Vizsla Training

Greetings to all!...
My name is Tarlawn, but I go by'Tar' for short..
anyway, I am in Texas staying at my parent's house..my sister owns 2 Vizsla's ,one of which my dad had sent for training a while back.

"Copper" was there for only about 2-3 months when the trainer declaired him "Un-trainable".. He said that Copper was not interested in birds, so my dad brought him back home. My dad didn't even bother with our othe Vizsla, 'Hena'. I found this hard to believe, since both dogs were ALWAYS trying to catch the little sparrows that made their homes in the trees and bushes on my dad's property.

Hena had one litter of puppies. We sold all but one. My dad was hoping that maybe this puppy would turn out to be a good hunter. We kept 'Amigo' until he was almost 1yr old before giving him to another trainer. While Amigo was at our house, he too would try to catch the little sparrows...So anyway, Amigo has been with this trainer for 2 months or so and this trainer has told my dad that Amigo is not interested in birds!..

I'm so frusterated. My dad told the trainer that if Amigo isn't good, to find him another home. I told my dad that I believe it's the fault of the trainer, not the fault of the dog. It doesn't make any sence to me that while the dogs are at our home, they are all about trying to catch little birds, but once they go to get trained they don't do well.

I want to prove to my dad that Vizsla's ARE indeed GREAT hunting dogs, if only he would give the dog a chance. I read somewhere that, for example, the Weimaranier develops slowly. Their brains are still immature at ages 1 & 2 and that they start to become "trainable" by ages 3 & 4. I want to say that I have read this to ALSO be True of the Vizsla.

If someone could shed some light on this topic, I would greatly appreciate that, as I am frusterated with my dad's lack of patience with the breed.

Thanks!

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