Advice wanted

[ratcatcher 0]

Hi All.I was just after some advice or wondering if any one has the same problem as me. I have a lakelandx russel dog,hes nearly three now.he is well trained,he sits and stays when I tell him to and is genraly not a bad dog.I use him for flushing rabbits and he's a good little ratter.My problem is that once he has got the scent of some thing he closes his ears and won't listen to a thing I say till he feels like it,he never done this when he was younger its just as he's getting older.It's realy frustrating.

[blackdug 90]

never seen a terrier any differant once they get a lock on something they are like a heat seeking missle they almost go into a frenzy like trance and even hitting them does not work ,i tried it all ,shouting ,zapper collars, hours of training all to no avail now i keep him leashed up until i want him to flush something for me and the lurchers if i did not he would flush the entire forest in half an hour...

[scotty3968 0]

at the end of the day mate he is doing what you want him to do,it would be more frustrating if he didnt flush for you,my bitch patterdale was exactly the same once on a scent she was like a possesssed lunatic and she loved it,,

scotty

[rabbit slayer 22]

I think most terriers get deaf years when hunting up a scent, mine has anyway.

[higgins 75]

exploit his best talents,he is doing what has been bred into him,at the end of the day you would be more frustated if he didn't use his instincts and scenting capabilities,relax,and enjoy watching the dog

work for a change,too many terriers sold on for lack of complete obedience..........good hunting,

Higgins.

[jultaylor1972 2]

I have one exactly the same . The whole family and me went out with her last evening for a walk, she did her usual thing - chasing every field mouse/ rabbit at sight and then turned into a black and white dot on the horizon as she headed for the horse stables in the distance I shouted and shouted to no avail!! Its in her blood though, hunt, hunt, hunt! I got her back after about 25 mins of searching and she was the happiest dog I've ever seen i'm interested to hear what other people have to say too. Here she is.

[bolohan 0]

nice bitch all right

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Nice looking bitch, Juls! Ye kept that one quiet!

 

Ratcatcher; Full marks for instilling some basic obediance into ye tyke in the first place, mate

 

Other than that? It's really pretty much as everyone else is saying, mate; Ye'll just have to keep him on a lead till ye Want him to do what's in his head.

 

Look at it logically; He's on a lead? He can't do shit. He's off a lead, where there's something (Anything) for him to hunt? What's he gonna do?

 

My own little nut case spends much of her waking time racing about the fields here, chasing bloody Swallows! Gone in the head, completely? Maybe. But, in the absence of anything else to want to do harm to; Birds on the wing proccupie her. She's just So eager to chase and destroy things - anything I haven't told her Not to mess with - that she simply has to try. And that's what your one's up to.

 

In showing him a bit of earlier encouragement to seek out things, he's learned that pleases you and does him the world of good. How could ye ever expect him to now stop doing it? Not that I'm saying it can't be done. Just that I honestly reckon ye time together would be more enjoyably spent with him doing what ye've bid him do. And, when ye don't want him doing it? Simply pop him on a lead.

 

I almost hate to say this, but; It's not exactly rocket science, is it?

[kentlad 0]

had the same problem with my dogs was given advice from another member, you need to go back to basics take the dog where ther is no smells etc for it to get excited over put it on a long washing line etc and practice recall over and over, praising the dog every time it returns, once its doing that parrot fashion take the dogs where it wants to hunt still using the washing line, once the dog is excited and on to something give it its recall command if it doesnt come back on the first recall then drag it back sharpish it will soon get the message, well mine did anyway! keep doing this over and over until the dogs coming back first time then do the same with the dog off the lead, you need to fix the problem away from excitment first in a controled environment.

[ratcatcher 0]

Thanks for all the replies.This is Tyke.(if I've managed to get the photo to upload)