wandering bitch.

[bullseye 2]

I have purchased a 20 month old bitch which has seen work, she is a good bitch in apart from the fact she does a lap of honour after a run on lamp which can last 2 minutes. when she is close she will listen but more than 5 feet away an she may f off again round the field, she hasnt been abused or beaten either. If anyone has a method for me to try to iron this problem out i would appreciate any input. Thanks Terry

[rocky1 942]

IT SOMTHINK THAT HAS 2 BE SORTED AS YOU ,LL BE LUCKY GET MORE THEN 1 RABBIT OUT OF FIELD ,HUNTING UP IS A NO NO ,ATB SORTING THE PROBLEM OUT

[monkey 449]

have you thought about a training collar ?

[bird 9,863]

this is the prob you get sometimes when you buy a young dog from some one else. Its a pity you didnt see it work before you had the dog, as you would have seen the dog doing this, and you could have said no thanks mate.Why have sombody's else prob

[mighty celt 996]

have 2 agree with bird u should allways get a trial before buying a working dog 2 see what the dog is all about.

[bullseye 2]

Havent thought about a collar as its not something i have had any experience with or heard much about, will look into it thanks. I got the bitch for free off a friend who has a lot of dogs on. As I have been out the game for a little while just wanted somethin to put my time into and see where it ends up. Missed a lot of runs last night cos she was off on one. thanks for the replies.

[skycat 6,173]

Go back to basic training: do a search for Casso's posts on getting the dog to see you as the best thing alive: re training a wrongly trained dog, or one that has had no training at all as a pup, is a lot more difficult than training a pup yourself. Bad habits are a damn sight more difficult to get rid of. Yes, you can try a shock collar, but even that has to be trained for. You can't just go out hunting and shock the dog for not coming back: its more likely to bugger off and never to be seen again if it hasn't already got a strong bond with you. Shock collars work by teaching the dog that the safest place to be is by the owner's side, but they can't know that if you haven't trained, played with, got a bond with the dog in the first place. More dogs are messed up by the wrong use of shock collars than sorted out by them.

 

You need to be prepared to spend a lot of time: weeks and months, training the dog, playing with it, getting it coming to you every time you call it. There's no quick fix or short cut to getting a dog to do what you want it to. Just my opinion.

[bullseye 2]

Go back to basic training: do a search for Casso's posts on getting the dog to see you as the best thing alive: re training a wrongly trained dog, or one that has had no training at all as a pup, is a lot more difficult than training a pup yourself. Bad habits are a damn sight more difficult to get rid of. Yes, you can try a shock collar, but even that has to be trained for. You can't just go out hunting and shock the dog for not coming back: its more likely to bugger off and never to be seen again if it hasn't already got a strong bond with you. Shock collars work by teaching the dog that the safest place to be is by the owner's side, but they can't know that if you haven't trained, played with, got a bond with the dog in the first place. More dogs are messed up by the wrong use of shock collars than sorted out by them.

 

You need to be prepared to spend a lot of time: weeks and months, training the dog, playing with it, getting it coming to you every time you call it. There's no quick fix or short cut to getting a dog to do what you want it to. Just my opinion.

 

 

Many thanks for your opinion, taken on board. I had a feeling only time and patientce could solve this problem, frustration from last night made me wake up and think back to the drawing board. So i thought a shout on here wouldn do any harm. Will update in the coming weeks. best wishes

[littlefish 574]

How long have you had the dog?

[Guest vin]

Try not waiting for dog to come back ..if theres loads of bunnies in field..just move onto next one yourself and pick out a sitter and walk up onto it..the dog might start seeing you as provider of excitement and stop looking for its own.. you might lose a few catches in the 1st place but the dog really needs to see you as almighty provider of all excitement.. my young dog has a bit of a tendency to do her own thing lately..but usually after a few good runs she settles down and sees the lamp as the one and only provider.. and sometimes she is just being a cheeky monkey and seing how far she can push the boundries.

[bullseye 2]

Have had the bitch for 3 weeks, in which i have given her all the time i can to bond and get her in shape. I appreciate your post vin Thanks

[lurcherman01 16]

does she do this in the day time also,what she she like to heal of lead,if she is i would revert to a bit more lead training and her learning the word heal,and in the field id put her on a long lead daytime an get her used to your command,or click of fingers,when you want her in,start drawing her in to you,she will soon get the hang of what to do.back to basics i think.i agree with vin also