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Pinman
10-06-2009, 09:07 AM
My 2.5 year old Female Lab did great on her first 3 dove retrieves on Sunday, but after we missed a few times she started looking for and chasing the ejected hulls out of our semi autos. She did this some last year too.

Has anyone ever run across this? Any suggestions for breaking this habit?
D Duck
10-06-2009, 10:46 AM
From FF - teach the command "leave it" and get her conditioned to not chasing ejected hulls. This will take some repetition I would think.
Randy Clark
10-06-2009, 01:54 PM
maybe she saw you miss one last hunt and she's trying to clean up after you.:smileinbo
Gaddy1
10-06-2009, 03:37 PM
My 2.5 year old Female Lab did great on her first 3 dove retrieves on Sunday, but after we missed a few times she started looking for and chasing the ejected hulls out of our semi autos. She did this some last year too.

Has anyone ever run across this? Any suggestions for breaking this habit?

As Don stated after FF, the word SIT is all you need, when she delivers to hand (at heel) she should know to sit and not move until sent for a bird. SIT is the most important word in training. Everything starts and ends with it.
Pinman
10-07-2009, 10:54 AM
As Don stated after FF, the word SIT is all you need, when she delivers to hand (at heel) she should know to sit and not move until sent for a bird. SIT is the most important word in training. Everything starts and ends with it.

Thanks. Makes sense and I never thought of it in basic terms but you are right.
Keith Yates
10-07-2009, 11:29 AM
Ron could you teach my dogs to eat them? Might come in handy at MI.
zach raulie
10-07-2009, 12:01 PM
NO! means NO!
D Duck
10-08-2009, 08:24 AM
Ron could you teach my dogs to eat them? Might come in handy at MI.

I think you might want to do a training session or two with Duke and Hurricane - that dog'll eat anything.... :smileinbo