Training

When it comes to the realm of retrievers, bird dogs, treeing dogs, and even in some cases pack dogs gun shyness is something that can be heartbreaking. From experience, owning a dog that cowers even when you pull a gun out of the truck is highly frustrating. Working with a lab puppy lately has led me to doing a lot...

Your Alpha 200i is amazingly versatile in its ability to train, but few users are aware of how functional and easy to use the unit really is. Begin to explore your device, and you can begin to utilize the training buttons on the side to quickly navigate between dog training and the 200i's many applications.

Imagine that you're new to the world of dog tracking. Or maybe you're in the market for a new system and it's been awhile since you've needed to shop for new gear. Perhaps you just won a TT15X collar in a raffle and while it pairs to your old Astro, you can't make use of its training functions, and you're...

Utilizing our dogs for finding, pointing and/or flushing upland game is now behind us. Big game blood trails are mere memories. We have picked up our decoys, left the duck blinds with our retrievers at heel. The changing of the season brings the closure of our passion for working dogs. Unfortunately it also brings an untimely seasonal depression for hunters...

Many of our customers hunt with others in clubs or organizations, and when a new Garmin handheld hits the market, there is always the issue of if and when to switch over to the newer model. Previously, Astro 320 dog trackers ran on a 10-dog capacity software platform making them incompatible with the Alpha 100's 20-dog platform; many groups were...

Behind every well trained deer hound is a lot of hours of training put in to make sure that your pup is ready when you dump the box. The process of training each dog can be simple or some may take a little more work before it gets the hang of it. The key things to always remember are patience...

By now, if you’ve been following the DU podcasts and articles, you’ve probably at least thought about getting a bird dog if you don’t already have one.  If you’ve done any research at all about some of the things you may need to get started, you’re probably extremely overwhelmed.  Trainers, e-collars, bird launchers, training birds, WOAH… the list goes on and on.  ...

So you just got a new puppy, congratulations! But now what? Where do you start with training and how do you start? You’ve heard of kennel or crate training but it seems so mean and scary toleave an 8 week old puppy in a kennel all alone! Or you’ve found out that your puppy isn’t a big fan of crate...

Everyone wants that perfect dog.  That dog that listens the first time they’re called.  That dog that sits patiently at the door and waits to be let out.  That dog that doesn’t bolt at the first sign of freedom.  And that dog that is walking nicely on a lead and not dragging the handler around.  Here are some things I do with my dogs to...

You’ve probably heard the saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”, right? It’s something that’s been said time and time again about those stubborn old dogs that seem unwilling to listen let alone learn. But how much weight should we hold behind that saying when taking on a new recruit, and what difference does age really make when...