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[beaglebob1]

I have a customer that wants to give a way a 1 1/2 year old female GSP. My question is how tough would it be to train the dog that old to hunt birds? I never messed with GSPs.Would anyone in the Cincinnati area want the dog? She is very friendly and built right.
thx bobby g

[birdman652001]

some people say at one year of age or even at 1.5 years of age is the perfect time to train your GSP to be a long term hunter. Remington, my past GSP, started his pointing after a year, he then really started to listen and fell in love with hunting. so yah you can train them at that age.

[GSP]

The only thing more expensive than a free GSP is a free horse.

That said, if you're serious about making the comitment to train and hunt with a bird dog, then a 1.5 YO GSP is a pretty darned good place to start.

[beaglebob1]

Originally Posted by GSP

The only thing more expensive than a free GSP is a free horse.

That said, if you're serious about making the comitment to train and hunt with a bird dog, then a 1.5 YO GSP is a pretty darned good place to start.

Well I have her, picked her up Sunday. She is one pretty dog. built like a tank. Got her kenneled by herself to see how she behaves. She is also house broke.

bobby g

[waynemorgan]

welcome to the gsp club,i have a 7 mo old female who is a hand full,good luck

[birdman652001]

Originally Posted by beaglebob1

Well I have her, picked her up Sunday. She is one pretty dog. built like a tank. Got her kenneled by herself to see how she behaves. She is also house broke.

bobby g

consider yourself lucky that shes housebroke... my pup.. 8 weeks old GSP, whines at midnight, 2 am, 4 am needing her bathroom break.. or just wants out to play...


i cant even train mine til shes at least abit older... but you should be able hunt her this year.. just she needs to know youre the dominate leader and that she listens to you.

has she had any prior hunting experinces with the previous owner?

[bobeyerite]

She can be taught to hunt. The main points of hunting is obedience. The hunting and pointing should be in her genes. All you have to do is get her into a birds and let those genes get woke up. The more birds she sees and works the better hunter she will become. But make sure her obedience perfect before she goes afield...........Bob

[GSP]

Originally Posted by beaglebob1

Well I have her, picked her up Sunday. She is one pretty dog. built like a tank. Got her kenneled by herself to see how she behaves. She is also house broke.

bobby g

Hang on and enjoy the ride. Nothing like a well mannered bird dog.

I'm sensing a handle change in your future, "birddogbog" formerly known as "beaglebob."

Seriously, enjoy the pup. If you can, try to hook up with someone local that can show you the ins and outs.

[beaglebob1]

Originally Posted by bobeyerite

She can be taught to hunt. The main points of hunting is obedience. The hunting and pointing should be in her genes. All you have to do is get her into a birds and let those genes get woke up. The more birds she sees and works the better hunter she will become. But make sure her obedience perfect before she goes afield...........Bob

Hello Bob.
I am giving her sometime to get to know me. I have a area set up for yard work. Figure I would train like I did with the English Pointers.
bobby g

[beaglebob1]

Originally Posted by birdman652001

consider yourself lucky that shes housebroke... my pup.. 8 weeks old GSP, whines at midnight, 2 am, 4 am needing her bathroom break.. or just wants out to play...


i cant even train mine til shes at least abit older... but you should be able hunt her this year.. just she needs to know youre the dominate leader and that she listens to you.

has she had any prior hunting experinces with the previous owner?

She had some yard work and they house trained her. He said they started formal training but never followed through with it. I just turned out 110 quail out of the surrogator (3 rd batch) and loaded another, hope they mix with the wild population We got habitat and cover see what happens. She will have plenty of birds to train on.