what age should you start taking dogs beating

[davep 0]

iv got 3 6month(i said in other post there 5month but these months are flying over carnt keep track) old cockers and i was guna take them beating this weekend, its been brought to my attention that there to young, what age will be best they listen to everything i say they dont stray too far away from me even if they do pick up a scent and as soon as i blow the whistle there at my ankles, just wondering if there an age or is it when you think there ready because at the end of the day you have to take them one day and when there young would that be best time to get them used to it, thanks in advance

[biglee 1 3]

way too young yet id say bud r they used to the noise of the shotgun most people give it till between 12 and 18 months sumtimes even 2 years plus even 12 month is young imo atb

[davep 0]

spot on mate thanks, there used to the sound and everything, i think ill jst leave it till there older.

[biglee 1 3]

good stuff mate just keep at bud and thell be ready soon enuff atb:notworthy:

[davep 0]

good stuff mate just keep at bud and thell be ready soon enuff atb:notworthy:

will do mate thanks

[LDR 29]

Just out of interest, what/how much training have you done with them at 6 months??? i'm not starting any training with my springer pup till she's at least 6/7 months, then i reckon she's gonna be between 18 months and 2 yrs before doing any proper graft and that depends how her training goes, never had a cocker so dont know if they need things done differently?

[davep 0]

Just out of interest, what/how much training have you done with them at 6 months??? i'm not starting any training with my springer pup till she's at least 6/7 months, then i reckon she's gonna be between 18 months and 2 yrs before doing any proper graft and that depends how her training goes, never had a cocker so dont know if they need things done differently?

iv got them all sitting on the whistle, and coming to me on short sharp blasts, also got them bringing me back a dummy to my feet the black and white one sits and presents it to me the other two just drop it at my feet, iv never went out and just done traning it just happend when i went out on walks with them just trying little bits at a time there clever dogs and dont need much telling.

[Lab 10,979]

Hi mate, me again.....Sounds like you are doing the basics correctly and i hope they all turn out to be wee crackers. We all want to get our dogs up to a standard where we can take them to shoots but pushing them wont help. Walking them in parks and stuff wont get them ready for shoot day, with lots of smells and mainly other dogs working around them will drive them wild. I thought like you that my 2 pups at that age were 100% on the recall to my whistle but as i said to you when i took them to that shoot a couple of weeks ago(aged nearly 1 year) the first bird that fell from the sky the wee b*****d was off......i whistled,he stopped and funnily enough in 12 long months it was the first time i had seen that "f**k you" look in his eyes....

They will go back at the end of the season, just for another look. I have just started dummy work with a launcher and signs are good.......if they turn out like there parents al be a happy man......atb

[davep 0]

Hi mate, me again.....Sounds like you are doing the basics correctly and i hope they all turn out to be wee crackers. We all want to get our dogs up to a standard where we can take them to shoots but pushing them wont help. Walking them in parks and stuff wont get them ready for shoot day, with lots of smells and mainly other dogs working around them will drive them wild. I thought like you that my 2 pups at that age were 100% on the recall to my whistle but as i said to you when i took them to that shoot a couple of weeks ago(aged nearly 1 year) the first bird that fell from the sky the wee b*****d was off......i whistled,he stopped and funnily enough in 12 long months it was the first time i had seen that "f**k you" look in his eyes....

They will go back at the end of the season, just for another look. I have just started dummy work with a launcher and signs are good.......if they turn out like there parents al be a happy man......atb

thanks alot mate, info is spot on and took on board, im glad iv been told cause by the sounds of it i would have been tearing my hair out by the end of the day, so im gona have a pop up beating with my mate and hes taking his sproker and 2 older cockers (all well over a year old) and at least ill get a feel and see what i need to be doin when the time comes, thanks again for the advice atb

[Bobba_fett 117]

Hi mate, me again.....Sounds like you are doing the basics correctly and i hope they all turn out to be wee crackers. We all want to get our dogs up to a standard where we can take them to shoots but pushing them wont help. Walking them in parks and stuff wont get them ready for shoot day, with lots of smells and mainly other dogs working around them will drive them wild. I thought like you that my 2 pups at that age were 100% on the recall to my whistle but as i said to you when i took them to that shoot a couple of weeks ago(aged nearly 1 year) the first bird that fell from the sky the wee b*****d was off......i whistled,he stopped and funnily enough in 12 long months it was the first time i had seen that "f**k you" look in his eyes....

They will go back at the end of the season, just for another look. I have just started dummy work with a launcher and signs are good.......if they turn out like there parents al be a happy man......atb

thanks alot mate, info is spot on and took on board, im glad iv been told cause by the sounds of it i would have been tearing my hair out by the end of the day, so im gona have a pop up beating with my mate and hes taking his sproker and 2 older cockers (all well over a year old) and at least ill get a feel and see what i need to be doin when the time comes, thanks again for the advice atb

 

I would take one with you on the leed, if you dont think they will do a whole day leave them in your car for the rest of the day. they wont learn anything in the kennel, I start mine off as soon as, by one year old their spot on to work every day beating or picking up

[samba 534]

all things are different wi people n dogs my last 2cockers been with me

beating since 6/7mths not working or anything but just to get used to situation

noisers different people strange dogs kept on lead as not to interfear with the drives just 1/2 a day didnt do them any harm

[Nik_B 3,790]

My Labrador was doing great with training till about 7-8 month old when he suddenly became a teenage terror. We've been working out b*ll*cks off trying to get recall etc back since then. Just as he's turned 1 year old things are calming down again but he's still a handful.

 

I am no expert but I'd take your time and let em grow up a bit first.

[davep 0]

My Labrador was doing great with training till about 7-8 month old when he suddenly became a teenage terror. We've been working out b*ll*cks off trying to get recall etc back since then. Just as he's turned 1 year old things are calming down again but he's still a handful.

 

I am no expert but I'd take your time and let em grow up a bit first.

thanks mate i think im going to, they must be going through there teenage stage because they have just turned into little shits over past week, but its all part of the package so gota keep at it. Dave