spaniel recall

[troutfly 0]

dog 7mths old training to far advanced if thedog is picking up dont do any more traing on that it looks like you wont have a prob with that get the dog back on sit and stay back o f acouple of paces still sitting walk back praise the dog still sitting walk back a few paces 2piips call the dog more praise also when walking the dog call the dog put back on lead walk abit let the dog of walk round abit call dog back put on the lead and so on fool the dog because itlooks like to me that when you call the dog back to you you go straight home he or she is still a baby she is not ready to go home yey try that when you are happy introduce something else and add that on and so on in stages and dont for get the shooting season does not start till next sept ember so take your time and get to know the dog andenjoy and buy a book by joe irvine spaniel training he is the god of spaniel training macsicarr cherokee mint just 2 of his dogs

also get him or her on lead work only until ready and under stands it will do enough running about when you have trained it and it obeys good luck i have got 3 onthe go and would not have any other dog they are abso brill give them an inch and they will take afield believe me

[food for free 0]

I dont want to sit her and recall as I dont want her to always associate sitting with coming back to me. Which I believe this could lead too.

I keep that a seperate topic, I sit her and always (90% of the time) walk back to her. I believe this will lead to a more steady dog.

This is going very well. She will sit and stay when iam 10 - 15 yards away and looks even more attentative the further i get.

I have no worries there I hope.

On a positive note, today was great. she recalled to me 100% of the time , and sat. That was achieved with bribery, cheese.

I think the penny has dropped with the heel work also.. she is bearly pulling now and walking nicely. I still need to work on getting her closer to me. I doubt this will knock her hunting ability as she seems so strong in that area. She is also responding well to hand signals when running free hunting.

I will just concentrate on the recall, everything else seems good for her age.

i will stick with the cheese treat everytime for the next week or so, see how that goes. i would prefer not to give a treat but if needs must.

If I have missled her I guess that is the best way to get her back on track.

Cheers for the comments. I wil let y'all know how it goes.