Springer problem

trigger92

Hi all,

The problem I am having is for the life of me can get my springer to hunt cover.
I have trained him in every way he is a great dog one of the best retrievers iv seen but can not get him into cover. does anyone have any tips or ideas as I am lost at this stage.


Thanks in advance any help would be much appreciated.

allan450

1.what age is the dog.
2.has he met much game.
3.has he been shot over

hathcock

trigger92 wrote: »

Hi all,

The problem I am having is for the life of me can get my springer to hunt cover.
I have trained him in every way he is a great dog one of the best retrievers iv seen but can not get him into cover. does anyone have any tips or ideas as I am lost at this stage.


Thanks in advance any help would be much appreciated.

Its either in them or not,some dogs will not hunt cover,hence the reason everyone is looking for a good cover dog.It took me years to get decent dogs that would hunt cover,fortunately I have them now.

springer man

you said he retrieving well?
If so you could get him retrieving from light cover and progress onto heavy cover.
Getting him retrieving into the wind as much as possible.
He will soon begin to start using his nose.
Plant dummies in light cover get him working into the wind, hunting for dummies.
Progress onto Heavey cover.
Loads of praise, he will soon figure it out.
If you could get him working with another springer, it wouldn't take long before he would following the springer in and out of cover.

A lot more lads on here, who would know more than me.
They might post later.

garyc007

what techniques have you used already? and have you much game on the land you work him on?

Kiltris

Rabbits! Rabbits! And more rabbits! Presuming the dogs at the correct age to be hunting cover then the best way to get him into cover is by him following natural scent, possibly being led by an older more experienced dog. The natural ability to hunt and search cover with no scent is definately not in every dog, but it definately can be encouraged in little ways, don't force the dog too much.

What age is it? Where are you based?

snipe49

trigger92 wrote: »

Hi all,

The problem I am having is for the life of me can get my springer to hunt cover.
I have trained him in every way he is a great dog one of the best retrievers iv seen but can not get him into cover. does anyone have any tips or ideas as I am lost at this stage.


Thanks in advance any help would be much appreciated.

If this dog is under 6 months i'd stay clear of heavy cover for now. Until we get the winter frosts brambles can be tough going and u dont want to turn it off cover at this stage. The way i do it is i just start with walking through light cover at first then lay a few sent trails and get him or her tracking i would never train a bog to hunt cover by throughing a dummy into it this can cause the dog to look up for the dummy and there by cut it's eyes better to lay a train into it while the dog is in the trailor and then bring them in. plenty of praise and if its in them they will go in. As said rabbits are a great help. Good luck pal.

TriggerPL

Strange that no one has suggested using an older do to entice him to follow into cover

Kiltris

TriggerPL wrote: »

Strange that no one has suggested using an older do to entice him to follow into cover

I did!

TriggerPL

Kiltris wrote: »

I did!

So u did mate , I just seen rabbits rabbits ! Experience dog is the way to go and just let then run about in cover don't try to force it

Kiltris

TriggerPL wrote: »

So u did mate , I just seen rabbits rabbits ! Experience dog is the way to go and just let then run about in cover don't try to force it

Definately, its the way to go alright. The only thing ill say is that you would nearly want to keep the dog in training with the more experienced lead dog. I've done it a few times for different lads that buy springers and it helps them to follow on a lot easier. That's just my two cents though!