Hunting Retriever training help?
I have 2 labs who i would like to train how to hunt. they are both about a year old and can still learn. My one yellow lab is obsessed with a tennis ball and will fetch it until he dies but he wont get a duck like he does a ball even though he loves to swim. Anyone have any tips to help replace them in his mind. My other lab is a good dog who stayed with us and loves to swim while we are placing the decoys. I got a goose the other week and she swam out to it but he didn’t bite it. instead she sniffed it as she was treading water and she put her head on top and pushed its head under water. Any tips to get her to bring it back?
just went hunting again and my yellow lab started retrieving the teal that i brought home. right as i brought it to my back yard he bit it. wierd. maybe cause its small idk
about the first lab you mentioned, a dog that young probably doesnt relize when he out to hunt or out to play fetch. my young lab did the same thing the first couple times out duck hunting. we shot a duck and he didnt retrieve it, so we showed it to him the put it into some tullies, i told him to fetch the bird and he did. then on out he retireved ducks. so make sure the young lab knows hes out there to hunt (maybe he’s not a hunter?) about the second lab you mentioned, my same dog wouldnt retrieve pheasants(sort of the same size as a goose) and we though maybe because it was to big for him, then about a year later he started to retrieve them, i dont know why ha. maybe get one of those training dummies thats pretty big and put some scent on it and throw it in the water and see if she retrieve it. keep workin with them they are still very young and all they want to do is play. keep training and they will catch on.
Getting Your Dog Ready for Hunting Season
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Ultimate Duck Hunting $2.70 Ultimate Duck Hunting, simulation game that features both shooting and retrieving. Choose your dog (yellow, chocolate, or black Labrador retriever) and train him to respond to your commands. Gear up with name-brand guns, camouflage, and decoys. Set up decoys, use duck calls, and become a crack shot (someone skilled in shooting) using the Wii Remote to aim and fire at mallard, hen, black, and teal … |
