problem with pup

[priceyo 1]

been going out with me bitch on the lamp for rabbits shes been retrieving live to hand started taking the pup out to get herused to it just watching tho now the bitch is catching and been hard mouthed and not letting go of the kill so the pup seen this and when mooching today the pup caught a mixxy pleased as puch she was catching but shes wouldnt retrieve and tried eating the kill now im worried shes copying the bitch .. now i know tht they both are prob scared of giving the kill to each other any way i can sort this little prob out before it becomes a big prob the pup does it all spot on with the dummy im a little worried to say the least

[maitland93 13]

if its the first rabbit its had in its mouth then a wouldnt be worried my pup done the same but he cought one the other day and retrived it to me straiht through the bushes live to hand and from him retriving dummys a thought he would be realy hard mouthed

[danny300 2,240]

don't worry it will all come together my pup was hard mouthed at first now its back to hand live atb danny

[skycat 6,173]

Err, don't take them out together: quickest way to stop a dog retrieving is to have another dog around.

[fieldsman 51]

Err, don't take them out together: quickest way to stop a dog retrieving is to have another dog around.

Same as dogs become very possessive when in the company of other dogs

[Good Man 196]

work with pup on one to one basis go back to training and get it to retrieve a dead rabbit dont over do it.

good luck.

[KittleRox 2,147]

Err, don't take them out together: quickest way to stop a dog retrieving is to have another dog around.

Err, didn,t you know the best way to enter a young dog is to take it out lamping with other dogs, makes the pup realise it is to chase the bunnys and teaches it to look down the beam as well apparently

[skycat 6,173]

Err, don't take them out together: quickest way to stop a dog retrieving is to have another dog around.

Err, didn,t you know the best way to enter a young dog is to take it out lamping with other dogs, makes the pup realise it is to chase the bunnys and teaches it to look down the beam as well apparently

 

Err, no I didn't know!

 

Seriously, never done it yet, never will: a young dog might not see the first few rabbits which get up, but it will cotton on eventually: IMO, the excitement of running rabbits in the beam for the first time is quite high enough without having the added factor of having to compete with another dog, even if they're not being slipped together. One dog, one lamp, one person: keep things calm, low key: simple. No distractions, no competition.

 

And I take it that we are talking about dogs which at least know what a rabbit is? I can't understand people who go out lamping with a pup that has never seen a rabbit: ever.