We think she's going to be a nice dog looking forward to her future.

I think she is going to be a really nice dog

Awe, thank you. Hard to believe they are 7 months old already. We kept one, "Riot" growing into herself fast, you can follow her progress here. Welcome to our page, happy to have you! We are always happy to hear if you have specific areas of need or interest you might like us to add any time, don't hesitate to ask.

yes. start him over. as you see there is a lot of prep work to be able to make this work. if you have to walk him out to the first cast bird if need be

@@WhitewaterGundogs Ok Thank you

(Sonda) yep...that's Hawk...pretty attached to Rob...He will let me take me take him off that field, but that is about it...it is all about Rob for sure!

Maddie goes in for confirmation ultra sound on Wednesday, will know then if we will have pups...expected DOB will be 2/10/25.

Thanks, As you can see we have the dogs taking a line but also sitting on a whistle and taking a cast. We have a young dog presently working on just that sit on a whistle and take a cast. He's almost ready to video . that will probably be our next addition.

Sonda's going to post this drill again with a couple of other dogs. You'll get to see how this works with them. The young dog "Mavirck" struggled a bit but we got him thru.

I build them its fairly simple. For the pups i use 1/4" poly rope. I use a a snap that is fairly small or i just use a small small chain. Most of the time when you purchase the rope it will come with a flute. So if i want a 7 foot lead i need 14 feet of rope. Seeing how the rope is hollow I'll use the flute to feed one end back thru itself. Make sure to put your snap on the line first. Again if i want a 7 foot lead I'll measure and mark the 7 foot mark and start feeding the rope thru at that spot. once i have the rope fed thru I'll just cut the end to make it even then take a lighter and burn that end. By doubling up the rope you have stiffened the lead up and rarely will it get tangled up when the pup is dragging it around. For the longer leads that i use for Obedience training I'll use 1/2" rope and a heavy snap and do the same thing. I generally make these 20 to 30 feet in length. Hope this helps.

@WhitewaterGundogs thank you, thank is everything I needed to know!

Thank you, we usually announce the breeding on Facebook. Just bred Maddie x Hawk a couple of weeks ago and will go for confirmation ultrasound in a couple weeks. Right now Maverick is our only Finished dog that is up for discussion and he is on another Facebook page "Litter Announcements/Started/Finished Quality Bred Spaniels"

We ran all of our older dogs on these three drills last month. Huge improvement once we got them back in the field. Thanks for watching and have a Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours too.

Hey its just one more dog! But thanks we work hard to produce what we have.

we do use quail often but pigeons are much more hardy. Also i trap most of the pigeons i use so the cost is nothing. i love using chukars but at 15 bucks a bird i use them sparingly

@@WhitewaterGundogs Thank you! Just got my first bird dog and I have to figure out what birds to get. This was helpful.

@@phklearning4377 we use the same method of making clipped wing birds no matter what kind of bird it is. good luck with your new dog and have fun!

Thanks jaybird, we have a number of things in the works for future videos

Thank you, Maverick does LOVE to work!!

I'm using Dogtra's RT Edge This particular collar has 3 levels of stimulation at each level. example level 1 has low, medium and 1. It have this at each level 1-8. With that said i generally use medium 1 to 1. Some of the spaniels are super sensitive to stimulation so I use low 1 to medium 1 for those dogs.

that'll vary with each indivdual dog. generally 3 to 4 times

Thanks we'll be posting more on this series

everyone will be moving forward in the next few days, will get Step Three up shortly!

Thanks! Glad you are finding the videos helpful. There will be a few additional videos to this series as the dogs progress through the steps....stay turned:)

Yes she is, super fun big running little bit of a thing! Is going to be fun to watch her mature. Thanks for watching!

Last Hawk Maddie litter is scheduled for her next heat- breeding should be in the next week or so (fingers crossed) making whelping end of December.

Thank you! We enjoy where we live and train.

it could help, a little bit harder to do with a steady dog, we'll be posting videos of casting drills soon these may be better suited for older dogs. We'll be doing this with two labs that we are teaching to quarter as well as one 11 month old spaniel. Should have these up first part of November

For our Field Trial prospects we would not hunt them prior to being reliably steady. In this video you see Boone who is not steady running, in this case his owner will be having him on lead during this hunting season for experience, and then he plans to bring him back after the season to steady him up. Boone's owner is not interested in Field Trials so steadiness is not as much of a priority to him as it will be for McKenzie and River.

Thanks David, yes, this is one of the most rewarding, and as you said crucial times in puppy development, all three went through this part of training very well. Did you get the chance the watch all three of the pups? It has been great fun to develop these three littermates, all excel at natural drive and ability, different styles, different temperaments. Will be great to watch them grow up!

Thank you, it is fun sharing our little family with everyone, so happy to hear you are enjoying them!

I will be bringing home a working English cocker for my first bird dog in November. We are so excited!

Absolutely! Even for Puppy Stakes the dog must be steady to the flush, shot and always to the hup whistle. And even when they are consistently steady in the field during training, you want to see that consistency hold true for as many bird contacts as you can provide to ensure that holds during a trial.

Next question- Should I take the risk to hunt with a spaniel that isn’t steady or stops? I just got him an ecollar. I’m in a hunting club but the other dogs are more advanced and I just watch. My dog is inconsistent because his training is inconsistent.

@@boblathrop9983 if your planning on field trialing or hunt test.. Your dog needs to be steady. if you hunt with an unsteady dog the chance of getting him reliably steady later is not good and if you do the flush could be hampered. Buying an E-Collar and strapping it on your dog really isn't. a good idea either. if you watch the Draven series you will see how to properly collar condition your dog as well as how to steady your dog. I'm not in favor of hunting my dogs with a group of dogs. Never liked the coyote mentality that creates.

Thank you. Wishing you the best with your new pup!

Thanks, he is a fun one for sure! Puppy trials are a hoot, never know what might happen. Be sure to introduce yourself if you see we are there, Draven will likely be running Open by then.

LOL..."goes all wrong", is pretty vague, but I will try to address what you are asking. This is a really advanced drill for dogs who are thoroughly conditioned to all commands, specifically the turn whistle and here. Calling a dog off of that clearly visible and very tempting bird to take the command to go where I tell them to go is high level training and requires an experienced dog. If any of the prerequisite training and experience is not in place do not attempt to put it all together. Take some steps back in your training, concentrate on once piece of the drill at a time. For example: put your dog at hup remotely, (take several steps away from them) hand throw a clip wing bird, preferably in the direction in which you could intervene if necessary, release the dog for the retrieve then when the dog is half way to the bird, give the hup command, sit them down, and call them back to you without going after that bird. This is just one step of preparing for this kind of advanced drill. A good series to watch would be the Draven E-Collar Series, all of this series work can be done without an E-Collar, and prepares you and your working dog conditioning the commands you will need for future training. Also any of the Control videos are all part of getting to these Advanced skill levels. Hope this helps your friend😆

@@WhitewaterGundogs yes thanks, I have and train trial dogs. Not a drill I have used before so thanks for sharing it.

@@windyplainsinc1298 excellent! Hopefully meet you in the field at some point!

At the very beginning is called a "Walk Up" we come out of holding blind and take a sharp left then proceed to the spot that the bird is launched then judges are behind so they can judge if the dog is steady for the walkup prior to being released. Dogs are so focused on the retrieve, rarely do they pay any attention at all to the judges.

In our experience sex of the dog makes little difference in drive, it is individual to the dog and their breeding.

Ok just curious Thank you

Congrats, from Rick? A healthy mix of fear and excitement is normal, but temper that with full doses of love and attention, you have this!!