Chris recently blogged about losing her Weim Gunner while training. Totally scary stuff. There was thankfully a happy ending, but anyone who has lost a dog while hiking, hunting, or even from their own yard can understand the anxiety that Chris’ situation with Gunner provoked. Whether a dog is a big runner or tends to stick close [...]
NAVHDA Weims Featured on Michigan Out of Doors
August 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
Since I don’t live in Michigan to get their local PBS, all I can say is, ya gotta love the internet. Michigan Out of Doors recently aired a piece on NAVHDA (North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association), a training and testing organization for versatile hunting dogs, which include Weimaraners. There are only four Weimaraner NAVHDA [...]
Using Pulling to Your Advantage
July 27, 2010 By 8 Comments
I recently wrote an article on how to prevent your Weimaraner from pulling when you walk, which is what most people want, but have you considered that there are times you might want your Weim TO pull? No? How about to make your walk “worth” more by having them expend more energy in a shorter period of [...]
Clicker Training for the Field?
July 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’d heard about Positive Gun Dogs several years ago and was always curious about it considering that Weimaraners tend to have a rep for being a bit “soft.” So when one of my friends offered to lend it to me (Thanks, Mindy!), I was excited about getting right to it since I just couldn’t quite picture [...]
Back in the Day – DC Boomer
June 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
I love sitting down and getting an “old timer” to start jawing about a dog that I can only read about in books. When I visited dog trainer, Bill Gibbons of Magma Bird Dogs in Arizona, I learned that even though he currently concentrates on training and breaking dogs (and running an occasional dog in [...]
