vizsla retrieving problem?

[kobidog 1]

hi i have a 6 year old male vizsla and he is great at retrieving but he wont retrieve any form of BIRD. We think this may be because we used to have chickens and we would tell him of if chased them. How can i get him to retrieve birds or is he to old?

 

thanks

 

 

 

Greg

[Garypco 3]

hi i have a 6 year old male vizsla and he is great at retrieving but he wont retrieve any form of BIRD. We think this may be because we used to have chickens and we would tell him of if chased them. How can i get him to retrieve birds or is he to old?

 

thanks

 

 

 

Greg

If you have him retreiving dummies and balls etc start to add the odd wing....duck or pheasant is good slowly increase the coverage then until his dummy is full of feather then give him some cold game...a teal or a partridge would be good as not too big hopefully in time hel come on ok!!!

Edited October 11, 2008 by Garypco

[eshielsgundogs 0]

I would do pretty much the same as Garypco. And add Wings to a dummy, and rabbit fur to another dummy fir. You could even put an old tight round a normal dummy for a while, when your dog has got used to retriving that, take the old tight off and put it over a bird or rabbit. Usually can be achieved over a week or two, patients is the key.

 

Ian