ips Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 The syndicate shoot that I have been beating for last two seasons have offered me a full gun. I prefer working the dog to shooting but its rude to refuse 😁 Mrs ips fancies working eze when I am shooting (its a stand one beat one job) the question is.....is it a problem / confusing for the dog to have two people working her. She did one drive last year when I was a walking gun and seemed to do ok . Any thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 In my experience, as long as the EXACT same commands, signals and whistle are used, then the dog will not notice any difference. It may just be a slight problem if it knows it can get away with things with 1 handler and not the other. The old proverb, "Give em an inch" etc. etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny tim Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 will be fine I,ve worked my mates dogs and hes took mine on drives when I have been shooting ,they soon get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Thank you gentlemen. Is it really essential that the commands are the same or will she know lynns commands and mine mean the same even if there slightly different ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 24, 2017 Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 It is all down to the dog really and how tied he/she is to you. I had a viszla for 6 months as a puppy for a friend and he came over every week and took him out, eventually he then had him at his home. That dog was a machine and would happily work for both of us. He just loved work and I had got him responsive to orders in the 6 months. I had another friend who had a nice lab and he tried to have me work his dog but it would be sitting next to him by the time we got half way through the first drive, it wasn't having any of it. I think as you both live with the dog and obviously both talk to the dog on a daily basis, it should work out fine. Have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2017 Thanks walker. She doesn't seem to favour either of us really. Different situations / habits she will follow me and sit or lie next to me but other scenarios she gravitates to Lynn. When Lynn was beating a wood last year I was a walking gun, eze kept coming yo the fence to see were I was and would have come to me if she could have got through said fence however once she was happy that I was still around she carried on hunting for Lynn. I don't forsee any problems....gulp. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Decoy Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 I work my other halfs lab, he trained her himself and used her on peg while pheasant shooting but when I met him and she was a year old, I wanted to get involved and loved seeing the dogs work. We started picking up on peg with him with me working her to see how she got on, and now we are away from the gun line and in our own 'dedicated' place as one of the picker uppers Shes done excellent and does everything I ask, in fact i think she works better for me than him now (ha ha) Picked 16 on one drive last year. Aimee @ A1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Good for you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Our Lab will work for me , my wife and our daughter but only picking up he hates beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 Sounds like no problem then, cheers 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 On 1 shoot that I was at, a Guy with a Spaniel only saw it twice in the day. Once, when he let it out of the car and again, when he was putting it back in at the end of the day. The dog seemed to work for all of the other beaters throughout the day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 On 1 shoot that I was at, a Guy with a Spaniel only saw it twice in the day. Once, when he let it out of the car and again, when he was putting it back in at the end of the day. The dog seemed to work for all of the other beaters throughout the day ! Ha, I have seen a similar dog, and it wasn't mine 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 26, 2017 Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 My lab will quite happily work for my partner, if fact i'd find it quite strange if he didnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2017 In what way strange may I ask ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 In what way strange may I ask ?? If the dog refused to work for a member of its household, i'd wonder why! In my case, my partner is a dog lover and has several dogs of her own so there is no danger of her not getting on with the dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodie Posted June 27, 2017 Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Less confusing for the dog if you use whistle commands in my limited experience with other folk's dogs. What gets me is when you're in the beating line and everyone wants to give your dog orders. If they know so much how come they haven't got their own dog? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ips Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2017 Never had that mate, re the other folk giving dog orders...think I would have something to say about it if it ever happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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