Activities For American Gointers

We're starting this off light and easy with this guide. The next time you go to a park with your pup by your side, encourage them to take a few turns on the slide while you two are there. This activity is a very fun and easy way to get your dog used to the great outdoors while also allowing you and your Gointer to bond like never before! Now every dog is different from one another, so we understand that some pooches may be more hesitant to ride down a slide than others. Keep encouraging your dog anyway; with enough of your support, they'll build up the courage to throw caution to the wind!

One remarkable trait that English Pointers and Golden Retrievers share is that both of them have excellent senses of smell and intuition. English Pointers and Golden Retrievers are two of the world's best tracking dogs, as both breeds have an insanely acute sense of smell. It might not come as surprise, then, to learn that their American Gointer offspring also have awesome senses of smell. Scent training is all about honing your dog's already impressive sense of smell to extraordinary levels; by the time you finish a scent training regimen with your Gointer, they may very well be able to track items down with nothing but their noses.

This is it, the final activity on our Gointer list! Keeping in line with tradition, we've saved the best, most physically and mentally trying activity for last. The main principle behind agility training is very similar to the one behind scent training; introduce your dog to a number of strenuous activities that will help them develop their natural canine gifts. Lower difficulty agility training activities can be completed in the comfort of your own backyard. The higher tier, more intricate stuff? You may have to get in touch with a professional agility trainer to get some help with that. Agility training is definite one of those activities that can be thought of as being "difficult but worth it."