The dog is a springer spaniel and I was objective wondering what age I should start training him to be a bird dog right now he is about 2 and a half months old

I call some good methods for trianing a dog (beagle) for rabbit hunting. And obeadience without me having to bring it to a trainer.

A: Get veritable. This job takes a pro.
If you've got no $ get to the library.

http://www.beaglesunlimited.com/beagletraining.htm

I have a female, bright retriever, she is almost 1 yr old (jan. 1st). When should i start to teach her how not to be gun shy?

A: Training a hunting dog takes alot of point and alot of effort from the person training the hunting dog. The training of a hunting dog should start the same way as any dog being trained. ***It should start right from when the dog is a puppy.Exposing your dog to ear-splitting noises should have been done before it is 12 weeks old.!!!! You may find at a year old,it will be very difficult.***
A hunting dog should be fully trained before being taken out to course seek out and also make...

Usually search and rescue isn't conducted on sunny days with 75-degree temperatures, so when Thursday's conditions became muddy, cold and wet, it created a classic scenario like the aftermath of a tornado or hurricane or other natural calamity.

Prime hunting weather if you're a search-and-rescue dog or handler in training. The dogs have learned basic training but have a ways to go before they are certified by the Federal Emergency Management Administration.

This week's session was more about training handlers on how to work their dogs during scenarios like a collapsed building or sifting through tornado debris looking for survivors.