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Originally Posted by specktator
I use "load up" to get them in the truck. when we first started doing it i would just slap the tailgate a few times and command "load up" and he would jump in. Some dogs are tougher than others but i never had much of a problem getting mine to load up. I use "kennel" to get him to go in his kennel or to get in his dog box in the back of my truck. I only use a box if i have a bunch of gear in the bed, or more than one dog travelling with me.
Natural Light Kid's tactic sounds like a pretty good one to try.
I dont think there is ever too young an age to start bringing your dog hunting. As long as I have been hunting, whoever has the new pup just brings him along no matter how old he/she is whenever hunting season comes around. just let him sit and watch the veteran dog work. i think that is better training for your pup than anything, letting it watch another dog work.
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Dogs don't think like that. They would have to use cognitive thinking skills in order for them to learn by watching other dogs preform.
Repetition is how dogs are trained to repeat training formats. Perfect Practice Makes it Perfect. Some can accomplish this and some can't, the ones that get it see the pictures built during training better and can remember them. High maintenance dogs have to maintain training or their skills will deteriate quite rapidly.
There are so many "Wives Tales" about dogs and training out there with no reality to them. The new trainers have improved methods and dogs by light years and I liken it to the computer advances seen in our life time(I am 44).
I'll shut up now