Obedience training

Dog breeds benefit from obedience training no matter what age they are.  But you need to start this when puppies are around 15 weeks of age.  You can train at home sits, which comes in handy for your first lessons.  But going to training really helps breeds like the Vizsla and Bracco.

If you neglect the training you can end up with dogs that are doing things that annoys you.  But the dog is a dog and will start to create its own entertainment.

Im currently doing Obedience with Kati.   She is a year old nearly and although she's been trained I felt she needed a refresher.  To remind her basic values which is just good manners.  She absolutely loves it and it really wears her out because she has had to use her brain.  So yes I do recommend training. 

Some breeds in the toy group do not really need training but gun dogs have active minds, and active minds need a job.  Which is why we all love this breed.  Activities for these dogs can be simply going for long walks with you.  Or running partners.  But activities these dogs excel in are:

Scent work
Gun dogs
Agility
Search dogs
Pat dogs
Fly Ball
Obedience competitions
Jogging companions
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