Retriver Help
 

Just wondering if some of yall could help me out? My dog is 7 months now and I'm trying to put him on actual birds. He's currently having trouble picking up the birds by the body, he only wants to pick it up by the neck. He has been forced so if i put it in front of him he will do fine but when its on the ground he's not too sure about it. I've only been working on this for a day but I just wanted some pointers. Any help will be appreciated

p/m me with your # I might be able to help.

Thanks so much for your help!!! I will be in touch! Anyone that does something like that is a top notch person in my book. Great people on this site

ducks? how big is the bird? have you tried sending him only 5 or 10 feet away and does he do the same?

Yes, it was a mallard and he does it anytime the bird is on the ground. Raymond helped me out a lot so I'm going to give his thoughts a try this evening.

If he is picking up a bumper, try duct taping some wings on each side of the bumper to get him used to the feel of it in his mouth.

Mine would drag them by the feet....but with a bumper she'd do fine.

Fixed that by taping wing, just like you said.

Yep. One of my buddies had the same problem last year with a dog about 6-7 months also. Some will just start picking them up, others need a little coaxing by taping the wings. I told him to try this. Works like a charm.

Thanks, I'll try that also

See the Duck......Be the Duck

I am availible most afternoons, don't go to the field until atleast 7 due to the high heat.
Bring that hound over and let's see where he is in the program. Make sure you bring ice
and a couple cold ones for afterwards.

I'll defiantly take care of that. I've been starting around 7 or 7:30 every afternoon that I can. I'm go to try those few things that you told me and then I'll give you a call so we can get together. Thanks again

I also wanted to ask you if you know a guy buy the name of David from moss bluff? Thats where Shaq came from

I live in the bluff...David who?

DEGATER

Yep, good friend of mine.

He was a really nice guy. I hope that shaq turns out good so I can give some good reports on him.

raymond do you still train in vinton or around lake charles? i NEED to get drake back into training mode so i can get his blinds down good, ever since i moved out of my house i have done ZERO training with him other than just throwing dummies and makin sure he doesnt brake and throwin doubles...all is good there just need to make sure his blinds and hand signals are still where they were during season, on the other hand I believe he is enjoying the break especially since its soo hot.

Yes, I need to get off my A$$ and head to the Rhoads Ranch sat mornings for water work. It is hard to drag my butt out of the house without help though.:work:

hear ya, give me a shout if im free i can help put some of dem cold ones back for ya

I have a female from the same litter. She picks up ducks with no prob. Has no trouble when we are alone but anyone or anything else is around and she has a little trouble. I tried to do what i can with her but i dont have enough room being in the city. Kind of hyper for a girl not going to lie.

I don't think it will be a problem its just something i need to work more on

she'll give ya a tongue bath when your not looking! :rotfl:

Atleast she won't come and lean on you and piss on your boot...Buddies dog does that :*****:

you got any pics of that pup? I wonder how much they look alike

hope you arent talking bout mine:eek:

boy you aint a woopin

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Nah this lab is about as old as me...leans up on ya, and takes a leak.
Drake can do that? That's pretty awesome if he could.

I have some on my laptop at home i will put on here. She is about 60# and her legs are starting to get taller.

Check out the retrivers thread on the third page in this forum and you can see a few of him. I would put him pretty close to 60lbs and he just started getting taller in the past month

Almost a mirror image.

Sulphite has a video of her at about 3 months old where she was first getting in the water. Its pretty cool i will see if he will put it on.

Hold on I'll see what I can do!

im trying to get my dog broken of being distacted.. she gets a little excited and hardheaded if other dogs are around. she is about 7 months. she is a good dog, i just hope i can get her to be a great one

He was not afraid of the water. I had my hip boots on and everything. Before I was even close to being ready he jumped in.

I haven't seen many dogs work well together. Especially males. My dog will throw down with any dog trying to take his ducks. But as your dog gets older it will get better. Mine 7 years old and he is all about ducks. I think he likes it more than I do and I love it!

Raymond, I wanted to thank you again. I did what u told me and within 10 minutes he had it down. I even did short retrives and he handled the bird with no problems at all

Let me know where to send the bill. I get New York attorney rates for Internet counciling.

I heard they charge about a 12 pack an hour

How is he doing this week Brent??

You really need a chance to hunt with well trained retrievers. No offense.

My dog has been professionally trained by "Water Dog Kennels" just outside of Nola. He picks up the ducks and brings them back to me. Thats all that matters. We not trying to win any field trial championships where i hunt, we just mash ducks! He has bloodtrailed deer and picked up 100s of ducks. I have never seen any dogs work well together IMO. But of course u have yours. Who would need to hunt more than one dog at a time anyway? Where i hunt u dont have room to hunt more than one dog.

I'm not getting into a contest with you speck. I have no doubt that your dog does everything you want and more. In the end, that's all that matters. I have had my most enjoyable hunts hunting multiple dogs. I guess I just like to see good dog work. When you have a group of teal buzz and you knock down 6 or 7 it makes for a much quicker pick up with multiple dogs so that you can get back to hunting. That's just one example of when hunting with more than one dog would be convenient.

My dog is by no means a perfectly trained dog, but he gets the job done. I will jump out the blind and start picking up the rest when that happens. We just hunt little potholes in the marsh and there usually isnt enough cover or room for more than 1 dog. Main need for a dog out there is to keep u from losing the ones that fall in the grass. I just know pretty much every dog (male especially) that i have been around would not work well with another dog. Maybe if u trained him to his whole life. Just ask Asterisk Rich about when u put 2 males around each other just at the camp! Asterisk almost lost his hand trying to break up a fight b/w my dog and a buddies'.:p

All most people wat is a dog that gets the job done. Most problems, including aggression towards other dogs, can be fixed if the owner wants to fix it. Until then, enjoy your dog. That's what you have him for. Asterick, keep your hands out of dogfigts. LMAO.

He's been doing great!! I got a new job so haven't been able to work with him everyday like I was. We've been really working hard on the whole marking thing but it's getting better every time. I still have your number so I'll give you a call one afternoon.