Spaniel Chased Birds Again

[cantona 310]

I thought I had made Good progress with my sprocker pup training wise, had her in the field today with my daughter and didn't notice until to late she had taken of after some crows , then pigeon then more pigeon before finally coming back,I ran to her picked her up and took her back to the kennel , she's 10 month now and starting training classes in a couple of weeks, do you think this might have ruined her chances a bit now for being steady ? Has this happens to others at 10 months and they've turned it round again? Thanks for any replies or advice

[ftm 3,357]

keep it on a long lead until you have trained it to stop whistle -you might end up going "e " collar route if it cant be turned around using voice commands

[cantona 310]

Usually have her on long lead and no problem, didn't want to resort to e collar but if I can't sort it out with trainer then I might have to , at what age would you think about it if she doesn't stop chasing

[lurchers 2,851]

Shes only 10myhs mate i think uou wanting to much to soon.i think you should be taking more time with her on the basics mate.

[jessdale 416]

The dog wants training. That is the advice you have been given for the last 5 months.

[collieman 45]

My cocker spaniel did the same thing it is just a puppy thing shows probable a high prey drive and a lack of work/excercise

my cocker is fine now 3 years old and when beating pheasants / partridges just ignores the flushed birds.

[Casso 1,261]

I thought I had made Good progress with my sprocker pup training wise, had her in the field today with my daughter and didn't notice until to late she had taken of after some crows , then pigeon then more pigeon before finally coming back,I ran to her picked her up and took her back to the kennel , she's 10 month now and starting training classes in a couple of weeks, do you think this might have ruined her chances a bit now for being steady ? Has this happens to others at 10 months and they've turned it round again? Thanks for any replies or advice

The most basic reading of that situation where the dog chases is ,,,the movement / action of the bird stimulate the pup , the pup has to act it feels compelled to move , because up til now no other course of interaction with you or prey has shown it what to do when stimulated , what to do with that energy in other words

Nothing is f****d here dude, the dog is completely open to training that shows it that a down or stop leads to sucess , the bottom line is the pup only wants to get a bird in its mouth, that's its goal , once we know that we just set about encouraging behaviours that lead to that outcome, in time it will take no notice of anything that you don't encourage as prey ,

It only 10 months relax ✌️

[the monkey 338]

Stop panicking ,,,she's still a pup just put it behind you and start again with the stop whistle etc

Go to proper gundog lessons or one to one sessions

[cantona 310]

The dog wants training. That is the advice you have been given for the last 5 months.

I have been training her through the advice given and the progress has been good but I messed up yesterday hence the question