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Across The Country Temperatures can climb and terrain is challenging. Most hunters and dogs are not prepared and fail to understand how quickly conditions can change. Tell someone where you are going and leave a note – when will you

Be the Ball We all have a hand in it, like it or not, we are always training for a desired outcome of what we want that dog to do. Some do just fine and others not so much. Sharing

Roxx Anne Boom Boom Ballew Heaven will be calmer and safer for our Roxxy girl. A true war dog on this earth that had a ‘wild hair’ for AZ gamble quail hunts. She’s now hunting the endless fields above in

Top 10 List  If I had only known Confusion kills & Consistency matters Establish the proper contact points Condition response – why does my dog do that? Timely praise goes a long ways Dog’s don’t talk human If you have

You or something stated it “It does not just happen out of the blue” Typically all responses and end result(s) are conditioned responses. That were either taught or has some type of their natural instinct coming to light. Condition Response

Here in the desert, we can honestly count the number of drops during a rain storm.  Winter and Spring moisture for the Gamble quail and summer monsoons for the Scale and Mearns quail.   Keep a rain calendar and track the

There are many ways to train your bird dog. One important note is to limit the amount of hands you are putting on your dog and if you are going to do it yourself then stick to a program. My

Confusing becomes Blaming Who’s to blame when theirs’s little control or understating. The bird dog has no respect for what’s going around them and evening hunting becomes difficult. I pin it on the trainer/handler/owner, confusing the dog and not correcting

Often we let our guards down and miss those important opportunities in our foundational training phase that really separates a well minded and confident pointing dog.  Foundation level training is where it all begins and the lessons learned stay with