Chuck Goes To Trial

June 3rd 2006 Chuck and the boys attended a Shoot to Retrieve Fun Trial put on by the local gundog club. Here he learns socialization skills with other dogs and people, and gets bird work in the puppy field. He shows good bird drive and stayed actively engaged in the pursuit, once he understood what we where after.

Birds are placed randomly in a field. I checkcord Chuck crosswind into the scent cone, the first couple he charged into the bird trying to find out what it was, after that he began to staunch up for the point. This training is a test of his bird drive, nose and use of the scent cone. No corrections where given. This is early bird work and it needs to be fun.