Strictly for Stephen's friends and customers, owners and trainers of pointing and flushing breed dogs who hunt, field-trial, or hunt-test their dogs. This group's purpose is to provide participants with unlimited access to Stephen's positive, behavior-based training methods without charge. Members must refrain from responding to a question until Stephen has given the first response. This saves a lot of time and misinformation from circulating. Other members are invited to contribute solutions to questions after Stephen has posted on that subject. This is a forum for positive and humane methods. Punishment methods are not acceptable here. In all matters, members will be treated with dignity and respect. Stephen is the author of "Training your Dog for Birdwork," "Your Baby and Bowser," and developer of the Starfire System for curing noiseshy dogs. He has been the dogs' editor/columnist for "Quail Unlimited" since 1989 and has more than 300 articles published on dog behavior and training.