Guest wittontherabbiter Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hi a mate of mine has been given a whippet/greyhound bitch that is 10 month old. he wants to keep her but dont know much about lurcher training its his first lurcher. the person he got her of has done no training with her except basic sit and its name. he has tryd some retrieves with it and it dont come back to hand. will it be possible to get her retrieving to hand? Quote Link to post
Garypco 2 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hi a mate of mine has been given a whippet/greyhound bitch that is 10 month old. he wants to keep her but dont know much about lurcher training its his first lurcher. the person he got her of has done no training with her except basic sit and its name. he has tryd some retrieves with it and it dont come back to hand. will it be possible to get her retrieving to hand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GIVE HER TIME LITTLE AND OFTEN IS PROBABLY THE KEY AND REMEMBER SOME LURCHERS WONT LOOK AT DUMMYS PREFERING THE REAL THING! IF SHES CARRYING WHICH I PRESUME SHE IS CONCENTRATE ON THE RECAL,USING TREATS TO REWARD HER EVERY TIME SHE RETURNS TO YOU GIVE HER A BREAK FROM RETREIVING AND WHEN SHES FLYING IN TO THE REWARD TRY HER SHEL HOPEFULLY RETRIEVE WITHOUT EVEN NOWING IT,JUST DONT DANT HER BY CONSTANTLY TRYING COS UL JUST GO BACKWARDS!!! Quote Link to post
salclalin 240 Posted October 7, 2005 Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Hi a mate of mine has been given a whippet/greyhound bitch that is 10 month old. he wants to keep her but dont know much about lurcher training its his first lurcher. the person he got her of has done no training with her except basic sit and its name. he has tryd some retrieves with it and it dont come back to hand. will it be possible to get her retrieving to hand? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GIVE HER TIME LITTLE AND OFTEN IS PROBABLY THE KEY AND REMEMBER SOME LURCHERS WONT LOOK AT DUMMYS PREFERING THE REAL THING! IF SHES CARRYING WHICH I PRESUME SHE IS CONCENTRATE ON THE RECAL,USING TREATS TO REWARD HER EVERY TIME SHE RETURNS TO YOU GIVE HER A BREAK FROM RETREIVING AND WHEN SHES FLYING IN TO THE REWARD TRY HER SHEL HOPEFULLY RETRIEVE WITHOUT EVEN NOWING IT,JUST DONT DANT HER BY CONSTANTLY TRYING COS UL JUST GO BACKWARDS!!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good advice that mate Quote Link to post
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