Thank you very much to everyone who replied to my English Setter thread. The info was very helpful!
OK, so now my next question along the same lines-
What books do you reccomend for a person who is getting his first upland dog?
I live in rural northern MN and literally have grouse in the yard, and woodcock too on occassion. I would also like to make a pheasant hunt with friends every 2-3 years. I would like to get and train a dog to hunt in these situations.He needs to hunt semi-close and reasonably slow, due to health problems.
I have owned a couple of retrievers many years ago, as well as many, many, many hounds. The retrievers required a lot of training work on my part, whereas with the hounds I could just teach them one or two things NOT to do. But many of them were too hard headed to learn anything at all.
What books should I read on training a setter for upland hunting?
Thanks!
Last edited by Marc Stokeld; 10/27/07 11:48 AM.
