I got a black Lab a few years ago, and I immediately started working on her hunting ability. I think she’s hopeless as a hunting dog, but I keep trying to turn her into one [...]
Ducks Unlimited has a great library of excellent tips for hunting on its website. You don’t have to be a member to access most of the advice, but if you do join, your [...]
Every year, there’s at least one story in the news about a dog tripping the trigger on a shotgun and killing the dog’s owner, or someone else along on the hunt. The thing [...]
If you spend any time with your dog out in the field, you’ll eventually run into a situation where your dog needs some help. I was hunting the Table Mountain habitat [...]
There are plenty of bird farms all over Wyoming, and it’s usually not that expensive to buy a few birds to get your young hunting dog some experience. It’s a great way to [...]
My black Lab is defective. That was made abundantly clear when the kids and I took her out on a pheasant hunt a year or two ago. We had seen a pheasant run into a line of [...]
Probably the most common way to get a hunting dog is to go to a breeder. It’s also probably the most reliable. Dogs that come from reputable kennels have pedigrees that [...]
If you train dogs or have a hunting dog or two, you probably have more than a few electronic collars for your critters. And chances are good they’re made by TriTronics. [...]
I have an irretrievable retriever. I started to suspect that my Lab was missing the hunting gene her breed is known for the first time I took her hunting. She seemed excited [...]
I got a black Lab a few years ago, and I immediately started working on her hunting ability. She has some natural ability, but she definitely needs training. Besides, there [...]