chris o Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 hi my springer pup is giving me a little grief and fear i will get frustrated with him. the problem is he is not listning to me. and when i throw his dummy for him he will run to it smell it then leave it. what can i do? and could this be the cause of the wife and kids sending him giddy and trying to give him my commands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyspringer Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 how old is this pup chris?? SLOW DOWN ITS A PUP... forget any dummy work if the dog isn't interested your going to spoil it for sure. go slow and build a close bond. regards RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 you really do need to slow down as you will end up ruining a good dog , If i remember you have mentioned about your wife and kids in another post you would be better off having the dog in a kennel or sitting down with them and explaining that if they send it giddy and pull stuff from the dog or play tug of war they will end up turning him into a house dog and not a working dog .. Roadkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc89 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Iv got 10month lab and hes my first gun dog! Im 20 and the pair of us live at home still. When i first got him,vI bought myself some small dummies and was taking him out in the garden and up the field throwing them for him and he was bring them back, i thought this whole dog training is easy! No! He soon became very easily distracted which at the time was frustrating and i was told by a local gundog trainer(who i must say has been soo helpful), the same as above, slow down hes only a pup! So i completly layed off retrieving and i found in time he was bringing things to me in the house to throw for him. So with like a sock or tennis ball and then the dummy. Just sat on the floor hed bring it to me id take it off him and then throw it away praising all the way. So id basically over cooked the retrieve work and hed just got bored with it. Next came my other problem, lets say im with him monday nite and hes bringing me the dummy back and hes holding it, i say "give" and hes gives it to me......job done. Then lets say i go out on tuesday nite, he brings the dummy to me and he just drops it on the floor! Where has this come from...... I then try put this right by the end of the eve hes holding the dummy again. On weds hes gon bak to dropping it on the floor I find out that at home during the day or in the eve hes been taking his ball to other members of the family and they hav been throwing it and quite happy for him to just bring it back and drop it on the floor. I started watching and listening to every1 in the house and it soon became apparent that every1 in the household wanted to play with him and make him do the stuff i was trying to teach him. This soon came to blows and I basically said if you reli, reli have to do this stuff with him your gonna have to do it right (or at least the same way im doing it) Since then we have encountered a few problems but hes getting there, as hes got older hes matured so much more and now hes picking up cold and has picked a few freshly shot birds this season...... Im not telling you what you should do to correct it as im not as experienced as the guys that are available here, just this explains that i had a similar problem and as you can see the steps i was told to take have helped me alot. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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