Bird Dog Training

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you are right to be concerned. One thing i would warn against is this. If your dog displays signs of gun shyness... Do not be the caring parent. Do not try to comfort or praise the dog because you feel bad.... Although this may be the appropriate action with a human child. Dogs are different doing this will only make things worse... do not acknowledge this behavior ignore it and try move on immediately. And be sure and only use the cap gun during retrieving. You want it to be associated with fun/hunting... make sure your dog is distracted by the fun of retrieving.... and try and introduce the "bang" at a distance and slowly moving closer. Always keeping the the dogs focus on retrieving/hunting. Messing this up can result in a life long battle of fear... You want to get to the point where the tail wags when you pull out the shotgun!


best of luck
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