Hard Mouthed Bitch

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Hi lads,

This is honey my 3 yr old bull/whippet x collie/grey.

The trouble is she's really hard mouthed on the first few rabbits she catches. This isn't so bad if I get good numbers because after the first few there fine and not a mark on them but if I only get a couple there knackered.

Also when she does catch, she just clamps down and doesn't want to let go. Now this is the thing that's starting to get on my nerves a bit as she doesn't seem to be getting any better with it.

So I was wondering if you can get them to be a bit softer in the mouth, although I could really put up with this if need be. But mainly, how would you lads go about getting her to start releasing better???

As I said, she has got a bit of bull in her but only a quarter. Is this likely to be the case?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Adam.

 

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My mates dog is hard mouthed. But he is not worried as the rabbits are for ferret food.Iwat do u do with ur rabbits ????

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Well this is mainly dog food, that's why I can cope with her being hard mouthed. It's the not releasing that I want to try and correct more than anything pal

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Teach it the dead / leave command.

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Teach it the dead / leave command.

Thanks, I've figured that pal. I'm just not sure how to go about doing so. Like I said she's three now, and whilst I know she is willing to learn, it's just not going to be as easy as if she was only three months.

Thanks, Adam

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Yer, after I wrote it. . . . .I realised it was a bit sparse on info!

 

It's just repetition. I did it with the mrs old terrier. . . . dog has something in mouth, you take it off the dog, use slightly dominating voice, if it wont give it up, and when you get it off the dog, place it next to you on the ground, give the dog a treat or something, if it goes back to touch the rabbit - you give it a growl, and a command again

 

etc.

 

Just repetition and patience, and the dog knowing that ultimately that rabbit belongs to YOU.

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Haha, no worries. Cheers mate. That's the sort of answer I was looking for.

BUT, would you do that at home or in a real scenario? Because she's just not interested in toys/balls/dummies or anything like that. She only wants them when there running or still twitching!

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Haha, no worries. Cheers mate. That's the sort of answer I was looking for.

BUT, would you do that at home or in a real scenario? Because she's just not interested in toys/balls/dummies or anything like that. She only wants them when there running or still twitching!

 

Wherever you can mate, although i'm not sure some dogs are as easy as others.

 

All of mine will give stuff up happily, apart from when lamping with the whippet, he now has to kill at least the first half dozen rabbits, and tends to be clamped to them pretty hard, although with a stern word he'll drop it. He's just made it his mission to crush the life out of what he catches. After a few catches though, he calms down a bit and i can have them back live. But I don't care, as they all go for bop food.

 

Oh sorry, he brings them back. . . . unless there is another dog or person there, then he won't retrieve them all of the way lol. But he will in the daytime.

 

Dogs hey. . . . . do your head in!

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Sounds very similar to how she is!!

Ha, yea mate they do sometimes!

At least I've got half an idea [BANNED TEXT] to do though now, I can't start working out how best to put it in to practice. Cheers pal