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cwalt

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07/08/2007 12:25 PM
> I agree with much of what you said except I've watched folks produce > stylish, > competently honoring dogs (including some v-dogs) with birds present. > Perhaps > their success has to do with details of the particular technique used > training a > stand to sight of pointing dog or, more likely, it is more deeply imbedded > in the > overall program they use to develop all aspects of manners on birds. > Jere ~~~~~~~~~~ In my experience in training dogs for the navhda invitational and NSTRA (in which dogs are run in braces) for every dog successfully trained to back with birds there are a dozen other dogs that become point-stealers or crowders seeking scent. Yes, the technique can be successful in experienced hands but I'm concentrating on the majority of inexperienced trainers who have failed miserably with birds... it's a lot easier and infinetely more successful to train the back as a sight whoa. Correcting a confirmed point stealer can be a bitch of a task that often results in a blinker. Cj

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