Over the years I have hunted with lots of folks and dogs, more often than not, I am compelled to tell a Hunter to take his dog to the truck because it is disruptive, be it barking, moving around, breaking just as the birds are cupped up etc. won't handle or take a line to a long retrieve etc. "It Happens".
Now, my hunting buddy has an 11 year old female that I have sworn at more than a few times. Whining in the blind drives me nuts, she whines frequently, breaking is another issue, and she can't do blind retrieves beyond around 50 yards. The one thing that really annoys me is that she switches. I really really hate it when I allow him to send his dog, have my dog honor his dog and then cast my dog for another bird only to have his dog drop the bird in its mouth and steal the bird away from my dog. Now I am really upset when its the only two birds knocked down that day.
Soooooooooo-aside from giving my hunting buddy some severe verbal abuse and running him off with the others I have already run off, am glad I did, does anybody have some helpful hints I could give him on how to teach her not to switch.
As an FYI, My dog is trained not to do this, I never had a problem with him from the beginning.
Now I know this may seem funny to some but really, there are reasons guide services don't want folks bringing their mallard muncher to the hunt and I for one know the reasons they do this.
Looking foward to some helpful ideas.
Oh, Hunting Etiquette 101 and or a little common sense courtesy, not something to teach the dog, any comments on that are helpful as well. I tend to hold it in and then explode.
