lurcher stopped retreiving

[bratton 4]

i have a 4 year old lurcher and she used to retreive perfect but for some reason she has stopped retreiving i have tried getting her 2 retreive teddies balls etc but she isnt interested in chasing unless it is alive i and i really need her to retreive any ideas thanks

[bird 10,015]

i have a 4 year old lurcher and she used to retreive perfect but for some reason she has stopped retreiving i have tried getting her 2 retreive teddies balls etc but she isnt interested in chasing unless it is alive i and i really need her to retreive any ideas thanks

 

With some lurchers [if] they catch alot of rabbits [20-30 ] per night 2-3 nights a week they can get sick of it.Some will just kill where they catch it, and drop it there.? And as well its not natural with lurchers,as most have a good %of running dog in them.And they are bred to chase+kill, not like gundogs=labs,ss,....bred to carry.?

Collie xs will retrieve, but even them get sick of it.

Bryn

how hard do you work your dog,? once a dog dont want to

retrieve, you carnt make it [fact]

[bratton 4]

she is actually a collie greyhound and thanks

 

 

[weasle 1,119]

Iwould agree with bird, most of mine stop at some point, just get sick of it(retreiving), I had one like yours no interest in balls ect, so i got a soft toy like a rabbit even had a white tail, 100 foot of string looped around a stick 75 foot away so when pulled the rabbit went away from me, this got her interest it took a week for her to get the game,then i would do it once a day, no lamping untill she was retreiving it every time and looked to be enjoying it, then only one rabbit per session, For the rest of season.That dog has retrieved every one since.Doing the same with another one this season but this one will only retrieve a ball.