training problem

[matmorgan 49]

bin doin light retrieve training with pup.just a few chucks now and then.she is very reluctant retriever.doin it in a confined space so i can get her without her running of with the dummy.now she dont want to pick it up.as if she knows im going to get it so whats the point!!!.thinking of starting to use a rabbit skin to make it bit more interesting for her.but what if the same thing happens.good little dog in other areas..instantly comes to whistle,sits and stays but just cant crack the retrieve?.any help would be great.cheers .mat.

[bird 9,966]

bin doin light retrieve training with pup.just a few chucks now and then.she is very reluctant retriever.doin it in a confined space so i can get her without her running of with the dummy.now she dont want to pick it up.as if she knows im going to get it so whats the point!!!.thinking of starting to use a rabbit skin to make it bit more interesting for her.but what if the same thing happens.good little dog in other areas..instantly comes to whistle,sits and stays but just cant crack the retrieve?.any help would be great.cheers .mat.

 

stop everything now, go back to recall. Try a ball in a couple of weeks time, kick it 1st if she brings the ball back to you then try throwing it. With all (retrieve)work it as to be a (game), if you start pushing your dog with it, you will feck it up. And even if you get a dog a fur dummy,

with good retrieve, when you go out on the real thing(live)stuff.Most will feck about with it, and some wont bring it back. All your work you have put in can go out of the window. , and dont forget retrieving, is not natural to running dogs, they aint labs . just try to make it a game, what x is it.???

 

 

some do and some dont, you carnt make them

[its ma baw 51]

If it doesn't want to do it, the reward for doing it cant be worth while. Dogs want to please and love rewards, especially ones that taste good.

[Hannah4181 260]

Try just leaving a soft toy animal around the house/garden, puppies like to pick them up and mouth them. If and when she does pick it up, call her to you and make a big fuss of her, give her a food reward as well if you have one handy. As has been suggested, make it fun and exciting, little and often, puppies get bored so quickly.

[matmorgan 49]

bin doin light retrieve training with pup.just a few chucks now and then.she is very reluctant retriever.doin it in a confined space so i can get her without her running of with the dummy.now she dont want to pick it up.as if she knows im going to get it so whats the point!!!.thinking of starting to use a rabbit skin to make it bit more interesting for her.but what if the same thing happens.good little dog in other areas..instantly comes to whistle,sits and stays but just cant crack the retrieve?.any help would be great.cheers .mat.

 

stop everything now, go back to recall. Try a ball in a couple of weeks time, kick it 1st if she brings the ball back to you then try throwing it. With all (retrieve)work it as to be a (game), if you start pushing your dog with it, you will feck it up. And even if you get a dog a fur dummy,

with good retrieve, when you go out on the real thing(live)stuff.Most will feck about with it, and some wont bring it back. All your work you have put in can go out of the window. , and dont forget retrieving, is not natural to running dogs, they aint labs . just try to make it a game, what x is it.???

 

 

some do and some dont, you carnt make them

fair enough thier not labs.i understand that.her recall needs no extra work.trained her to the whistle and she back instantly first time every time.ive had lurchers with alot more sight hound blood in them than this and retrieval work was never a problem.havent pushed her at all.little bit now and then.2 retrieves every few days.she is lurchxlurch....dam was deergrey,colliegreyxbed whipgrey and sire...colliegrey,bullgrey.maybe something on a string may help get her chasing it...what you reckon.cheers for reply.atb.mat

[matmorgan 49]

Try just leaving a soft toy animal around the house/garden, puppies like to pick them up and mouth them. If and when she does pick it up, call her to you and make a big fuss of her, give her a food reward as well if you have one handy. As has been suggested, make it fun and exciting, little and often, puppies get bored so quickly.

like the sound of the fluffy toy thingy.cheers

[HBG 350]

never found any of mine done any better wid chucking stuff than the ones i do nothing wid,if there gonna do it they'll do it training or no training,i had two pups once brothers they were one would retrieve the ball one would'nt,the one that would'nt was the better retriever of rabbits when they were older,waste of time in my opinion

[matmorgan 49]

never found any of mine done any better wid chucking stuff than the ones i do nothing wid,if there gonna do it they'll do it training or no training,i had two pups once brothers they were one would retrieve the ball one would'nt,the one that would'nt was the better retriever of rabbits when they were older,waste of time in my opinion

heres hoping on that.cheers for replys all.

[salclalin 240]

Get The pup into a Frenzy before you throw the Dummy,so the Pup want's it.When he Picks the Dummy up Squat down and Call the Pup to You.Hopefully the Pup will bring the Dummy to you.Never go to the Pup to Take the Dummy off the Pup.Only do this only Twice and end The GAME on a High with the Pup wanting More.Hopefully the Pup will be More Eager to Bring the Dummy Straight back to you.

[kev2010 8]

I gree with bird.If shes lost intrest then stop for a couple of weeks.Then start over again.I dont know how old your pup is but puppys genrally take things back to thier beds.If she is doing this it mite be worth trying getting her excited,throw toy/ball & sit in her bed.So she will associate you with her safe place.with a bit of luck shell soon be bringing it back to you without you sitting in her bed.

Kev.