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Dog training advice

  • 16-10-2024 2:52pm
    #1
    justbehindit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Well lads, anyone know any gun dog trainers in Kildare or surrounding areas? Have a 8 month old springer and could do with some advice. Any info appreciated.



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  • #2
    JP22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭JP22


    Out of the sport for some time now, age catches us up, don’t know any trainers in Kildare/my area.

    Always had springers myself, just run of the mill dogs but they knew how to hunt so no teaching there, Springers being so busy/active, control is IMHO the biggest issue. Someone years ago someone said to me, “Springers are like Honda 50’s with no brains”, personally I don’t agree.

    An auld Springer owner gave me some advice which worked on my last Springer.

    On off season on the bog use a 20m lead when teaching him to quarter for snipe. Walk forward, stop, get the dog to search area in front, walk & indicate left and get the dog to search left, same procedure for right side, then forward some more and repeat, repeat, repeat……………….

    Initially the dog is pulling on the lead and wants to go forward away from you but over time they realise they cannot go forward but that they can search where they are (in front of you) and go left and right.

    After several weeks the dog would do it without the lead, if I stopped, called him and turned around and went backwards he would come back/after to me.

    Springers are brilliant dogs; their biggest problem is they’re over eager to please you and they forget commands/distance/etc.

    Note – Never, ever, ever run a Springer anywhere wearing a collar, “mea culpa”, dog hanging on a drain bank with collar caught in barbed wire, TBTG he was ok.



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