stopping a dog wining

[Ackley]

i have a young lab bitch she 32 month old and on her first season picking up,shes getting nice and steady to the gun and i can now sit gere with birds falling around her,problem is she is getting very excited and starts to squeak and wine slightly which really annoys me.I have tried tugging on the lead but it still happens,i have worked her 5 days straight to make here think its now nothing speical,I dont want to hit her as someone suggested,so Iam open to any ideas so i can nip it in the bud

[garyb]

Put a Small drinks bottle of water in your pocket.

 

Timing is important... but splash her face each time she whines.

Edited December 6, 2010 by garyb

[al4x]

good luck! my gwp has tended to do it while waiting for the off. I've used the bottle approach and it quietened her a bit, its not bad just a quiet whimper but very annoying. Saturday beating she wasn't too bad and sunday morning wildfowling she never uttered a murmur so may be getting there. Its very strange as she will sit under a high seat or in the truck for hours on end and not move but a driven day is something else. Touch wood the water bottle and continued exposure seems to be getting there with mine so give it a go and good luck!

 

I did also have it suggested if you have the dog sitting with you on a loose lead and a quick sideways jab with your boot where they can't work out where its come from works on some but doesn't seem to make any difference to my thick skulled bitch.