Posted: 10/17/2012 3:47:41 PM EDT
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So my last thread was productive, you guys pointed me to lots of different bird dogs.
The more I started to read about the GWP the more I wanted one, and I found a breeder very close to home. So now I am looking for some insight from actual owners. Just how much can these dogs do? I have a 5 year old coon dog that is a fantastic dog, but a one man show on the hunt. He just chases coons regardless of what we go looking for, as was made apparent by the last rabbit hunt I took him on when one ran right under his legs and he didn't even notice it. Just how smart are they? My dog will come, sit, stay, lay down and shake, and knows a pile of other words regarding driving, hunting, or things around the house, should make obedience training a new pup easy enough, but am I silly to think that I can get him to point and retrieve birds during the day and run next to my coon hound during the night? How well do they take to an E-collar, or will most even need one? My hound for awhile knew his commands, but then wouldn't follow them until getting juiced, the E-collar fixed him, but only on the max setting, very hard headed breed. He still needs a reminder about every 6 months. |
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had several short haired english pointers and they were smart as a whip. great dogs with wonderful personalities. very kid friendly as well. you can train them to do anything you desire. all of mine were hunting dogs and family pets as well. one of my dogs was awesome. she would retrieve the bird once I shot it. I would neal down and open the back of my vest and she would come to me, stick her head in the back of the vest and drop the bird off. that was pretty impressive.
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had several short haired english pointers and they were smart as a whip. great dogs with wonderful personalities. very kid friendly as well. you can train them to do anything you desire. all of mine were hunting dogs and family pets as well. one of my dogs was awesome. she would retrieve the bird once I shot it. I would neal down and open the back of my vest and she would come to me, stick her head in the back of the vest and drop the bird off. that was pretty impressive. my buddy trained his Lab to fetch him a beer from the fridge and deliver it to him in his recliner. That's a good dog. OP, all the hunting and working breeds are smart and trainable. Get what you like from a reputable breeder. do you need a versatile ( ducks, upland, different terrain) dog? Get a GSP or a GWP, or a Lab. If all you do is hunt quail in hot Texas, a Pointer is the way to go. |
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had several short haired english pointers and they were smart as a whip. great dogs with wonderful personalities. very kid friendly as well. you can train them to do anything you desire. all of mine were hunting dogs and family pets as well. one of my dogs was awesome. she would retrieve the bird once I shot it. I would neal down and open the back of my vest and she would come to me, stick her head in the back of the vest and drop the bird off. that was pretty impressive. i have an english pointer. dumb as a rock, but the sweetest dog i've ever owned. she flush birds all day long in the country and boundless energy. |
| Had a GWP out of VDD/GNA breeding some years ago. Super multi-purpose hunting dog, pointed, trailed blood, retrieved from water, and the like. Very trainable. Great with family and friends, not so great with uninvited strangers or cats, kind of a guard dog mentality. If I had the yard space and the time to train every day like I did with Tess, I'd own another in a heart beat. |
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Had a GWP out of VDD/GNA breeding some years ago. Super multi-purpose hunting dog, pointed, trailed blood, retrieved from water, and the like. Very trainable. Great with family and friends, not so great with uninvited strangers or cats, kind of a guard dog mentality. If I had the yard space and the time to train every day like I did with Tess, I'd own another in a heart beat. I concur. Had two of them growing up. Very good dogs, especially if you have it trained professionally. But ours were a bit dominant and at one point in their lineage they were breed as a guard dog, so they can be pretty horrific around other dogs. Not all of them, so a more docile animal would be my choice, it will stay have energy to boot. |