Working Steady

[Jack.308 40]

How do i get my sprocker to work 15/20yrds. Out from me and work steady?

[camokev64 36]

Jack,

 

I presume your talking about picking up after a drive when you mention the 15/20 yard working in front of you and not shooting over..! if so i would not get to worried about that distance..Just as a point of interest how old is the dog ?

[Jack.308 40]

18month only had her a week just sorting the basic's out first but was curious

[camokev64 36]

18 Months is quite an advanced age for a Spaniel to be instilling basics into.15/20 yards is not a distance you want to work a Spaniel at, if you want to shoot over it,no more than 5 yards max infront and 10 yards either side of you."KEEP THE DOG IN AS TIGHT AS YOU CAN" because they do pull on scent and also when they come onto open ground.

I hope for your sake the dog has had a good basic training schedule,you can`t cut corners getting from A-Z..

A correctly trained Spaniel to shoot over is a sight to behold...

 

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[Jack.308 40]

Its to beat/pick up and ive only had the dog 2 weeks as it was going to waste so i thought id give my patients ago and get it working

[camokev64 36]

You`ll have an uphill task to hold the dog in game situations due to the fact that as it sounds the dog has no fundamental training for the shooting field.

But here`s a little pointer,at the age of 4 months i place tennis balls at 5 yard zig zagged intervals 10 yards apart in bracken.Working into the wind i encourage the dog verbally to hunt the set pattern alternating from verbal to turn whistle. it`s all about practice and dedication were the fruits are harvested..

 

Good look...

[Jack.308 40]

Thanks mate

[DAVE P 100]

Can you stop the dog on the whistle because thats what i would be looking at first.

[Jack.308 40]

Comes back on the wistle, walks to heel, sits and stays, my next task is to stop on the wistle how do i go about it?

[DAVE P 100]

Thats what am saying mate,if you can stop the dog thats half the battle won.

[Jack.308 40]

How do i go about atopping her on the wistle?

[camokev64 36]

The seeds of the stop whistle can be introduced as early as 4 months in conjunction with it`s lead training,using nurturing playful techniques.

 

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[RubyTex 1,957]

If you've only had her a week i would be concentrating on creating a bond first...let us know how you get on

[Jack.308 40]

The dogs walking to heel on and off the lead, siting and staying and comes back on the wistle is it worth getting her sit to the wistle?

[camokev64 36]

The dogs walking to heel on and off the lead, siting and staying and comes back on the wistle is it worth getting her sit to the wistle?

Of course it is,get the dog to drop to whistle while walking,both on/off the lead..then get him to drop while you walk on,returning to collect the dog mix the training up...after that try the recall with the stop whistle .....you'll also need to cover the turn whistle if shooting or beating over him correctly.......