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Originally Posted by MK2750
You are absolutely wrong advising that. Just because a dog can doesn't mean he should. He can certainly be introduced to hunting at 7-9 months but going hard into it is asking for trouble. Romping around a release site is not hard core but if you were working a 9 month old like an adult, you were lucky and a bit foolish.
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At 9 months my dog was not hunting for hours per day. We would go for short periods, take plenty of breaks, and we avoided warm weather by going early in the day. We also didn't go out multiple days in a row. He was hunting, and learning, but he certainly wasn't over exerting himself. Even this past fall, we eased into the hunting, and didn't hunt for hours day after day, or in the afternoon heat. I wouldn't hunt a 9 month old pup like a mature dog, but I wouldn't leave him at home all fall either.