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Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
He's having fun at your expense and doing what he wants to do instead of what you are commanding him, retrieving game in the field is a job not a game, most dogs when trained properly and at the right age develop a strong desire to do it because of the positive feed back we supply when they do as we ask. If your pooch isn't doing as you say I would get back to the basics and make sure you are getting what you ask for with each command. If they cant do it when its training time they most likely wont do it when the guns are going off. Training and discipline in the first two years of gun dogs life shape what it will be in the end.
Snake Charmer
Happiness is a warm gut pile
E-collars in the hands of an untrained user is like handing a razor blade to a monkey, it can cause more harm than good. They are a big part of how we train, they are not for everything but do serve a useful role. We use them for the come command and heeling, to stop a creeping pointer and other behaviors we see in individual dogs that we are trying to modify. It is important to understand that a dog must be trained to understand what you are asking from them when you use one. The training process should be a combination of voice commands over layed with use of the collar. If you haven't used one before it would be a very good idea to read up on how they are used ( there are several good books out on it) or take lesson from a professional trainer (we can help with that)
