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Originally Posted by Feesherman
Ok, have it! Just never heard of taking a dog hunting before it was trained. Obedience = Sit(and sit means stay) heal, and down. How do you accomplish all that as soon as you pull him off the teet? How can you do anything with a dog until it has been obedience trained?
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Sit, stay, heel is taught @ a very young age in a gun dogs life that's the FIRST thing they learn. But those fellas are correct about breaking him into gun fire. Make the gun play a game where there is no pressure of obedience maybe play a simple game of fetch and have a buddy fire a weapon of some sort as you throw a dummy...but I agree baby steps with the pup. Force fetch training is not even a thought yet, you don't want to break the pups spirit.