Teal hunt help

[Feesherman]

5 months???? There is no way you have that dog obedience trained by 5 mos. No way should you be bringing a pup that young on a hunt without any training and if you do you certainly shouldn't be correcting him on anything because he don't know anything yet. This is a good way to teach him bad habits and or freak him out. He needs to be obedience trained and introduced to the gun before you start taking him in the field. You stand a chance to make him gun shy. He's just way too young to bring to the field.

[Hopedale Hustler]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

5 months???? There is no way you have that dog obedience trained by 5 mos. No way should you be bringing a pup that young on a hunt without any training and if you do you certainly shouldn't be correcting him on anything because he don't know anything yet. This is a good way to teach him bad habits and or freak him out. He needs to be obedience trained and introduced to the gun before you start taking him in the field. You stand a chance to make him gun shy. He's just way too young to bring to the field.

Buddy, just cause he don't do the same stuff as you with his dog don't mean there is no way what he's doing is right....geez man relax I'm sure he has this...I trained my yellow lab different from anybody ever and he was hunting at 8 months....made his first live retrieve on rocks at 5 months...

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Hopedale Hustler

Buddy, just cause he don't do the same stuff as you with his dog don't mean there is no way what he's doing is right....geez man relax I'm sure he has this...I trained my yellow lab different from anybody ever and he was hunting at 8 months....made his first live retrieve on rocks at 5 months...

Ok, have at it! Just never heard of taking a dog hunting before it was trained. Obedience = Sit(and sit means stay) heal, and down. How do you accomplish all that as soon as you pull him off the teet? How can you do anything with a dog until it has been obedience trained?

[Capt.B]

Originally Posted by Feesherman

Ok, have it! Just never heard of taking a dog hunting before it was trained. Obedience = Sit(and sit means stay) heal, and down. How do you accomplish all that as soon as you pull him off the teet? How can you do anything with a dog until it has been obedience trained?

Sit, stay, heel is taught @ a very young age in a gun dogs life that's the FIRST thing they learn. But those fellas are correct about breaking him into gun fire. Make the gun play a game where there is no pressure of obedience maybe play a simple game of fetch and have a buddy fire a weapon of some sort as you throw a dummy...but I agree baby steps with the pup. Force fetch training is not even a thought yet, you don't want to break the pups spirit.

[Feesherman]

Originally Posted by Capt.B

Sit, stay, heel is taught @ a very young age in a gun dogs life that's the FIRST thing they learn. But those fellas are correct about breaking him into gun fire. Make the gun play a game where there is no pressure of obedience maybe play a simple game of fetch and have a buddy fire a weapon of some sort as you throw a dummy...but I agree baby steps with the pup. Force fetch training is not even a thought yet, you don't want to break the pups spirit.

No doubt, force fetch doesn't come until obedience is nailed down AND they have all their adult teeth!