Anyone else own a Braque D'Auvergne?

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We accidentally ended up with one just over a year ago - we were his third set of owners in two years as he was destined to be a gundog but wasn't quite cut out for that, was given to a friend who didn't get on with him, and so we had him.

You don't see many of these about and I'd love to hear from anyone else who has one. Equally would love to receive any pearls of wisdom as to how to train a dog out of a bird obsession. He will chase birds - any birds - to the point he will just run blindly across any terrain until he is thoroughly lost. He is improving but I have never met such an obsessive, single minded dog. :o

Here's Edward: -

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I have a niece who breeds them. She doesn't come on here but if you'd like to pm me with your email address or if you're on facebook I can contact her and I'm sure she would be able to give you some advice. He looks absolutely lovely :)
 
Lovely chap.
I'd assume he is bred to hunt birds, it's genetics and it's really hard to fight with genetics. You're probably better to channel his instinct into some kind of game, sport or work rather than try and fight/override a strong genetic instinct :)
 
Thanks Maisie I will pass my details on ( I found his breeder on fb, I wonder if its the same lady!).

Cavecanem he is a pointer and was originally owned by a chap who runs a gundog training school. He gave up on him (although I don't know if it was because he was simply gunshy or if it was a combination of that and being totally impossible to control) and I sort of feel I'm onto a losing battle. If I could only break his focus I think that would be half the battle won. We've even resorted to trying to desensitise him to pheasant noises by playing sound clips in the house whilst doing other things with him - easy things like 'sit' which he will do happily whilst ignoring the exciting noises. He has improved over the last year, but there's a long way to go! We've yet to find anything that motivates him more than the thrill of the chase.
 
I would not have considered any pointer of mine "trained" until I could drop it, flat down, instantly, at 200 yards -- and more! That is how we stop them chasing. It's called "training".

Get yourself off to the library and ask the nice lady to find you books on training pointers and setters here in the UK. Avoid the American books.

A young lady turned up on my doorstep the other day wanting to know about dog training. She did not know what a check cord is although she'd "been on a course":rolleyes:. I told her I sell them for £400 each. When I explained that it is basically a 15 yard piece of baler twine, she thought that expensive.

My reply, "Not at all. You'd pay as much for an electric collar and this is a hell of alot better. It rolls up and fits in your pocket, always works if used correctly, it's biodegradable, doesn't need batteries, won't fail because the dog's fur insulates the contacts, etc., etc....".

Hm...actually, I think I need to put my prices up. PM me if you want to buy one at the old price. Postage is included.
 
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