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jeep4x4greg
Joined: 19 Nov 2006
Posts: 48
Location: central, IL
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: training dogs not to play in the field? |
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any good suggestions on keeping my dogs from acting stupid in the field?
a little back ground:
I have 2 dogs, one is a lab mixed with a brittany spaniel...she's basically just a lab thats colored funny. about 1.5 years old.
the other dog is a border collie terrier mix.
the lab mix stays at my side the whole hunt, and is starting to learn to go look for things and bring them back after i shoot them.....I'm working on that.
the other does a fantastic job flushing things out of any sort of thick mess of cover. her problem is she doesnt come back as reliabley as i'd like......i'm working on that too. shes about 1 year old
anywho...they do pretty decent when they are out alone....more or less obedient, do thier jobs well.
but together its a mess
all they want to do is play with each other.......the last thing they care about is anything i have to say.
whats worse is the lab mix seems impervious to shock collars.....I've only tried it once so far.....but she doesn't even seem to react. I'm going to try again some more on the controlled pheasant hunts that we have around here...
any advice is welcome.....unless its advice to go buy a pure bred something-or-other. I'm just looking for the discipline advice.
Thanks!!
picture attached from last weekend with the lab mutt. (lesson learned: she needs boots, Illinois has a lot of cacti where we were!!!!) |
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Don Fischer
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
Posts: 2041
Location: Antelope, Ore
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Find someone doing obedience classes near you and take them. Actually you'll only need one. The other you can train at home with what you learned in obed classes. As for the shock collar, a decent shock collar will put your Lab cross on it's knees. That will only teach it fear tho, shock collars teach nothing. The best thing to do with it is to either put it away and forget about it or sell it.
Sorry I can't be of more help. |
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atomikall
Joined: 27 Aug 2004
Posts: 1935
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Obedience classes is bang on. I have seen what they do first hand and its, well to say the least, it's damn amazing what they do for owner and dog. Try one man, find a good one and you should be happy. As for the hunting with both dogs, I'd do the classes like don said and teach the other one what you learned then bring One out at a time and practice in the field. I had a Staffordshire terrier (pitbull but small breed) and I was told I wouldnt ever be able to train her to retrieve birds and ducks, and what do ya know; I did, and within a year she was doing both. |
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