line, then when the drive is over let them off the lead and go have a good sniff around... you might have a great suprise... your dog coming back with there first bird....! good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 Don't lose your temper chaps. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted October 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 thanks for the tips chaps, and will bare that in mind LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeksofdoom Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Well had my dog out on her first shoot today all went well didn’t loose the head once, Everyone was remarking on what a fine big muscular dog I had and were surprised when I told them that it was a bitch! ……. so I was well chuffed with that. I went with the intention of keeping her on the lead for the day, which I did for the most part. Done the first drive and on the way back to the beaters wagon I spotted a dead pheasant in the middle of the field, walked the dog up to it on the lead and told her to ‘go back’, which she did and I had a lovely retrieve back to hand, our first retrieve on a fresh kill….. result! On the 4th drive I had the dog on the lead in some heavy cover, it was tough going. One of the lads came up to me and said ‘leave her off ta ****’ I hesitated for a second and said ‘**** it’ and I left her off, if anything went wrong I’ld hopefully catch her by the time we got to the flushing point. I kept her close and sent her into cover, she was mad excited but was very obedient much to my surprise and delight, she stayed with me. Anyways it was tough going for the two of us it ****** rain all day and it was hard work keeping an excited dog on the lead but it all went better than I expected so happy day, hopefully its going to be a great season and my Barbour jacket will dry out by next week. How did you get on Flash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Well done Rich; all the work you have put in WILL pay off. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 i had a similar day, didnt loose my head once. spent the first drive near to the guns with him on the lead, getting him used to the gunshots. he put up the first bird of the day which i was pleased about, a really nice cock bird. spent the rest of the following drives off the lead, routing around and putting up his fair share of birds. sadly he didnt have the oppertunity to do any retrieving although i did a bit of practice with a pigeon that was shot. a duck was wounded and went down in the pond, charlie took a running jump in to retrieve it(as he always does with any body of water lol), sadly just as he reached it, it dived. was caught about 10 mins later by another springador, the funny thing was that the duck dived again, but was caught underwater, i was quite impressed. looking forward to the next shoot day, and in the mean time me and my cousin will both be working with out younguns, his being a young weimeraner dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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