1. TRAINING OVERVIEW USING THE DOGS INSTINCTS TO DEVELOP HIM NATURALLY Pointing the Way!

2. CONCEPT SILENT INTERFACE DOG/HANDLER BEGINNERS WORKED BEHIND LINES ADVANCED DOGS READY TO POINT BIRDS GO TO FRONT LINE POINTING BIRD IS NOT CRITICAL FIRST STEP DIFFERS FROM TRADITIONAL METHODS

3. TRAINING DEVICES PINCH COLLAR (PC) CHECK CORD (CC) ELECTRONIC COLLAR (E-COLLAR) CARDED PIGEONS/PIGEON POLES PLANTED QUAIL/CHUKAR BLANK PISTOL

4. TRADITIONAL METHODS WHOA TRAINING WHOA BARREL, POST OR PLATFORM VERBAL INTERACTION WITH DOG LOTS OF PRESSURE IMPOSED ON DOG CAN ADAPT A DOG THAT IS STARTED WITH THE NEW CONCEPT

5. METHODS BEGINNING DOGS (3/4) ARE WORKED BEHIND POINTING DOG. QUEUES ARE USED TO PROGRAM THE DOG –BIRD FLUSHING, GUN FIRING, DOG POINTING DOG IS TAUGHT TO STAND THROUGH ALL OF THE DISTRACTION

6. PROGRESSION DOGS LEARN TO STAND WITH PC & CC. WEARS E-COLLAR FROM THE START MOVES TO LEVEL 2/1 ONCE STANDING/STOPPING WITH BIRD DISTRACTION BIRD WORK: DOGS ALLOWED TO POINT FLUSH AND CHASE TILL STOPPED WITH PC OR E-COLLAR

7. PROGRESSION (Cont) DOG MAKES DECISION TO POINT AND STAND OR TO FLUSH AND CHASE. IF CHASES THEN IS CORRECTED WITH LOW STIMULATION. DOGS ARE NOT PUNISHED WHILE POINTING AND REMAINING STAUNCH/BIRD IS ON THE GROUND IF THEY CREEP THEN THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO FLUSH THEN STOPPED. VERBAL INTERACTION IS OVERLAYED AT END OF TRAINING NOT BEGINNING

8. POLISH DOG LEARNS TO BACK AS HE PROGRESSES RETRIEVING NOT PART OF THE PROGRAM, BUT ANOTHER ELEMENT OF FINISHING YOUR DOG PROGRESSION SUITABLE FOR ANY COMPETITION VENUE WHISTLE AND HAND SIGNALS ARE ALL EMBELLISHMENTS ADDED BY OWNER.

9. RESOURCE INFO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pointingdo gs/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pointingdo gs/ TRAINING WITH MO, GLADE RUN PRESS, $25.00 DVD’S –Nothing New on His Neck –Gibbons Seminar, Tx, 2005