Robinho86_

What are people's views on smacking a pup while training? I prefer to treat rather than beat, but a few of the old lads I know don't believe in treats and think a good old smack does the trick.... What do you guys think?

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Ye she has about a 5 minute run off the lead as I walk through the woods to get to the field, I tell her get on she runs off for a little mooch, I call her back in an she comes. So the recall is good. Then as soon as we get in the field, I throw the dummy, she goes an gets it an runs off like a lunatic! Can't understand it, needs sorting though as when she goes lamping she'll be clearing the field on the first run, anymore advice would be great, cheers

My bitch is 6 months old now, I want to use her only on rabbits, day an night, but mainly on the lamp. So I'm at the stage of retrieve training. I chuck her the dummy of the rabbit in the garden an no problems, she returns it straight to my hand, give her a treat an its all good. But when I take her out into a field I'll chuck the dummy for her, an she'll run off with it and not come back for anything from 1-5 minutes! Same as when I train her on the lamping dummy with reflective strips on, in the garden she's fine, as soon as I chuck it for her in the field, she's gone! Any advice o