dog training

[maggietheduckdog07]

Hey everybody, I have a chocolate lab thats a little over a year old, I started training her at nine months when i got her. i kinda dont know what im doin, i read a book called water dog but its really not up to date, can anyone give me some last minute tips for me to get her to go get my ducks for the upcoming season

[birddog]

maggietheduckdog07 -

let me guess ... her name is maggie ... the duckdog ...

Time and Bonding ... #1

Second .. consistancy means EVERYTHING in what you do w/her ... especially when its work time and she's on the clock.

..and in order to have a duck dog ,...., you need ducks.

Get her birds .. then more birds ... then throw in a few more ..birds.


Other than that .... its all situational to the performance of the dog and the theory of training taken.

-always end training on a good note ...if you have to take a few steps back then take a few steps back.

----All the advice you may recieve from various glue sniffers will most definately need to be ignored.... especially on the WEB. For these addicts have no comprehension of the exact behavior of your pup in ANY particular circumstance... and how she's reacted before it appeared.----

Of all things ... let her be a dog.

[maggietheduckdog07]

thanks alot i really appreciate that.

[fezman]

hey i like glue

[fezman]

booze also [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[maggietheduckdog07]

dude ur funny

[Chessie Dog]

Consistancy is the key. Never let her get by with doing something wrong, especially if she knows how to do it. Just like birddog said, work her with birds or duck wings on on a dummy. You can by dummies and also add duck scent to them. Keep it positive and reinforce the good. I've used Water Dogs tactics on my Chesapeake and Labs. It works.

[hunting dog]

between glue sniffing and bird dogs ,you people are funny-------- I have 2 labs, one black-11yr.old, and one choc.-2yr.old both fem. retired the black and second year on the choc. Good luck with the hyper dog, run him a little before you hunt him it will slow him down a little, it might help to controle him.

[fezman]

i prefer a can of high tack with a shot of wild turkey
but i will settle for some plane old starting fluid and boons farm on a low budget day

[birddog]

LMAO ....

well that's not to say that I don't enjoy a fine bottle of Boones Farm ,,,, HAHAHAHAHA

but the last time I used High Tack I ended up running down main street with a shell bag on my head an E-collar around my neck with the remote in my right hand and a retrieving bumper in the left .....

...wasn't pretty but I got my picture in the paper.. [img]tongue.gif[/img]