lozrob Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 i posted on here a few weeks ago about my sprocker running off when out of the garden, had some fantastic advice from other pigeon watch members. ive been using a long retractable lead when ever out side of the restraint of the garden fence, when ever beau gave me a retrieve of the dummy , i let her have a hunt ( only till the end of the lead ) using recall and stop whistles all the time, any way , took beau pigeon shooting today to see where we are getting , she sat in the hide reasonable well , ( kept putting her head through the net for a look,) kept her on a short slip lead, shot a pigeon , not quite dead , sent beau out , she found it, brought it back to me , perfectly. i shot 12 birds . she brought back atleast 3 of them. whenever i left the hide, i took beau out ,off lead , she behaved herself very well. i know i have a long way to go , but i thought id share this massive change , all thanks to the pigeon watch members. cheers.. loz & beau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longy0710 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 How old is Beau? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozrob Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 1 year and a month. cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 i posted on here a few weeks ago about my sprocker running off when out of the garden, had some fantastic advice from other pigeon watch members. ive been using a long retractable lead when ever out side of the restraint of the garden fence, when ever beau gave me a retrieve of the dummy , i let her have a hunt ( only till the end of the lead ) using recall and stop whistles all the time, any way , took beau pigeon shooting today to see where we are getting , she sat in the hide reasonable well , ( kept putting her head through the net for a look,) kept her on a short slip lead, shot a pigeon , not quite dead , sent beau out , she found it, brought it back to me , perfectly. i shot 12 birds . she brought back atleast 3 of them. whenever i left the hide, i took beau out ,off lead , she behaved herself very well. i know i have a long way to go , but i thought id share this massive change , all thanks to the pigeon watch members. cheers.. loz & beau. Taking a dog not yet trained is very risky as is putting it on a wounder. Try your utmost to back off the real thing until the dog is sorted. I admit to taking a dog out early but only to accustom it in short bites, not to have it work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted April 28, 2014 Report Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) i posted on here a few weeks ago about my sprocker running off when out of the garden, had some fantastic advice from other pigeon watch members. ive been using a long retractable lead when ever out side of the restraint of the garden fence, when ever beau gave me a retrieve of the dummy , i let her have a hunt ( only till the end of the lead ) using recall and stop whistles all the time, any way , took beau pigeon shooting today to see where we are getting , she sat in the hide reasonable well , ( kept putting her head through the net for a look,) kept her on a short slip lead, shot a pigeon , not quite dead , sent beau out , she found it, brought it back to me , perfectly. i shot 12 birds . she brought back atleast 3 of them. whenever i left the hide, i took beau out ,off lead , she behaved herself very well. i know i have a long way to go , but i thought id share this massive change , all thanks to the pigeon watch members. cheers.. loz & beau. A lot of dog training is not rocket science it’s just common sense. Socialize the pup, and then move on to basic training. Once you have the basics done, shoot over the dog and polish it off while enjoying shooting over it. basics: Sit and stay Come back when asked, no matter what the distraction Be steady even if a bird or dummy is chucked out Retrieve to hand Take basic directions The dog must be happy with bangs/shot around it We all hit problems that we need to ask more experienced handlers about and PW and all its members is great for this. However so many of the problems asked about on PW are down to the handler just not thinking about where they are up to with their dog and jumping to the next step before the dog is ready. Just my thoughts after reading the above post Edited April 28, 2014 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.