What...my dog ruined

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Ok all you fur guys what am I going to do. Since the great Coyote escapade I have a Bird trained,Sch1 Airedale who does nothing now but run off and look for Fur The minute he is out of the house he is gone hunting. Passes all the squirrels he used to tree and bark at ,ignores the neighbors dog and barks at mysterious sounds in the night..Circles the barn at least 20 times a day, snuffing and snorting under the doors.
How about aversion therapy. Taking a piece of the carcass and tying it to his collar.I'm worried this coyote cra*(wifes term) done me in.

[hicntry]

I always said if you guys let those airedales hunt some fur you would never get them back on birds. ;D I would take him somewhere and hunt some birds PDQ ED. I think he will fall right back into it.....until he gets wind of a coyote or coon of course. Seriously, take him to a club and shoot some birds over him and let us know if he falls back to his training in that scenario. I am as curious as you are. You do realize it isn't the fur that turned him on anyway.....it was the fight. I have always said these high powered dogs hunt for the fight and that may be more of a problem than the fur itself unless you find some real tough birds. I am also curious to see if there is any appreciable difference in his sleeve work that you can see. Let me know.

[Summit Forge]

Ed,
Based on my experience with Forge, no, you have not ruined Brisco. Airedales will and do hunt anything that is available and fresh in their mind. The coyote is definitely "fresh" in Brisco's mind. All you need to do is get him into birds post haste.

If Forge does not find birds in the grouse woods, he will start hunting fur. He loves fur. Last week we only had 2 flushes that were wild, so I shot a squirrel for him to retrieve.

However, if you hunt birds and Brisco hits coyote scent during the bird hunt, I would pretty much guarantee that he will switch from bird mode to fur mode in a New-York-Minute. We DO have Airedales don't we?!

Ron

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Jay I appreciate your input.
Mr Coyote was caught in our barn not actually hunted.
He had dug under and in probably smelling mice that are attracted to seed kept there.
I got called by my wife who told me our dog when let out of his kennel was going crazy trying to get into the barn, and so when I got home I let him in the barn. Thats was the hunt.

He has however jumped coyotes while I was bird hunting,couldn't catch em but gave it a hard try. He still is a good dog in the field on birds but you are right, fur scent will turn him around.

He's a great swimmer and I have had good luck with him on Ducks. He hasn't quite gotten the keeping quiet part down,but we are working on it.

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Hunt from a blind. Pretty spoiled out on the Missouri flyway. Dawn and dusk best times but the ducks where Timex and know when "no shoot time" starts.
Big fortune 500 corps. have bought up most of the good spots,and also flood cornfields by the flyway. i have an "in" at one duck club and on week days can sometimes get in one of the plush set ups.

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Thanks...would you use a bark collar? I am usually there with shotgun in hand and hate to make a scene ....not get invited back.