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dog training ... advice needed

  • 21-06-2012 5:21pm
    #1
    franknrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭


    lads, bit of a problem.:mad: i'm in the process of training my pup, 12 months old blue springer. all's goin well, he's learning fast , showing the right signs. retrieved his first duck at just 5 months old, first cock at 6. thing is when i bring him off on his own my bitch (his dam) gets the hump with me. wont look at me, let alone obey commands when i bring her off after. mother is a crackin dog and i'm worried i'm doin harm. i'd sooner get rid of the pup than spoil her. what can i do??? any input greatly appreciated. its doin my nut.:mad:


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  • #2
    wildfowler94
    Closed Accounts Posts: 812 ✭✭✭wildfowler94


    Work the two together! dogs can learn form eachother, its jealousy is all.:p


  • #3
    franknrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭franknrol


    im tryin to train him on a different whistle to her. alls grand when i have the 2 of them together, but it looks as if he just wants to do what his ''mammy's'' doin


  • #4
    Maxus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭Maxus


    franknrol wrote: »
    im tryin to train him on a different whistle to her. alls grand when i have the 2 of them together, but it looks as if he just wants to do what his ''mammy's'' doin

    Why are you trying to train on a different whistle its enough on a days shooting to keep one whistle in action watch dogs and watch for game getting up. I just don't think changing from one whistle to another is possible. I have a few dogs they all work off the one whistle but can send dogs different directions using hand signals when they look to you once in a while.
    This is only my opinion maybe someone else will have better advice.


  • #5
    TriggerPL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,008 ✭✭✭TriggerPL


    Maxus wrote: »
    franknrol wrote: »
    im tryin to train him on a different whistle to her. alls grand when i have the 2 of them together, but it looks as if he just wants to do what his ''mammy's'' doin

    Why are you trying to train on a different whistle its enough on a days shooting to keep one whistle in action watch dogs and watch for game getting up. I just don't think changing from one whistle to another is possible. I have a few dogs they all work off the one whistle but can send dogs different directions using hand signals when they look to you once in a while.
    This is only my opinion maybe someone else will have better advice.

    Think this man is right about whistle ! But I'd hunt him/her on her own for a while what the point in having a dog that will only hunt with a partner . I never use older dog at a young age , it grand when there a year or so to boost confidence that all


  • #6
    blackstairsboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭blackstairsboy


    I agree with Trigger. A young dog can become too dependent on an older dog if worked together from an early age. Causes the young dog to loose the initiative needed to make a good dog. It has its benefits but just be careful.

    I don't get this whole thing about the bitch getting upset being left behind. I would not buy into that lark at all to be brutally honest. There is lads who keep kennels of trialling dogs and they train their dogs separate. I never heard any of them saying they could not get a dog to work right because it is upset. It is all down to handling in the end and training. Maybe you need to brush up on the bitches training a bit. Just my opinion but maybe others on here have experience of this in the past but I do not.


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  • #7
    veyron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭veyron


    hi lads i have a blue roan cocker spaniel and want to get him trained for a bit of shooting nothing mad just a bit of fun and exercise dose anyone know of someone who trains dogs , to a whistle etc cheers


  • #8
    veyron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭veyron


    oh somewhere in munster and what would it cost roughly cheers


  • #9
    blackstairsboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 447 ✭✭blackstairsboy


    veyron wrote: »
    hi lads i have a blue roan cocker spaniel and want to get him trained for a bit of shooting nothing mad just a bit of fun and exercise dose anyone know of someone who trains dogs , to a whistle etc cheers
    I know this was not what you asked but it is just my opinion on it.
    In my opinion there is absolutely no reason why you could not train him yourself under the advice of a more experienced person if you wanted. There would not be much to it at all. Its your dog that will work for you so why would you want anybody else to train him for you? I bet you that you will enjoy it as well and feel far more satisfaction in going shooting with your dog that you have trained.
    And do not say you do not have the time because if you do not have the time to train a dog you do not have the time to keep a dog simple as that.


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