re: Update pup is here! I think I've found my new pup!

Pics! My dude in gundog training last winter.

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Be patient, very very patient. Most labs want to learn and please you but they have a learning curve just like anything else. I have seen many people lose their shite when their pup can't take hand signals after a week.

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Can't be stressed enough. Read the dog.

Ask Redfish2010 about me losing my shite on mine about a month ago. Granted he's 14 months old and fresh out of a 7 month gundog program, so I felt I was justified.

But I was wrong. Turns out I was all fear, no love, and he was scared shitless of disappointing me. Had to check cord him for a couple weeks and ease up on the corrections. He's a fricking machine now that I have him balance out. It's a delicate balance. The dog has to fear you and love you. Imbalance in either direction will cause a problem.