cab09

Just to let anyone know, I have a large amount of pigeon shooting equipment for sale on Ebay if anybody is interested in starting up decoying. The link to the auction is: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PIGEON-SHOOTING-EQUIPMENT-400-NEW-USED-ONLY-ONCE-/250784499454?pt=UK_SportingGoods_Hunting_ShootingSports_ET&hash=item3a63ebc6fe I hope you dont mind me adding the Ebay link from this site. Many thanks

hi I have an 8 month old Lab (dog), his basic training seems to be going quite well as he will sit, stay, recall and walk to heel on the lead. However, I'm not sure if I may have a couple of problems starting to set in so would like to ask the experienced trainers for their advice. Retrieving - to date I have only really practiced retreiving twice a week, limiting it to 3 retrieves a session. The dog will chase and pick up but then isnt really that interested in coming back to me as he would rather play with it, shake it, chew it etc (which worries me). I havent snatched anything o

Im no expert but this worked for me: 1. Put your dog on a rope slip lead 2. Sit the dog at your side and start to walk forwards 3. Each time he rushes ahead of you, make an 'about turn' and start walking in the opposite direction 4. Keep persistently turning 180 degrees every time the dog moves ahead, this may be extremely frequent to begin with Soon the dog will simply give up becasue they dont like this game and would prefer to keep going forwards than switching direction every couple of seconds. As soon as you see the dog is complying add the word 'heel' after the turn

Watched a gun dog display by Adrian Slater the other week at the Raby Castle game fair and he gave a top tip........buy paint rollers to use as retreiving dummies, cheaper alternative to the normal dummies plus they are furry. I just bought 3 of the smaller ones from Tescos for 50p! A lot of you might have already heard of this but thought I'd share it all the same. PS It was the first gun dog display I have been to and thought that Adrian and his team were excellent.

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Can anyone recommend a good DVD for Labrador retriever training (for the novice trainer). I have bought a couple of books but would also like to watch 'how its done' too. Many thanks for your help CAB

Thanks for the good advice skycat, much appreciated. I didnt think I was pushing him beyond the basics for his age but maybe guilty of being too hard on him or expecting too much too quickly. Its probably more my fault (over enthusiasm on my behalf) than his. A total new environment for him to explore. You just get carried away, especially when he was being so obedient in the garden (his normal environment which he is used to). I think it will be best to take him back to the garden just to brush back up on those basics/ engrain them and gradually introduce him part on a lead to the grassy

I've got a 4 month old lab (dog). His basic obedience training is going quite well. He will sit, stay, wait, return and progressing well walking to heel both on and off the lead. The majority of his training has been done in the back garden, with little or no distractions. However the garden isnt all that big and I have started to take him out onto a grassed strip of land around 300 - 400 yards long, not far from my house. Again its relatively quiet there with no distractions. I decided to let him off his lead to let him have a run around and enjoy the space and have a bit of fre

Pictures of my new fox red lab pup. He's just coming up to 4 months now.

Good point...(nothing seems obvious to me)

Didnt manage to get out over the weekend as got called out to work I did manage to pop and get another few flocked crow decoys though and a crow/rook caller (Acme). Should hopefully get to go out this weekend.....will keep you all informed. Going to dry the rabbit with my decoys and caller and put any dead birds on the rotary. Mind you the Acme caller sounds more like a duck, think I need a bit more practice with it!! (seems quite a high pitch 'squark' if you know what I mean??) Thanks for the help.

Theres a field on my permission which is currently getting pestered by crows and rooks. It isnt safe to shoot this field (s**s law ) as there is a village church, footpath, playing field and primary school on its boundaries. However I can set up in the corner, in the neighbouring grassed field, beneath a large tree and close to the flight path over. Thing is not sure which is the best plan of attack as I only have one full bodied flocked crow decoy, but have twenty flocked pigeon shells on springs, a rotary and a set of hypa flappers. Options (I see) are: OPTION 1 = set up the pi

Thanks for the tip, will give it a go

Same kinda thing happened to me, gave the stock a good rub down with boiled linseed oil, let it soak over night and polished off the next morning seemed to do the trick. Thanks for the advice Fenbo, was a bit concerned as the stock has a gloss oil finish, I think (Beretta 682 Gold E Sporter), so not sure whether I would do more damage than good.

That good news cab09, it's a relief once you can trust them to be clean in the crate no? I'd suggest you increase the crate compartment gradually as the pup grows, as last week I increased the space my pup has and probably gave her a bit too much room in her XL crate and the first thing she did was take a crap in the far corner of the crate . I dropped the size of the compartment down a bit and she's been clean in the crate since. atb, JL thanks for the tip / early warning JL - I'll bear it in mind for the future..............whats the saying, give them an inch and...