retrieving

[scotty2306 37]

my 12month old bitch wont retrieve her first few bunnies of the night after that she carries them till 10 feet away is this normal? will she grow out of this? i have tried teaching her to retrieve but she shows no intrest to anything thats not alive and moving

[wild rover 548]

Force her to hold your rabbit skin dummy, by placing it in its mouth and hold its mouth shut on the dummy, telling it to hold, persevere until it holds on command, then transfer this to retreiving.

[wild rover 548]

Force her to hold your rabbit skin dummy, by placing it in its mouth and hold its mouth shut on the dummy, telling it to hold, persevere until it holds on command, then transfer this to retreiving.

[mikeyboy 7]

a dog will never do anything if you force it you have to make it want to do it because its fun and enjoyable. so i wouldnt take that advice

[iamduvern 62]

  mikeyboy said:

a dog will never do anything if you force it you have to make it want to do it because its fun and enjoyable. so i wouldnt take that advice

 

So what would you do "O" wise one???

[wild rover 548]

  mikeyboy said:

a dog will never do anything if you force it you have to make it want to do it because its fun and enjoyable. so i wouldnt take that advice

 

 

Have used it on two lurchers that would not carry, and others have used same advice, after the initial reluctance both turned out good retrievers, you dont hurt them they are just learning a new command by pressing on its mouth, it then does it for fun when the penny has dropped. Lots of gundogs are taught this method.

[undisputed 1,664]

If you started when the dog was a pup you wouldn't have had this problem in the first place. Forced retrieving can work but you've got to know what your doing