Knowing milestones for your puppy's training helps you have a vision of where you will end up with their training. (Photo courtesy of Tanner Smedley)
Now you have the top notch puppy you've always wanted and with it dreams of your first field trial placement together or perfectly handled birds on a frosty fall morning. Along with these dreams comes a strong commitment for the best care and training, to do it all right and give this pup a real chance to make it.
With that also comes a little uneasiness and lots of questions: "At what age should I do this? How old should my pup be when I begin that? Is he behind the schedule for where he should be at his age?"
I understand your feelings and wish I could hand you a "cookbook" with all the schedules mapped out, but there's no such thing. All of our pups are different just as...