When you're training your dog and say I trained him for Rabbit hunting, Grouse hunting, and some Waterfowl and Pheasant hunting, how do you get him to go look for, flush, or retrieve the game without getting him confused? You know if I go out rabbit hunting, I want him to be able to jump some rabbits. When i'm out grouse I want him to locate them and flush them, or point, same thing with grouse. Is there a way? I just never thought about it.

It should all come natural to him/her,all you should have to do is teach it to mind you,and retrieve to your hand.

Yeah, well I mean if I taught it how to hunt/flush,retrieve different animals you know, I don't want it running off after a grouse or rabbit if I was duck hunting or something you know. I guess if you would just train it right than I shouldn't have to worry about it right?

My dog is a lab. So I've only trained her on waterfowl and upland birds. She did pretty good on pheasant,grouse,and not bad on woodcock. I'm not sure,being the type of dog she is. If I would want her hunting much more than that. Maybe fall turkey. I don't know if I were to train her on rabbits or other game. If she could differentiate between what she was hunting if I overloaded her. If you are able to do it. That would be the best all around dog for sure. Good luck to ya. Keep us posted on how ya make out.

The upland and retrieving teaching is not hard, as most dogs are taught that, for the Grand national. The first thing I would do is start simple with the retrieveing. I good vid for traning the gentelmans gun dog is the 1 Mike Stewart at wild rose kennels has out he goes over all retrieveing and upland work.