Not retrieving dummy

[young_london_hunter 9]

hi my 20 month old GSP is brilliant at retieving tennis balls from open field, upwind, downwind, cover etc.

I have brought a green cnavas dummy, and he does not associate it with retrieving ?

I call the command fetch and throw it but no response ?

ANy ideas ?

[Blakloks 5]

Try introducing in the house as a toy and see if your dog picks it up then move outside.

[lewismac1 1]

Or wrap a rabbit skin around it?

[hendo 1]

Let her mess around with it a few times, getting used to the smell, its new and doesnt smell of anything at the moment, when its dirty and has a smell

she'll soon get on and retrieve it

 

Baz

[young_london_hunter 9]

had it for a couple fo weeks still nothing

worth egtting a tennis ball dummy?

[kiwi 4]

sounds like it's more a case of not putting one and one together.

get her to sit, they stay then throw tennis ball then tell her to fetch, you want her to 'fetch' on command so she understands it first.

mix it up with dummies and bumpers. tennis balls with game scent on them work well for young pups, sounds like you a training in a game of chase the ball not actual retrieve work.

[young_london_hunter 9]

what yopu mean chase the ball

i say fetch every time and brings ball to feet

[kiwi 4]

hi my 20 month old GSP is brilliant at retieving tennis balls from open field, upwind, downwind, cover etc.

I have brought a green cnavas dummy, and he does not associate it with retrieving ?

I call the command fetch and throw it but no response ?

ANy ideas ?

1- put dog into sit mode

2- tell dog to stay

3- throw dummy or ball

4- allow time for dog to mark fall

5- send dog to retrieve with the command eg 'fetch'

6-accept the retrieve to hand.

 

this is the normal routine.........at 20 months your gsp should be well past this stage and be picking up anything she is told to retrieve, bird, bumper etc.

if she is not 100% in those 6 steps return to the basics starting at 'sit'.

[young_london_hunter 9]

he retreives well but yer i only got him at 18 months untrained

i have made huge progress with him

he catches on so quick and ahs a strong retreiving instinct just wont catch on with the dummy

[young_london_hunter 9]

he retreives well but yer i only got him at 18 months untrained

i have made huge progress with him

he catches on so quick and ahs a strong retreiving instinct just wont catch on with the dummy

[kiwi 4]

you can use the time doing retrieving training to enforce your control over your dog, it helps with the steadyness training needed when you have her on point or when she won't sit to flush, here's a vid , i'm actually in the process of fixing the blackdog not the bitch.

[young_london_hunter 9]

okay great vid

so it won't kill his instinct to bring steadyness in their ?

also should i use a tennis ball or a special gundog ball or a dummy ?

 

thanks a lot kiwi

[kiwi 4]

dummies,bumpers or dead birds, animals.

getting a mate to do the throwing will help alot and be good for distance at a later date.

[young_london_hunter 9]

okay , tennis balls then

tried this morning did one but lost intrest

[Guest ESS]

Put the dummy in its food bin if you feed dry...

Alternatively wrap the dummy in a pair of your finest smelliest socks..