Just Politics

[BullNBear52]

Noem describes her frustrations with Cricket, a 14-month-old wirehair pointer who Noem says ruined a pheasant hunt and killed a neighbouring family’s chickens.

If the dog had been trained properly There is no way he would have attacked a chicken / bird and it was too young to be hunting. They are trained to hunt and point when they find a pheasant in the field and not attack it.


And they have to hold that point until told to flush, putting the bird in the air. And once the bird is down they have to find the bird, come to a point again and wait for the hunter to come and pick up the bird. You can train them to retrieve but that takes a while and they have to have a soft mouth so they don't damage the bird.

I trained my setter in the process with a scented pheasant wing and a fly rod. I'd cast the wing then drag it for a while then let him loose on a lead to find the bird. Once he got close I'd slow him down till he came to a point. Patience and time is a must since at 15 months all they want to do is run and play. When I thought he was ready I'd take him out by myself and a 30 foot lead training him on a whistle so he'd stay in range.

And some dogs just will never hunt. My uncle had an English Setter and he was useless in the field. All he wanted to do was run and play. He stayed home when ever we went hunting and became the family pet.

Finally if I had seen that bitch shoot her dog I would have shot her was a round of rock salt since I always carried a couple in case anyone shot my dog.