Dog Health Questions: Help with hunting dog training?

I have a young black lab who we call buddy. He is a major spazz out and i need some advice. I have no use for him to be a bird dog so i decided that my dog should learn how to elk hunt. I know it is unusual and i realize it is gonna be an *** buster but i would like to take a crack at it. I need him to be quiet and not chase the elk. Can anyboy give me some good starter tips on how i can do this? And when i can do this (if i need to wait til he is older) . Any and every opinion is welcome.

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I think you have ruined the dog already with lots of playing and encouraging him to spazz out and bounce off the walls. Hunting dogs are not pets. Its serious business with them...in the field and back to the kennel.

You will scare away all the elk when he takes off chasing them and will not listen. Leave the couch pet at home. I have seen this so many times I lost count........

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• Since most labs are retrievers, you need to get him on some kind of fitness program. Make sure the it involves dragging heavy weights. You man need to supplement his diet with high protein and excess calories. You also need him to heal without a leash and to sit quietly by you without moving. You might be better off with an Australian Heeler. You could turn him loose from the back of the truck, sit down in a chair and wait until he rounds up a herd and brings them to you.


• When you hunt elk, do you want him to be a pointer or a retriever?