Beddy Whippet Retrieve Training

[stevo79 569]

Hi everyone, I've been training my now 16 week old beddy whippet. He's doing really well at the sit stay command and was really good at retrieving an old pair of sock rolled up. But the last couple of days he's been plying up and just running straight past me

Any tips would be much appreciated

Thanks

[nothernlite 18,089]

Can you not do it somewhere the dog will not get passed you Or Make It A Bit Of Tug Our WITH THE Pup Make It Keen To BRING It To You FOR A Carry on

[Dewclaw69 484]

as NL said try to do this somewhere the pup cannot get past you or the game may start to consist of the you chasing the pup around. either way you have to get the pup to want to come back to you. mine did the same sort of thing and you just have to get the pup to focus on you. no retrieve-game stops. all easier said than done though. good luck with it.

[slip lead 862]

Make it more exciting, pretend to throw it,high,low,left and right but not every time, also have a tug every now and again (it doesn't make them hard mouthed) if you can make him very keen for his toys, it makes all the sit,stay,fetch and find training so much quicker and easier.

 

 

Also when he starts playing up STOP even better just before he starts.

 

Good luck

[leethedog 3,071]

I tend to sit on the dogs bed or.at kennel door coz.every pup I've had has taken toys to their bed and as been said play tug of war or make a flirt pole then when the pup has the rag/dummy in it's mouth it's connected to you

[stevo79 569]

So how many retrieves would you do with him???

[nothernlite 18,089]

4 or 5 not to much but every day

[stevo79 569]

Thanks everyone, il crack on with it now

[matt1979 766]

I would also try lettin him keep the toy occasionally I have found they are more willing to return if you just give them a good fuss sometimes an dot take the toy. I personally wild play tug but everyone is different , not purely because of the hard mouth issue but easentially you are encouraging the dog to compete for items which I don't think helps in the long run. Sounds like his is just bored of tevhame at that point little an often helps jmo atb

[J Darcy 5,871]

Personally i would get his recall 110% first. Until that moment you are building on top of weak foundations. Also I would only do retrieves twice a week at the very most. That's if you want the retrieve to be a 'game'.

 

Myself, I would rather it be a habit. Dog's get bored of games. But that's JMO.....Good luck. .JD

[Tiercel 6,986]

The best place to teach a dog to retrieve is a narrow alleyway, that way the dog has to come to you. To start off no more than two retrieves a day. Stepping up slowly as the dog gets older. Always finish the training session on a good note, even if it means cutting it short. Say the pup will sit, then end the session with a sit or anything that it is good at.

 

TC

[Tiercel 6,986]

Given the right training any dog can be taught to retrieve.

 

 

 

TC

Edited January 15, 2015 by tiercel

[stevo79 569]

Also are all beddy whippet pups crazy little f***ers or us is just mine? He's crazy

[nothernlite 18,089]

All pups are

[stevo79 569]

Yeah I know but this little fella is more nuts than my two patterdales were.