Navigating the Sonoran Heat The Sonoran Desert is a high-stakes arena. Read the dog or bury the dog. The bar is set very high: you have a responsibility to keep your pups safe and hydrated. Don’t come home without one.
Remember That
A good trainer forces you to think. AZPointingDog LLC
Healthy, Happy and Hunting
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Badlands
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 and learning means
Heaven’s Gain
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
The Smoking Gun
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
A Condition Response
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
Counting Drops
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
Ways
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
