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(5th & last Concluding Thoughts)

 We have to remember that the level of awareness that a hunter has to the type of sport and its complexities surmounts a sheer trainer. I have already asserted that all types of sporting dog competitions or activities have their origin in featuring a special interest in hunting, and the reason why most working dogs are bred to suit it appropriately. In addition, the reason why there are also a variety of working breeds only shows us that there is an array of hunting pursuits that even the ability of let’s say, a Collie to herd are contrasted with livestock guardian dogs who would stand simply as its keeper, this demonstrates a coordinated quest of a pack of dogs while hunting. There are other types of breeds like Beagles, Jack Russells, and Terriers who are originally bred to dig the ground to hunt their prey. Then, bird dogs is another; where pointing, flushing and retrieving are their specialized skills. Dogs like English Setters or German Shorthaired Pointers in contrast to a flusher like Spaniels and even Poodles; who are typically considered as lap dogs, originated as water dogs and are fully capable of flushing birds, this breed has many qualities that are attractive to hunters for they are active and intelligent, Poodles are rather easy to train and can make excellent hunting companions. Then retrievers, where most of them are flushers but have a natural ability to retrieve like Labradors and Goldens. Again, even at this, there is a big contrast between these two flusher/retriever bird dog hunters since Pointers usually cover a vast open fields with birds that are being few and scattered, they are designed to locate birds far and wide, then hold point while the gunner following the dog gains position to flush and shoot. The opposite type of hunting pursuit is for flusher/retriever upland bird hunting, where a dog stays closer to the hunter or within shotgun range with pretty much profuse covers. In addition to flusher/retriever, there are also many forms of bird hunting tasks for retrievers allied to waterfowl (duck hunt) and an upland hunting that are utterly diverse. A good upland flusher/retriever bird dog is up to locate the bird within your range and put them in the air quickly, so you move with the dog as it searches the cover immediately surrounding you, a good duck hunting retriever dog is inversely the opposite, this is where the dog is tasked to stay on a platform and wait for the gunner to shoot then retrieve, and then to return quickly to the spot to wait for another duck diver.     

The other measure I want to share is the difference between a Hunter Dog Trainer in contrast to a pure Hunter whose main interest is after sheer number of birds taken, this in contrast to a Hunter Dog Trainer who is always on the lookout for something their dog needs. Hunter Dog Trainers always try to find a way to challenge their dog to learn and improve while a Hunter will not pass a shot at the expense of allowing their dog to position and increase their dog’s confidence and experience. Unlike pure Hunters, a Hunter Dog Trainer tends to enjoy more the moment with their dog than the number of downed birds.    

Now all these in contrast to a newbie who would recklessly pick a training material on the internet, which on the outset would seem to further develop one’s interest, until an untold direction pops up, which essentially is inconsistent in outfitting oneself and a dog because one only has a general fascination of that sporting event that he/she is in. Meaning, a newbie who is out of the loop when it comes to a range of selective training choices and requirements that is compulsory to the demand of a particular sporting intent, which needs to be associated to a hunting pursuit to make your dog more versatile concurrent to the sporting activity that it is in.