teaching a pup

[adamb20 22]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

[Romany 1,065]

As soon as possible, anywhere from 8 weeks..

[Catcher 1 639]

Hi mate.the younger the better.Will do it no harm (Pup from 9 to 14 weeks)

[jonny10 20]

start off asap mate ive been learning my pup since he was 8 weeks he will retrieve his balls and toys etc etc all day long but he still wont fully retrieve a rabbit hes 14 month now and its defnitaly the hardest part of training for a pup in my opinion its soo frustrating atb

[watchman 256]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

do it in a alleyway or hallway indoors,then its got no where to run off to,lots of encouragement,dont bore the shit out of it though,little at a time,cuddly toy or socks usually do the trick,even get a rabbit skin and make a dummey

Edited January 16, 2010 by watchman

[foxylady 1]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

 

yeah 8 weeks can work, we tried with our collie X, but she didnt want to know til 12 weeks!!lots of them retrieve well at 8 weeks+. we first used socks and small toys, then she liked to retrieve baseball caps haha. now she retrieves canvas dummies or rabbit dummies straight to hand. i think really, the basic thing is not to bore the pup- only do 3 or 4 retrieves because he/she will get bored of it soon and not want to know! i retrieve train in hallway/landing by throwing the dummy to the top of the stairs then waiting for her to retrieve it. the reward should be the dummy, but iv found iv had to use treats sometimes- whichever works though! atb

[Romany 1,065]

You can even get them to bring you your supper..

[the lamping ferreter 160]

my pup just natruley brings them back i havent teached him to do it he just natruly dose it

[Jd123 4]

Soon as mate .,., dont know if true but as they say cant teach an old dog new tricks JD

[sako trg 1]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

do it in a alleyway or hallway indoors,then its got no where to run off to,lots of encouragement,dont bore the shit out of it though,little at a time,cuddly toy or socks usually do the trick,even get a rabbit skin and make a dummey

bang on!that's how Ive always done it.1 thing I'll add,its got to be a game for the pup,dont gget carried away with early success when the pup starts lossing intrest in the session stop aand move the dummy out of sight and do it all again later.when you get a good retriving dog dont be tempted to drop the catches for your mate's pups to bring em on that spoiled my dog only retrives to 3 feet away now if theres another dog about.

[andyrose 8]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

do it in a alleyway or hallway indoors,then its got no where to run off to,lots of encouragement,dont bore the shit out of it though,little at a time,cuddly toy or socks usually do the trick,even get a rabbit skin and make a dummey

bang on!that's how Ive always done it.1 thing I'll add,its got to be a game for the pup,dont gget carried away with early success when the pup starts lossing intrest in the session stop aand move the dummy out of sight and do it all again later.when you get a good retriving dog dont be tempted to drop the catches for your mate's pups to bring em on that spoiled my dog only retrives to 3 feet away now if theres another dog about.

yeah, seen that before, i was out with my old bitch some years back, and my mte and his dog. my bitch nailed a rabbit and his accidentally slipped while she was retrieving. He run up and took it off her. For months after that if i was out with my mate, she'd circle us about 6' away. Took some real braking. Just shows the slightest thing can cock it all up

[theferreter 311]

can anyone give me some advice on what age to start and how to do it. cheers.

do it in a alleyway or hallway indoors,then its got no where to run off to,lots of encouragement,dont bore the shit out of it though,little at a time,cuddly toy or socks usually do the trick,even get a rabbit skin and make a dummey

spot on mate

[ADAM C 193]

I ve done it with pups ,getting the dummy etc tieing a long piece of string to it throw the dummy and slowly pull it back in when the pup has hold coaxing your pup towards you with encouragement do this a few times each day getting him used to bringing it back and getting praise for it.In time take off the string and start the same process but without the string i have found this to work a treat for me,maybe worth a try.......

[smiffyuk2003 5]

ive been teaching my pups retrieve since they were 9 wk old, there 16 wk old now and still do it... about 3-5 retrieves a day is what i do, keeps them interested.

 

what i do is sit infront of there kennel as they always run back to that, so they get used to running back to me, i can now do it in open fields and they come straight back.

 

get an old sock, tie some string to it, swing it about to get them interested, release it, as soon as they pick it up call them back.

 

dont be surprised if they run about all over first few tries, this is fun for them, but keep calling and they will eventually return. hope this helps

 

smiffyuk09

[sambam 8]

i sickend my pup with retrive and belive me its hard to get it back. he just takes the dummy to the edge of the field. in the house he will blind stay while i hide the dummy then go and find it and bring it straight to hand perfect everytime just not in the field, but hopefully he will get the idea agian