New bird dog/antler hunter.

[Sleeper]

I have forgot how much a pita a puppy is.

[YALE]

He looks like he pays attention to you. That's 90% of the battle with training a dog. Good looking pup!

[Sleeper]

There are a few in her pedigree that have achieved mater hunter status.

Hopefully she got some of those smarts.

[Pope]

There are a few in her pedigree that have achieved mater hunter status.

Hopefully she got some of those smarts.

[Odizzle]

My new German Shorthair, got him last Thursday and he has been a handful, he's my first bird dog and I'm loving his energy so far.

[Ratt]

Here's my 1 year old Hungarian Vizsla when she sees a bird outside or has to go to the bathroom really bad.



Edit: That's about half her full jump height, just couldn't get a picture fast enough with the phone.

[CJ]

Here's my 1 year old Hungarian Vizsla when she sees a bird outside or has to go to the bathroom really bad.



Edit: That's about half her full jump height, just couldn't get a picture fast enough with the phone.

I've been interested in getting a vizsla for my next hunting dog. Is it true that they don't smell? I've never trained a dog to hunt, but I am paranoid that I might not be able to and I'd have a useless dog for 10 years, lol. How hard is it to train a bird dog?

[Ratt]

I've been interested in getting a vizsla for my next hunting dog. Is it true that they don't smell? I've never trained a dog to hunt, but I am paranoid that I might not be able to and I'd have a useless dog for 10 years, lol. How hard is it to train a bird dog?

We don't use her for hunting, and they do smell, but not near as bad as any other dog I've ever had. When she gets all riled up and running around, she just smells like whatever sticks to her. Vizslas are amazing dogs. Extremely personable, social, and they act just like humans in a dog-suit . You have to devote alot of time to them though, They're called velcro-dogs for a reason. They don't like to be away from their owners for any extended period of time at all, and they are REALLY high energy. She is without a doubt the most hyperactive dog I have ever owned. We have to feed her working breed food because she burns off calories so fast from just running around.

[DieselSmoke]

My Vizsla Gauge and they can definitely smell. He was trained by James Collier at www.collierkennels.com. James has only trained a few Vizslas, because they're not that common, but he told me he would put a Vizslas nose up against any breed. I've owned a few bird dog, mostly GSH, but the Vizsla is something else. Great bird dog but need a lot of attention and they're very hyper.





And the lab and GSH are great looking pups btw. I always wanted a lab because they love the water.

[DieselSmoke]

We don't use her for hunting, and they do smell, but not near as bad as any other dog I've ever had. When she gets all riled up and running around, she just smells like whatever sticks to her. Vizslas are amazing dogs. Extremely personable, social, and they act just like humans in a dog-suit . You have to devote alot of time to them though, They're called velcro-dogs for a reason. They don't like to be away from their owners for any extended period of time at all, and they are REALLY high energy. She is without a doubt the most hyperactive dog I have ever owned. We have to feed her working breed food because she burns off calories so fast from just running around.

I have breeders rights if you ever want to breed.

[Ratt]

I have breeders rights if you ever want to breed.

She's fixed, unfortunately. Vizslas are pretty much the only breed I will ever own at this point. They are such awesome dogs.

[forbes]

some one who was moving gave me a vizsla ... my bro n law had a yellow lab he dumped tons of money into... we took my dog out pheasant hunting (never trained, just a pet) and she outworked that lab 5 different ways to hell... they just have good instinct

[Andy@PrimeTuning]

I just picked up a lab as well. He comes from a Hunting background too, but not any award winners.

[Ratt]

some one who was moving gave me a vizsla ... my bro n law had a yellow lab he dumped tons of money into... we took my dog out pheasant hunting (never trained, just a pet) and she outworked that lab 5 different ways to hell... they just have good instinct

Don't get me wrong, I miss my Chocolate Lab to hell and back, but the Vizsla is another breed of loyal.

[Pewter Y2K Z28]

How hard is it to train a bird dog?

It's not that bad. It's time consuming though and you HAVE to get them in the field early on and often.


We've had really good luck doing hunts with the pen raised, flight coniditoned birds. It's not exactly difficult for the hunter (unless you need to knock some rust off OR you are new to bird hunting) but it's great work for a new dog.