I m having trouble with my GSP backing off of pt when she is with her younger brother. I have no trouble at all with her when she is by herself. This was her first year of hunting and she did great! My friend and i have been buying Chukar and taking the dogs out together. She will find the bird and pt for a short period than brake off and come back towards me. This only happens when she is hunting with her younger brother. I had her out pheasant hunting a good bit this year and she never broke off pt even when the younger brother was along. It seems like when we let the chukar out and take the dogs after them, she gets intimidated for some reason.  Any suggestions? It just seems like shes a different dog when were out actually hunting gamelands. Than when we let the chukar out she acts intimidated by her younger brother. Its not every time, but a good percent of the time.

Yes they are pen raised birds and they both wear ecollars. The birds hold tight and shes 17 months and i think hes maybe 10 months. She doesnt retrieve most of the time, she lets him retrieve. When i have her alone shes holds point and retrieves every time. She finds the bird, than brakes off pt and backs off before the bird is flushed most of the time when the brother is around. When i hunted the gamelands for pheasants she never broke off pt. Sorry about the never with the gamelands when the birds would start running she would creep on them.When i have her by herself she doent brake point and always retrieves.

No that never happened. I rarely ever zap her and i never zapped her at all when she was on pt or on a bird. 

I think he def is the dominant dog. If we have the birds laying out after the hunt, he ll be at the birds and when she goes up to the birds he grawls at her. They actually did almost get into a fight this year when we were putting a chukar in my friends vest. They were both up on there back legs and were locked up with the front legs and both of them were showing there teeth and growling. They did take a couple of nips at each other but didnt connect. I had her out with another one of my friends GPS and she did awesome never backed off, found every bird we let out. She has a great drive to hunt. Actual pheasant hunting season she did great. I was more than satisfied with her first year of hunting. The brother was along most of the time than and she didnt act that way at all. She acted and hunted as the dominant dog all of pheasant season when he was along.What changed? I dont know

Shes crazy about birds. Just not in that situation.

No

If she doesnt have the drive and desire than why does she do great with herself and she did great with another gsp? She did a great job pheasant hunting the gamelands this year and her younger brother was along, when we let the chukar out its a different story. She doesnt back off all the time when the brother is around, but a good bit of the time. I m just gonna work with her a lot more by herself.

My best friend has my dog's littermate. Our dogs play together, train together, hike together, etc. For bird work though we will now be separating them. It has been suggested more then once that she may be backing off from birds because he is the dominant one. Try running her with a different dog and see what happens.

She too loves to look for wild birds and he does not intimidate her but...in a training situation- totally different story. Considering our situation- yours sounds very similar. I am interested to know how things work out as my friend tries to work out her bitch's issues.

The dog is def worth keeping. She was hunting with a friends of mine gsp earlier in the year with quail and she did excellent. Like i said she did excellent regualr pheasant hunting as well even with the male along, maybe it is the chukar dont know. I ll take all the advice i can get and keep working with her. I am taking my dog in this wednesday to get fixed. Will see how she acts after that. How long should i keep her out of the field? I m really anxious to get out and continue working with her. Its nice to hear someone has a similar situation. We def. got to keep in touch and i will keep you guys updated.