cocker guy 4 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 This is my picking up team we pick up on two commercial 4 to 5 days a week during the season . I have trained and worked gundogs man and boy , i also train dogs for other people . Look forward to chatting with like minded dog people Brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,479 Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Hello and welcome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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cocker guy 4 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 many thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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The Seeker 3,048 Posted April 22, 2015 Report Share Posted April 22, 2015 Welcome mate from a fellow spaniel man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andycox81 6 Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Hi there mate and welcome . Any tips on getting my cocker too retrieve better have tried loads of ways too get him interested but he either takes it or leaves it there's just no drive in him to want too retrieve, fantastic worker flushing etc but will not retrieve. Cheers Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cocker guy 4 Posted April 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 Hi Andy this is more common with cockers than most spaniels , the answer lies in the fact he would rather hunt than retrieve . You should stop all hunting and work on the retrieving , my approach is to teach what we call the hold .Start in your garden or house sit the dog and offer it a dummy if it doesn't take it then you open his mouth and put the dummy in ,then with one hand on top and one underneath his mouth gentle squeeze and repeat the verbal command HOLD .If when you take your hands away he drops it then repeat until you can remove your hands and the dog holds the dummy .Next stage once he will hold the dummy is to throw the dummy a short distance when he runs to it use the hold command , if he fails to pick the dummy then you put it in his mouth command hold and walk away a few yards and encourage him to come to you > there are no shortcuts with this process always be prepared to go back a step if necessary . I stress you must stop all the hunting until the dog is retrieving in your garden and on a piece of ground with no game scent GOOD LUCK Bri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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