Range

Running Pointing dogs is a lot different than using a flushing dog ,for example a flushing dog must be kept within shooting distance which demands a lot of control over the dog,because flushing dogs don't cover less ground than a pointing dog ,generally they are handled more to get the dog into the choice habitat
this is usually done by heeling the dog until it is released.
The best advise I have received regarding pointing dogs was from Ben O Williams "let the Dog be a Dog " in other words let the dog get out there and hunt with minimal handling ,allow the dog to range out and search out birds .
A lot of folks tend to "over handle "their dogs this does a number of negative things first off yelling and hacking on your dog causes stress and takes away the desire to do what is bred to do ,believe it or not a dog does not really want to screw up by bumping birds etc. it wants to please you the owner so let it .
Range tends to be a big issue with some people ,the concern is the dog is running