socks 32,253 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Good to hear its sorted ...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RossM 8,121 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 If your Lab owns a nose on the end of it's muzzle then teach it how to turn it on, it will soon find a stick. The master has spoken...... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 If your Lab owns a nose on the end of it's muzzle then teach it how to turn it on, it will soon find a stick. The master has spoken...... ............ 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 If your Lab owns a nose on the end of it's muzzle then teach it how to turn it on, it will soon find a stick. The master has spoken...... ............ a dog wont swim to the same intensity when useing it's beak, intensity (or lack of) is what governs the heart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 The dog got in trouble because of two things ...it's inexperience in water and my stupidity in sending it to retrieve something it couldn't see , intensity , it had to much of , it was to intent on bringing back something that didn't really exist , ie a very small piece of wet stick that even I couldn't see from the bank .. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 intensity , it had to much of , it was to intent on bringing back something that didn't really exist , ie a very small piece of wet stick that even I couldn't see from the bank .. Yeah..i know...it was intense...it's why i used the word...without being there on the day...it's the same reason i posted about turning it's nose on...with it being more important than acheiving it's bronze medallion. Watch the dog when getting in yourself for a do...the same thing can happen, plenty are not too convinced we can swim (debut), even if we're swimming with 'em. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 ORT .. You have lost me ...but on the bit about turning its nose on , I been training this dog to track since she was twelve weeks old , she will replace my old lab that I trained to track deer , she will be out stalking with me 3 or 4days a week about 9 months of the year . The retrieving bit of her training is for the future as she will do at least two seasons solely on the deer ...before I even think about shooting over her .. Her problem the other day was my fault pure & simple Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Where exactly have i lost Suss, sounds to me like i typed your reply...dont get mithered in how you've been training your dog or what it's gonna be used for...that shit will put you on a bum steer. The dog in water aint the dog tracking on land....different barra...your dog did'nt use it's beak in the water, when it does you'll notice it's strength go up (%) accordingly. The stick not being seen ain't anybodys fault, though it's worth remembering dogs can be context specific...and i think you mentioned the water caper was a new introduction...bum bum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sussex 5,777 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 You ain't lost mate I am ...think I'll leave it there ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 You ain't lost mate I am ...think I'll leave it there ... Sorry that ^ should have read 'lost you'....find a concrete quayside affair where you can see the bottom and the wedge shape and width will offer lots of play with a dog, you can easilly throw the find command which you use tracking on land and fanny about with a treat cupped in your mitts..both you and the dog moving deeper into the quay till it's got the confidence to duck it's head under for the treat you've fannied to find....all very homo i know but it's rid the earlier caper of the intensity by keeping the dog close to you and started to acclimatise it to you being in the water with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,242 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Nothing to do with fear/adrenalin/stress increasing the dogs heartbeat leading to an early dunk of course ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 I really do need an interpreter to read red trims posts ........ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oneredtrim 148 Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 " Took the dog out this morning for a bit of training (Lab) she's 13 months , did all the usual stuff then let her have a run & play , my wife had her out the day before saying she had been in the river & really liked it , She had been in before a couple of months ago doing a bit of retrieving so I wasn't bothered when she went in ,she had a splash about , her swimming style needs polishing , but she was ok " . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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