Getting a dog to get out there.

What an awesome thread. Haven't had a more practical thread posted in a while. Read it completely through a few thoughts

First- I've screwed up my share of dogs trying to learn how they learn

Two- unless you know how that particular dog learns you can't teach em anything. You haveta stop thinking like a human and try it from the dogs perspective

Third- the reason I hunt dogs with lines I'm familiar with, is so that I can get dogs that for the most part handle similarly. There's some personality types that I just can't seem to break through. I've not culled a few different dogs just to try and figure out why it wasn't working. It was a problem I wanted to solve. It drove me nuts that this dog wasn't getting what I was trying to teach it. So I fall somewhere in the middle on this debate. Even dogs bred similarly have different styles and learning habits and moods. But if I'm starting with the same lines I feel like I can get more familiar with it so I can then learn how to communicate what I want to that dog.

But if the dog don't have the tools, it just don't. I cannot run a 4.4 40 yard dash...