Starting Ground Coverage Pattern Work with your Upland Bird Hunting dogs, 6mo Old Springer Spaniel

‪@WhitewaterGundogs‬ our pups are introduced to this One Out-One Up drills as soon as they are reliably completing retrieves, delivering to the handler and confidently running with the check cord in place. This is usually around 10-12 weeks of age. For us it is usually Sonda and Rob approximately 20-30 yards apart in an upwind course. In turn the pup is called back and forth first cast birds are thrown out to the side at about a 45 degree angle on each side then the next round birds are thrown in directly up course. Oliver was just introduced to the check cord and this is his first introduction to this kind of training. This is where it all starts to come together for both handler and pup, so they have some work to do at home. We look forward to watching their progress