Sika update
A few of you older existing members of the site that hav visited the dog section may remember my Lab bitch sika as a pup
And also may of seen a few pics and clips of her as she progressed during her training and stalking duties
since those days she has now progressed and has started her first season in the picking up world
for those that are not familiar with Sika
a little low down
Sika
A black lab Bitch was trained on deer and deer alone from a pup
at 10 months of age was accompany myself on virtually every stalk, walking loose to heel at my side, by 11 months she had several short finds of dead Deer in amongst the crops & a couple of decent tracks on runners all take at real time situ's
and upto date has found many a potentially lost deer in the thickest of cover,
a clip as a youngster on a fallow doe runner (real life footage )
now at the age of 3
It was decided she was ready for the transfer across to picking feathered game
This was about her 3rd ever first retrieve off water using a dummy and you may notice I also hav another dog on the scene
which I use to help aid with the steadiness in training
this was her 5th ever retrieve on water and was also in the same training session,
she had 7 retrieves in all and all on water, so had progressed well
Sika picking her very first ever Duck off water, which was done in a live situ aswell (Sept this year)
you can still hear the guns banging away in the back ground
A few more pics picking ducks and partridge
Pic of a good haul after an evening duck flight, where she was aided by one of my other springers (snipe) in the picking up
And a clip of her picking a marked retreive on a duck several minutes after it had been shot and also the fact she had marked other ducks down aswell , between marking and picking the said duck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihfp5rKyWM0
and now the fun was over
back to the job in hand
out stalking with myself and a guest last sunday morning, completely ignoring the pheasants as they ran infront of us
which I found quite remarkable since we had been picking up on a driven partridge the day before with plenty of birds brought back to hand
I had expected a little more reaction to the phessies, but she stayed rock solid through out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z204GeDL78U
conclusion of that very stalk, of which a few may recognise the jammy fella
I was concerned at first on how it may effect her going onto the feathered species
but at the mo she has taken it all in her stride and has distingushed right from the start the 2 types of hunting she has been asked to participate in and acts accordingly to the training
I am glad I trained her first for deer, as I hav actually seen the difference from all my other dogs that were trained to feather first then put on to deer
So if any one was still a little confused about it all
I hope this helps a little to ease your minds about the transition for a later date
but Remember
This is my dog, not yours
ATB
Stone
A few of you older existing members of the site that hav visited the dog section may remember my Lab bitch sika as a pup
And also may of seen a few pics and clips of her as she progressed during her training and stalking duties
since those days she has now progressed and has started her first season in the picking up world
for those that are not familiar with Sika
a little low down
Sika
A black lab Bitch was trained on deer and deer alone from a pup
at 10 months of age was accompany myself on virtually every stalk, walking loose to heel at my side, by 11 months she had several short finds of dead Deer in amongst the crops & a couple of decent tracks on runners all take at real time situ's
and upto date has found many a potentially lost deer in the thickest of cover,
a clip as a youngster on a fallow doe runner (real life footage )
now at the age of 3
It was decided she was ready for the transfer across to picking feathered game
This was about her 3rd ever first retrieve off water using a dummy and you may notice I also hav another dog on the scene
which I use to help aid with the steadiness in training
this was her 5th ever retrieve on water and was also in the same training session,
she had 7 retrieves in all and all on water, so had progressed well
Sika picking her very first ever Duck off water, which was done in a live situ aswell (Sept this year)
you can still hear the guns banging away in the back ground
A few more pics picking ducks and partridge
Pic of a good haul after an evening duck flight, where she was aided by one of my other springers (snipe) in the picking up
And a clip of her picking a marked retreive on a duck several minutes after it had been shot and also the fact she had marked other ducks down aswell , between marking and picking the said duck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihfp5rKyWM0
and now the fun was over
back to the job in hand
out stalking with myself and a guest last sunday morning, completely ignoring the pheasants as they ran infront of us
which I found quite remarkable since we had been picking up on a driven partridge the day before with plenty of birds brought back to hand
I had expected a little more reaction to the phessies, but she stayed rock solid through out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z204GeDL78U
conclusion of that very stalk, of which a few may recognise the jammy fella
I was concerned at first on how it may effect her going onto the feathered species
but at the mo she has taken it all in her stride and has distingushed right from the start the 2 types of hunting she has been asked to participate in and acts accordingly to the training
I am glad I trained her first for deer, as I hav actually seen the difference from all my other dogs that were trained to feather first then put on to deer
So if any one was still a little confused about it all
I hope this helps a little to ease your minds about the transition for a later date
but Remember
This is my dog, not yours
ATB
Stone
