Bird and Gunfire Introduction – Birddog Retriever Training
super-pumped come on good job good job
hey hey hey
there’s no you paid no attention at all
to that gunfire good boy
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hi guys Ethan here with standing stone
kennels and we’re back with sprig today
we’re going to be doing a bird and
gunfire introduction we usually couple
those two things together depending on
the dog’s reaction but we do them in
that order we’re going to start with
this bird introduction now living around
here we’ve got a few birds that run
around so he’s seen some pigeons he’s
gotten the opportunity to run and chase
little songbirds and stuff but that’s
not a real gun
bird introduction excuse me because he
hasn’t had those birds in his mouth
we’re gonna be able to allow that today
we’ll evaluate that and then incorporate
gunfire if he’s ready for it to start
with we’re going to use pigeons I’ve got
a couple pigeons in my bag and we don’t
want these guys to fly away so we’re
gonna actually pull some of these flight
feathers out the primary flight feathers
are up here on the top half these are
going to be the longer ones when you
pull these out tuck them in your bag so
that they’re not a distraction for the
puppy and then we’re actually going to
do what’s called locking their wings
you’re gonna do a one wing over the
other and then back over top of them now
this doesn’t break their wings or
anything else you can let them go and
they can flap them around again
now this bird again is not going to fly
because we’ve gotten rid of those flight
feathers but we’re gonna lock it up so
that the bird doesn’t flap its wings
around and hit him in the face or
anything we want him to be able to not
get spooked by this introduction and
this is a great way to get started now
he’s really focused here yeah he likes
to play fetch good and this is going to
be one other thing to play fetch with
good boy come in give it just a little
toss good boy hey hi hi hey hey come on
come on come on good
sprig sprig sprig good he comes back in
here praise him tell me good boy good
we’re gonna do another want to keep our
puppies puffed up you started doing any
obedience drills this is not the time to
incorporate them good I don’t know about
you guys but I think he looks pretty
pumped about these birds good boy boy
hey hey hey sprig here good good job
now everybody always asking I forgot to
mention it spring 17 weeks old at this
point we’ve done a lot of obedience work
and this is a good time to start to
incorporate this burden introduction
he’s doing great I’m gonna leave these
pigeon wings locked like this we’re
actually going to be able to call for
our gunner have our gunner placed over
here he’s a good distance away we’re
actually using a 12-gauge shotgun with
Pro trial poppers those are made by Kent
cartridge so they’re about the
equivalent of what your 209 propert
primers are they’re a light load and
it’s going to be easy at that distance
for him to ignore the gunfire and that’s
what we’re looking for the thing that we
want him to do is to pay attention to
this not that if he’s paying attention
to the gunfire at all we’re gonna have
that gun or backup slow this process
down so keep your eye on him when the
gunfire goes off and we’ll have to
evaluate together then if he’s ready for
another shot and to continue this
process yeah super pumped come on good
job good job
hey hey hey there’s no you paid no
attention at all to that gunfire good
boy good boy good boy all right let’s do
another one
gunner ready good job again you can see
focused on that bird not paying any
attention to the gunfire come on buddy
come on yeah that’s a good boy that’s a
good boy
all right we’re gonna have that gunfire
come this way just a little bit you want
to do this gradually he’s only going to
come about 10 15 yards closer to us as
we keep working this up we’ll be able to
evaluate is he paying any attention or
not now we’re not going to do this all
in one session usually this is going to
take two or three sessions depending on
the puppy we want them to be pumped up
excited and focused on the retrieving
task alright are you ready okay good
again no attention to gunfire at all
good boy yeah good boy
good job now you can see he’s starting
to slow down a little bit so we’re going
to do one more and that’ll be it for his
session today now – we’re gonna do two
more I’m actually gonna take an unlock
those pigeons wings now this bird is
gonna flap around a little bit more
which is going to be something new for
him so we’re not going to shoot on this
one and if he’s pumped about this just
the same then we’ll introduce one more
gunshot flapping a little bit more good
job good job
sprig sprig here good boy good boy
praise him love him let him hold on to
that bird as long as he’s not crunching
munch and hard we’re developing good
behaviors good gun fire ready okay ready
good good job that was perfect
we’ve got a bold confident little sprig
she’s good boy good boy and this was a
great introduction you can see here he’s
getting a little more droppy it’s cuz
he’s mouths getting tired good was there
a lot of longer trees for a little puppy
good boy good boy all right we’re gonna
take this away good
tail Waggin happy pot it’s how we want
to do our bird and gun introductions now
this one session doesn’t mean he’s
proofed we’re gonna do this probably two
or three more times moving that gunfire
all the way up to us using those pro
trial poppers and then after that we’ll
actually move into live gunfire
something’s going to be a little louder
what you want to do this gradually it’s
a pretty important process in a duck dog
and a gun dog and not one you want to
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