Dogs

[evil_jesus]

I know there is quite a few people on here into shooting / hunting and would imagine that you have gun dogs and i was looking for someone who is good or a has a good knowledge of traning gun dogs

[Tiger]

Lab/retriever very easy to train once you get out of the puppy eating everything years

[Puppywalker]

Lab/retriever very easy to train once you get out of the puppy eating everything years

Just never let them start, that way you never have to stop them.

Teach them the magic word NO then everything is easy, I now waiting for my next one to be born, so April we start all over again

[Tiger]

Just never let them start, that way you never have to stop them.

Teach them the magic word NO then everything is easy, I now waiting for my next one to be born, so April we start all over again

had them all my life and very firm with them but there still gonna chew for a bit

[KERRSURF]

cover a nice jaggy dogbrush with a nice natural unwashed rabbit skin and play fetch, that way the dog won't grip the carcass too hard when retrieving what you have shot.

[Koi]

shoot the quarry and say fetch

[logey79]

get a Red Setter....

[Puppywalker]

had them all my life and very firm with them but there still gonna chew for a bit

i have dog number five with me at the moment and nothing or any part of the home has a tooth mark on it, from six weeks old they are told firmly NO LEAVE and they don't touch. so when I leave them on their own, they know not to chew.

[evil_jesus]

this thing is 21 months and as excitable as hell, he just never stops, impossible to physically tire out but cant get lead/collar out without him going nuts, just looking for some other way to channel his energy, he is quiet obedient and retrives well , comes on command every time but just needs to calm down a bit and thats why i thought some sort of gundog training may be helpful as they are very disciplined and it uses there mental agility as well as physical

EDIT: like the idea of the rabbit skin, but where the hell would i get one ?
Im not into shooting, although would like to take it up

[logey79]

does everyone in your household treat it the same? ie, if one person is strict but others let it do what it wants then no amount of good training from the one person will make a difference. what breed is it?

[evil_jesus]

yea, everyone treats it the same, but he knows im the boss. Breed, hes a spanador, mum was Cocker spaniel and dad was lab, both hunting/gun dogs

[logey79]

so is the main issue just that he's still a bit lively when out and about off the lead or are there other problems with behaviour, because at 21 months that's still quite young. as long as they behave indoors and come to heel when called to while off lead then that's all that i'm bothered with.

i've had my new GSD for a shade over 4 weeks now, he's about 19 months old approx and still very lively but well natured. today there was a group of 4 golden retrievers (2 were 16 week old pups) and 2 older GSD's and he kept running round all of us (owners included) herding us! 1st time he's done that...very funny to watch, and whenever another dog wandered into the field he ran off to see if he could add them to his herd too!

[evil_jesus]

lively isn't the word.... its like hes being fed red bull 24/7... yea, i think lively is the only prob/issue and im thinking maybe its something im doing or not doing and not giving him the stimulation.
Only other issue is i have never been able to get him to walk on lead properly...always a battle for first 20 mins

Comes back on first call every time (maybe 2/3 if other dogs about )
Stays on command and wont move until told to
wont touch his dinner unless told to
Retrives and drop back at feet ( i know he shouldn't drop it )

[joker??]

lively isn't the word.... its like hes being fed red bull 24/7... yea, i think lively is the only prob/issue and im thinking maybe its something im doing or not doing and not giving him the stimulation.
Only other issue is i have never been able to get him to walk on lead properly...always a battle for first 20 mins

Comes back on first call every time (maybe 2/3 if other dogs about )
Stays on command and wont move until told to
wont touch his dinner unless told to
Retrives and drop back at feet ( i know he shouldn't drop it )

take him to agility classes

[evil_jesus]

We only have one class in corby, and took him there as a pup for general socialising, the woman who runs it is useless and i got very fustrated with her, she couldn't give me a straight answer to ANY questions i had..