Training Help

[Uno]

I need help with ideas to keep my dog from breaking every time the geese come in low to the deeks, iv had several days when I should have limited out but shell hear the safety click off and she'll bolt, and this last time she just bolted when the birds were about 40 yards out. Iv tried everything I now to do, she douse fine when I work with bumpers but when I comes to the real thing she wont stay.

[Hardcore Honker Hunter]

try letting a buddy do the shooting, and you have him or her on a rope and have your "shock" remote ready and let em have a little dose, and if they still go, slowly go up on the intensity of the "jolt"

[asian migrator]

one thing to add to the above comment, when you put the dog on a rope be sure to have a chocker with it. The most important thing to do when the dog stops breaking, is to reward him.

[Hardcore Honker Hunter]

+ 1 on what's listed above...

[dirtycletus81]

one thing to add to the above comment, when you put the dog on a rope be sure to have a chocker with it. The most important thing to do when the dog stops breaking, is to reward him.

You don't know what your talking about. lol

[illinoisduckboy15]

tie her down, do it all the time, make it tight so she cant even get out of the blind, keep doing this and she should get the point...

[Gary]

try putting the dog blind righy next to u , so u can keep her down with a stay command . u will probably have to sit out a few shooting opertunitys but it will b worth it ...... the above statements i agree with also ........... is this a young dog ? is the dog collar conditioned ??

[BadCaller]

Never use a choke chain you can crush the dog's larynx. Go to a pet shop and get a Pinch Chain. Your dog is not line steady yet. Somewhere your dog has found it to OK to break. Get some birds they can be dead, find an area where a friend can hide behind a tarp, playwood or in a pit. Now you show up once there set up with another friend say 50 yards from them. Your friend that is with you has his gun and blanks, you have the dog on the check cord. Maybe do a little calling and then once your buddy hears it throw the bird while your friend with the gun shoots. All while your telling your dog sit sit sit. . When the dog breaks yank the check with the Pinch Chain, NO NO. Pullem back and send your shooting friend to go get the bird. Repeat. Never let the dog retrieve if it hasn't sit for.

This is where having your dog seeing tons of live pigeons is huge, yard work to field work is what seperates the level of trainer. Be patient and work at it all summer. Do you have a place to shoot barn yard pigeons? That is a great place to train on the off season.

I have my dog blind set up right next to me by my head. When birds are coming in, I whisper sit, sit, sit. bang away and then check out my dirty work all while keeping the dog steady, then get em on line what bird I want first. Not which one the dog wants.

[Uno]

Thanks guys I’m going to set up Saturday right buy her if not in front of her so that I can control her, if I cant for some reason then I'm going to try the leash trick. BadCaller we do have a lot of pigeons out hear so ill talk to the farmers to see if I can get on them, and I will start training her with my layout blind in the field

[jrode237]

Sorry badcaller but I completely disagree with you on the choke chain. When used properly they are not only effective but absolutely humane and a great way to train. Granted, when used incorrectly or with way too much force from the handler I could see it hurting the dog but otherwise they are just fine. The rest of the advice is good and I'd recommend the "let other's shoot" method while you handle the dog and make it realize it must listen or else it doesn't get to have the fun of retrieving the bird.

[asian migrator]

You don't know what your talking about. lol

How many dogs have you trained Cletus???? Oh wait, you dont shoot enough game to (have) need a dog. lolol