Training advice please.

[stoaty1 35]

Hello all. Need abit of advise please.

My Sporting Lucas Terrier is now just over a year old and his nose is ruling over his ears. Generally his obiediance is good. Will sit and stay, drop at distance and his recall is fine. Now though his nose has woken up. When he gets on a fresh rabbit trail he becomes deaf. He will track that rabbit no matter the distance. I have tried putting him on a line and stopping him and really had to drag him back (he just freezes)and then praised him so cant be any bad associations with coming back to me. Tried this for a while but he still goes back to doing his own thing when I take him off. Could it be an adolescent thing? How would you suggest I keep tighter control on him please.

 

regards

ian

[Guest busterdog]

Hello all. Need abit of advise please.

My Sporting Lucas Terrier is now just over a year old and his nose is ruling over his ears. Generally his obiediance is good. Will sit and stay, drop at distance and his recall is fine. Now though his nose has woken up. When he gets on a fresh rabbit trail he becomes deaf. He will track that rabbit no matter the distance. I have tried putting him on a line and stopping him and really had to drag him back (he just freezes)and then praised him so cant be any bad associations with coming back to me. Tried this for a while but he still goes back to doing his own thing when I take him off. Could it be an adolescent thing? How would you suggest I keep tighter control on him please.

 

regards

ian

 

 

Got one just the same Ian, he's just started to develope the fright and flight syndrome and god knows why ???. I try and not let it bother me because it usualy sorts itself out with time. One of the best pieces of advice I've ever read was from the great Jocelyn Lucas and it went something like this "a dog must realise that he gets his sport because of you rather than in spite of you"

 

ATB Busterdog..

[stoaty1 35]

Thanks for your reply. Only problem is that he is getting what he wants by chasing the rabbits anyway. Maybe if I wait for him to come back and them move on to more rabbits the penny will drop but it still means he is running wild though and I would like a bit more control.

ta

Ian