Thread: Deer dog training

Herb Spannagl wrote a series about training dogs, including deer dogs over many years, You may be able to recover that series if you ask around. His advice was gold. He wrote a regular column for one of the hunting mags.
otherwise, there is a lot of good stuff if you look in the right places on the net, especially german versatile dog training sites.

The stop, heel and stay, and not breaking to shot are critical, but even more critical is your own ability to understand what your dog is telling you.

best of luck. it is a long term training exercise for both dog and handler and will last the life of the dog.