#341 The Often-Overlooked Importance of Bird Introduction

Training the Pointing Labrador

In today's episode, we talk about the reasons early and appropriate bird introduction is important, sometimes critically so. We often believe that "pointers will point" and "flushers will flush", but it can be problematic if they've been taught to be very concerned with you when they are performing their ancestral work of hunting birds. Emphasis on what is most important on the developing brain of a young pup can shorten the entire training process. Many of the problems in the young upland hunter stem from what their bird introductions taught them...