Pup training question?

Remmie 223

Julie is over 4 months old now, so i have started a little training. I have her sitting which was pretty easy. I have her retrieving the tennis ball in the house no problem. So yesterday we moved to the garden, she fetches the ball but runs around behind me with it. We went back to the house again & no problem she brought the ball straight back to my hand. I left her alone for about 20min and out to the garden again. This time i went to a corner in the garden that did not give her the option to run around behind me. She brought the ball back to me once or twice & then just ran off with the ball, at this point i just ignored her for a while, then back to the house again, and so on........ The same scenario again today. Will i give her a break for a few days? Or will i keep going & have patience?
Thanks in advance for your help:)

dicky82

sshe's filling out nicely in that picture.

on the 'retreive', some people reckon that you should only do one or two retreives every other training sesion as some pups can tire of it.

my first springer would retreive all day long and everytime i go out the back she drops something at my feet to throw for her. the pup im training at the minute is happy to retreive three or four throws and then his intrest fades a little.

but to try and answer the problem with the running behind you. what i have found works for me is to kneel down and clap my hands encourage them to come in or move away a little and try to call her in. but i beleive the golden rule is not to chase her.

when i was training my first dog i was advised not use a tennis ball as it can cause them to develop hard mouth. i dont know how true this is.

best of luck with her.

deeksofdoom

That's a fine little pup you have there, very keen looking.

As already said retrieving should be kept to a minimum one or two retrieves every other day.

I teach my pups to retrieve in the hallway, sit the dog, hold it by the scruff of the neck, throw the ball, pause for a few seconds and then tell it to go back.

Encourage the dog back into you with plenty of praise and then let it hold its retrieve in its mouth for a minute. Very important not to take the ball off the dog straight away. Otherwise dog may get sick of having its retrieve taken off it straight away and then stop retrieving altogether.

Remmie 223

deeksofdoom wrote: »

That's a fine little pup you have there, very keen looking.

As already said retrieving should be kept to a minimum one or two retrieves every other day.

I teach my pups to retrieve in the hallway, sit the dog, hold it by the scruff of the neck, throw the ball, pause for a few seconds and then tell it to go back.

Encourage the dog back into you with plenty of praise and then let it hold its retrieve in its mouth for a minute. Very important not to take the ball off the dog straight away. Otherwise dog may get sick of having its retrieve taken off it straight away and then stop retrieving altogether.

Thanks Deeks i may be taking it off her a bit quick

Remmie 223

dicky82 wrote: »

sshe's filling out nicely in that picture.

on the 'retreive', some people reckon that you should only do one or two retreives every other training sesion as some pups can tire of it.

my first springer would retreive all day long and everytime i go out the back she drops something at my feet to throw for her. the pup im training at the minute is happy to retreive three or four throws and then his intrest fades a little.

but to try and answer the problem with the running behind you. what i have found works for me is to kneel down and clap my hands encourage them to come in or move away a little and try to call her in. but i beleive the golden rule is not to chase her.

when i was training my first dog i was advised not use a tennis ball as it can cause them to develop hard mouth. i dont know how true this is.

best of luck with her.

Thanks Dicky she is filling out well and growing.
I never chase her if i ignore her for 2 min she louses all interest in the ball & just drops it

pheasant tail

Can i just ask a question,my pup is near 5 months old,and i wana start the training and all asap,but shes still so mad,like still a total pup,like wanted to try getting her sitting,and ya go out to her pen with food and she shows no interest in it,tats just an example,what shud i do plz?
even when i put her on the lead she totaly reists and wont move unless theres another dog to follow

Spunk84

pheasant tail wrote: »

Can i just ask a question,my pup is near 5 months old,and i wana start the training and all asap

this is a sticky subject as the pup is only 5 months old.Some say dont train until later and some say train sooner. My lad was running around the fields at that age, in terms of fields i mean 2-3 small fields max. It was just to get his senses tingling. I shot a pigeon for him when he was around your pups age and he retrieved it and since then he come on leaps and bounds. Then again as many have said i could of ruined him at that;)age but i was confident he would be okay.
I started him at that age with the whistle and dummy. Make it fun, maybe a few minutes of training such as sit and recall every day but more than that it becomes boring for them. Also "Treats" are a great training tool at that age

pheasant tail wrote: »

i wana start the training and all asap,but shes still so mad,like still a total pup,like wanted to try getting her sitting,and ya go out to her pen with food and she shows no interest in it,tats just an example,what shud i do plz?

Again still young but dont give her the food until she sits:D give her the sit command and stand there with the food. If she doesn't then push her ass down and repeat sit, then give her the food, she will catch on quick

pheasant tail wrote: »

i put her on the lead she totally reists and wont move unless theres another dog to follow

put the lead down her side around her ass and use that as a tool to move her. she will think somethings behind her and will move instinctively. LOL this may sound funny but talk to her when she on the lead and give her praise;)when she moves abit

Vizzy

Don't know what type of dog you have but the one bit of advice I can give you is take it slow.Theres no need to have the dog out for hours at a time,at his age 1/2hour is plenty.He'll only get bored and revert to "puppy behaviour"
Let him run around and enjoy himself and he will get the hang of the "hunting bit" himself.If he is coming back to you,great,but if he's not don't be hard on him,you'll only make him nervous of you.But do make sure he knows you are the boss.
Make him sit every time he comes to you(gently) and get him used to noise.Drop his empty dish or a saucepan near him when he's not lookin or better again,leave the lawn mower running and call him to you and when he comes,kneel down and give him loads of praise.
And talk to him all the time, he will associate all the talk with company and he'll learn to trust that you're not goin to do anything that he doesn't like.
Best of luck and put up a few pics.

blackstairsboy

I would bring the pup to a lane with high banks either side.Throw a retrieve down the lane and let her pick it up encourage her back to you and if she stops short turn your back and take a few steps away from her she will quickly follow you. This is a good way of getting a pup that does not come the whole way in to come to you. For a young springer two good retrieves is plenty per session even if she does one nice retrieve why push her any more lots of fuss and leave it at that.

pheasant tail

Em shes a Brittany!!
Thanks everyone im guna take all that into account and have a look at it,try and make a fresh start with her after this weekend!! Cheers!!

pheasant tail

Well thanks for all that advice above took it into account and some useful wee tips that work cheers

SO i have the pup sitting and walking on lead finally comfortably enough!
Im wondering is the next thing you would do is work on getting her to stay?when she sits like.....
And last question,hope this doesnt sound stupid but like for a pup that isint trained or anything,is it okay to bring her up for a run up 3 or 4 fields without lead??like i no theres no pheasants in them..but wil it be bad for her training?or make her not want to be on lead at all? Thanks anyone in advance that can help me out at all,just first time training a dog and id like to get it right