False Points?

[Esox357]

Occassionally my GSP decides to point on brush but there is nothing there? I realize that it is foilage scent. Is there a way to break this habit or will she keep doing this? I have never had a GSP do this so it is new to me. Thanks Esox357

[gspsonny03]

Frankly I doubt that she is pointing on foliage scent. I'd almost bet that your dog is pointing old scent of some sort wheather it be song bird, rabbit or something else who knows, but I'd bet something had been there. The best cure that I know to break that is to get your dog into birds, birds and more birds. The more that you hunt the more comfortable your dog will be with what ever it is you are hunting. If your dog starts getting into birds and you start getting a few of them the more he or she will realize thats what you're after and will recognize the smell the next time and if you lavish her with praise every time you get into them she will eventually learn. Good luck to you.

[Nulle]

Agree ! Mine will do that when they are bored and we havn't run into any birds for a time. No big deal in my book .
I might add that I can tell when they are messing around and on a good bird scent. It's a whole different ball game when they smell the birds .

[hofts]

i had a rather laxidaisical wirehair for a time. great temperament dog, but he would hunt like hell for 15 minutes. then he was walking at my side, if someone shot a bird 50 yards away, he would take off and retrieve it back to me. kind of funny, any how he would always do these false points, and i mean he looked purdy and still, and awesome,, but no bird, usually i think it was a little tweety bird or even mice. any how i gave him away and he is an indoor pet in a loving family. i guess in his case he got a little bored walking behind me and would occasionally point so i thought he knew what he was doing, so i would not get rid of him. well, he was wrong. kind of miss the lazy bast--- sometimes though!!


i should add that he would back like crazy too,,,everytime no matter what. if he saw a dog on point he would take off from my heels and go back like crazy. he would then retrieve the bird to me and walk on my heels. crazy.

[grizer]

Hello, greetings from north central Florida. This quail haven is no more due to pasture grass, pine trees, cattle egrets, coyotes and developement. My Dad was an avid quail hunter and dog trainer from 1920's till 1970, (game warden for 15 years). He would take three or four dogs into field and give hold command and they would lock up and honor each other's point, (sometimes for as much as two minutes, for pictures). they would look back and forth at each other, when he said hold, that's what he meant and they knew it). I tried to train dogs from his teachings, but didn't do very well, (he said I had to be smarter than the dog to be good at it, heh,heh).
My walking days are almost over, so I'm reliving thru your posts when I have time to read them. I am able to do a little dove hunting this season and thought your wirehair, ( Mr. Hofts) would be a real asset and a hoot in a dove field, you'd save on shells and have everyone chasing him. He should belong to a dove hunter and not a house pet, you should still take him hunting once in a while, (just kidding). Thanks for listening to an old man's thoughts.
My hobby is model 11 Remingtons, ( cant afford A-5's), rebuild,shoot, clean and (fondle them, what else? I'm 71).
I need a butt stock for a twenty, can I slip this in?

[Esox357]

Thanks for the replies, I did take her out today and she did so, so, if she keeps this up I may get rid of her, who knows. I will give this season and possible some of next to work through it. Thanks Esox357

[drummer]

My Brittany false points excessively.Turns out to be turkey scratchings almost every time.Turkeys apparently put off a massive scent cone when flocked up in the fall.