Prescribed by dog base 2nd by filmmakers who 2013 various left. The dog has time to do this if foot handling. If pushing the dog from ATV horse jeep, the dog have less time to run to objectives left and right which mean a second pass through that area. Not every hunting place has objectives like the mid-west, east coasters, and westerners are use to. There are plenty of places from Texas to Montana and the 's that have featureless CRP. Here's a photo of just one place. The birds are not any one specific location and there is no similarity from one clump of grass to the next as to where they be: Also, not every hunt needs quartering. One example is a ruffed grouse or woodcock hunt. that style of hunting the dog needs to be quiet and close. Teaching your dog to Quarter: Give the one word command you want to use to turn pup You can use whatever word you wish if this bothers you. Simultaneously with the corresponding whistle command, walk the desired direction yourself, arm outstretched with your hand signal pointing the direction you're heading. 't tug, check him, and be sure to keep pup front, stopping if you have to. pup learn that the word and whistle command means change directions. Once he understands both, you want to give the verbal whistle command separate that he knows each mean the same. You have to check pup with the lead to get his attention that you are changing directions. Checking is a sharp but brief jerk snap of the leash. It sends a signal to the dog that it is being corrected. If you simply tug or pull, the dog not interpret that as a negative stimulus, rather he give you a physics lesson by giving you equal opposite reaction by resisting and pulling hard. remember to check to correct. Never use checking with pronged, choke, spiked collars. We use ordinary dog collar placed loosely around his neck! If you have to check him, and most do, simultaneously give the command to change direction and he change immediately when you speak the verbal command because he does not want to be checked.You should raise the arm on the side of your body that you intend pup to go. Reaching across your chest to indicate a direction can confuse the pup. Later, this translates to him looking when commanded afield that he goes where you point with your outstretched arm. Eventually he'll be acclimated to your body language that you won't even have to raise a hand to indicate direction, rather he key off of the direction you are facing. If you hunt from a horse, jeep, atv, etc, he begin to key off the direction your mode of transportation is pointed. alternative Quartering training method is this and I really like this one as it is one I often use: Plant a couple pigeons hidden remote systems launchers about 50 to 75 yards apart natural objectives. On a check cord, let him run to the end and lead him _away_ but near the first birds scent cone. Then give him the quartering command whistle while walking towards the scent cone with outstretched arm pointing towards the birds scent cone.If he disobeys, simply take him into the scent cone. He point flush you fire the blank gun kill the bird if he points it. If he's not pointing yet, simply let him the flushing bird and get excited. He want to go after that bird but instead take him towards the opposite launcher and repeat the sequence. Repeat this sequence several times over several lessons and he quarter with you as he now thinks you are the almighty BIRD god.He WANT to quarter come with you whenever you ask. Later his training, you can use the method to teach the dog that you have discovered birds on your own and can simply call him by saying birds here or whatever term signal you wish to use. Yes, its the dogs job but there ARE times afield when your dog is one direction and you and or hear wild birds the other direction. NOTE on Quartering Pattern: It should be a 'forward' running figure 8 not a backwards figure 8. If the dog is turning into you when turning to go back across the field to make his figure eight, that is wrong and inefficient as he is covering he already hunted. We want the dog turning forward, out and away from the handler when making his figure eight. Be sure to do enough quartering repetitions as to wash your pup yard work on this expected pattern. When you go to the field on a check cord, you need to reinforce the learned pattern at a great distance. Your dog should be turning forward between the imaginary clock hands of