Posted by jim bower on January 20, 2000 at 14:48:29:
In Reply to: Re: Field Training posted by Mike on January 19, 2000 at 01:09:48:
: : I have a three year old female labrador retiever. She is very well trained in obedience but I have no experience in feild trial training. Is it to late to train this dog, and if not, where do I begin with her training. I do a lot of duck/pheasant hunting but have never used my own dogs.
: Hi Jason,
: If she has never had birds before, it would be a very difficult road to train her to be competitive in field trials. Depending on her breeding and willingness to work, she could could be trained to perform the type of work field trial dogs do, and she could yet earn a QAA, but due to her late start a FC or AFC would be unlikely.
: You may wish to try the Hunt Tests before moving on to Field Trials.