Wednesday, March 10th, 2010...1:56 am
You Have to Have Birds
You have to have birds to train a bird dog. There is no way around it. This doesn’t mean you have to have them yourself but your dog has to be trained on live birds if you are going to have a hunting dog worth his salt.
Not everyone has a place to raise them and keep them. If you don’t, you’ll need to find either a dog training club, professional dog trainer, or a shooting preserve where you can keep birds or buy them as needed.
If you DO have a place to keep birds then you need proper housing for them.
If you are handy with a hammer and saw, you can build your own. We sell plans for a pigeon loft. It’s a pretty easy design and will fit in most backyards.
We have also have plans for one of the nicest quail recall or “Johnny Houses” that I have every seen. The Phantom Quail Kennel is the Taj Mahal of recall pens. I don’t have one yet, but I will someday soon.
If you are not handy with a hammer – like me – then you can get out your wallet out and have one built.
If you want to get a really, really nice one built then check out W.L. Jaggers Quailty Pigeon Lofts & Recall Pens.
W.L. is a bird dog man and makes a mighty nice bird pen. I have seen several of his in the field and they are well worth the price tag. The cool thing too is that he can ship you one almost anywhere.
Here are a few images of his work. Check out his site for more info.
You have to have birds to train a bird dog.
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