jerry malbeck
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Tony , my dog OBE did the same thing , kinda learned what i wanted by himself . he still sits close on all stands and very rarely will get much farther out then about 20 yrds when walking, and will always come back to a lip squeak. I really screwed up with him when he was a pup ( about 6 months old) he went calling for the first time with me and 2 other guys , when the coyotes we were calling saw him from across a big draw they were on a string to get to the dog that was killing the rabbit that belonged to them .The guys started shooting and scared him to death , i remember how he came to me for protection and hid under my legs . It took me a couple of years to break him of the gun shy thing but now he knows when the gun goes off its time to use his nose or go get a reward . I still to this day will not hunt him with another shooter except my 10 year old son , im afraid someone wont keep track of the dog and harm him . for someone thats going to start a dog i highly recomend one on one only for the first year or two , lots of praise and very little correction ,Make it fun for them, the dog will figure out what you want from it over time unless its just plain stupid .( i have one like that also , but its my wifes dog ) LOL. The main thing is train your dog to stay close and make sure you can ALWAYS call them back , that way they most likely will not get hurt .