Dog Training Suggestions - German Shorthair Pointer

shorthairsrus said:

they look at a person and say really your gonna teach me 2 + 2. Out of the box -- honor, no flagging, no movement locked and ready to rock point, quartering, no blow by on second bird to get dead first, no grabs, trained in the house within 4 hours and the list goes on. When you buy nothing but the best - you get the best. She will look at you and nod -- dad the best is to go west!!!!!!! Good luck

The rabbit chasing, deer chasing and pinning, ranging, jumping up on kids, chewing everything -- those are going to be the training items imo.

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Coyote Hunter said:

I read this a couple times, and still do not understand what you are saying... sorry!

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wby257 said:

We have all had dogs both good and bad. If you want a good hunting dog it has to be obedience. That is the number one rule. No one can teach a dog to hunt. He either has it or he doesnt. Take the dog for a walk every morning and evening. Talk to it tell it what you want him to do. When im walking my dogs and say hunt'em up. Thats the cue to release them to run around and go to the bathroom. Play fetch with it and when walking tell it to fetch it up when you see something like a plastic bottle. Your dog will remember all of what I have said in a few days.

You dont need a trainer. Just talked to it tell it what you want it to do. Over the couse of a week or to you will see it improve everyday.

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shorthairsrus said:

What i was trying to say -- is that depending on the breeder and the dog you get --- you would be surprised that a lot of the hunting traits are already bred into the dog. For example -- i never taught either one of my shorthairs to honor another pointer. Both of them honored when a dog was already on point - automatically. My brothers dog did not - (its pedigree was inferior). Whoa command - it seemed like 20 minutes of training and it was built into her. IMO the pedigree comes first.

I guess if the trainer works with you and the dog it makes sense. Or gives you the lesson plan - how to take it from point a to b?


This is in general and not pointed at you coyote ---- Biggest mistake in my opinion is not having time to work with or be with the dog. Socialization with people is the most important.

I have to admit - I went all out with my first one, pigeons, game farm, hours and hours of fun imo but i suppose it was training, whistle training, training dummies -- and the biggest was many days of hunting. I dont have that luxury anymore and my second got short changed but her genes made up for it. Honest my second one i couldnt ask for more obedience wise -- I can look at her and she knows what i want.

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Hunt em up is a release command in the field ----- that one was bred into the dog -- i think every hunting dog has that one bred in.

Go on the grass is the squat immediately on the spot i point too and go potty regardless if dog has to or not. ---bred into but 2 minutes to learn i dont care if you dont have to go - your going.

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