Hard Mouth

deeksofdoom

I noticed that my springer bitch is after getting hard mouthed, crunching down on birds and won't leave me take them out of her mouth. Any one got any advice on how to cure this?

Heard of fellahs wrapping barbed wire around birds and throwing them for the dogs does this work?

deerhunter1

deeksofdoom wrote: »

I noticed that my springer bitch is after getting hard mouthed, crunching down on birds and won't leave me take them out of her mouth. Any one got any advice on how to cure this?

Heard of fellahs wrapping barbed wire around birds and throwing them for the dogs does this work?

Barbed wire is a bit extreme:eek:, I think something like a bristle's from a brush
wrapped around a dummy might help, i am sure there are better experienced people here will advise you, good luck

TriggerPL

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Barbed wire is a bit extreme:eek:, I think something like a bristle's from a brush
wrapped around a dummy might help, i am sure there are better experienced people here will advise you, good luck

How old is this dog .

TriggerPL

deerhunter1 wrote: »

Barbed wire is a bit extreme:eek:, I think something like a bristle's from a brush
wrapped around a dummy might help, i am sure there are better experienced people here will advise you, good luck

How old is this dog .

deeksofdoom

She's about five.

Alchemist2

deeksofdoom wrote: »

I noticed that my springer bitch is after getting hard mouthed, crunching down on birds and won't leave me take them out of her mouth. Any one got any advice on how to cure this?

Heard of fellahs wrapping barbed wire around birds and throwing them for the dogs does this work?

Take a dead bird and stick it in the deep freeze, when frozen throw it for the dog i believe this will sort your dog out

deeksofdoom

How many times would you want to do this or how would you go about it?

TriggerPL

deeksofdoom wrote: »

How many times would you want to do this or how would you go about it?

And has this only started now ? Is the dog been worked much , has it happened much if it was only the once I put it down to excitement but if it all the time , I'd start looking for a new dog .

Tommy87

Alchemist2 wrote: »

Take a dead bird and stick it in the deep freeze, when frozen throw it for the dog i believe this will sort your dog out

Huge +1

This is what a mate of mine reccomended and it works perfect. When I started with mine as a young dog I started with snipe and worked up in sizes. But if your dog is five I presume you could start with a bigger bird.

Did he just get a hard mouth all of a sudden?? What would cause that I wonder???

dev110

How does a frozen bird help with a hard mouth?

Alchemist2

dev110 wrote: »

How does a frozen bird help with a hard mouth?

The cold sensation on their teeth, they dont like it dev, so they use their lips so to speak to carry the bird

elius

Alchemist2 wrote: »

The cold sensation on their teeth, they dont like it dev, so they use their lips so to speak to carry the bird

Jaysus my dogs do be crunching on ice the misses often give them an ice cube

charlie10

have u bred her lately or is she after coming into heat lately by any chance had a friend of mine whos bitch went mad in an number of ways after breeding her and ended up selling her on.

Dalken

I had a bitch go hard mouthed on me before, it was my on fault I shot a grey crow once only wingin it, I sent the dog to pick it up and it pecked her. Ever after that she gave any bird she picked up a chomp to make sure it was finished off.

Im not sure if there's anyway to get a dog out of this.:(

Pat McGroin

Couple of things to try for you .
Get a woodcock or simular sized bird and wrap a thorny blamble (briar) around it then put it into a sock and use it as a dummy for a while for her to fetch . She won't like biting down on that !
Failing that , get a glass bottle. A Heavy one like a dummy sized vodka bottle and cable tie a set of pheasant wings to it . Throw it on some soft ground for her and when she picks it , the clink of her teeth on it will put her off biting down on it .

Let us know how you go .