Jeramie Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 I had this conversation with a guy at the office yesterday.... My golden is around 1-year old. Im starting her on a dead fowl trainer soon. Right now she is scenting good, fetches bumpers, heals, etc. Honestly she picked it up with very little work. She acts like a big dumb puppy but picks things up pretty easily. Im hopeing she keeps up the pace. I do worry a little as she isnt anywhere near picking up a downed bird. Ill keep working her and hope she picks it up. Only time will tell. Anyway, how old was your dog before it got the first retreive? Ive been told that 2 is a good age to expect dogs to start performing and that doesnt seem out of reach for Chloe but I wondered what experience everyone else had with training their duck dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 Took Coal (black lab) on his first hunt at 5 months. He was making double mark retrieves and short blinds. Would have taken him sooner but i wanted to wait and go to Arkansas for his first hunt so he would actually be able to see some birds. He wound up retrieving 1 goose 1 pintail 6 mallards and 5 teal on his first hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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