Breaking after birds

[CP]

I can’t seem to get through to my lab that he needs to wait for the command before taking off after a bird.  Yesterday he leaped through a barbed wire fence after a downed rooster immediately after I shot it.  Then, cut and bleeding on the way back to the truck, he breaks after an out-of-range hen that another hunter shot at.  I was able to call him back before he followed that bird across the busy road but only after several whistles and a couple high voltage nicks.

This has to stop before he really gets hurt.

He behaves properly when it’s just training dummies but birds and gun shots turn him into a psycho.  Short of keeping him on a check cord, how do I keep him from breaking?

[CP]

How big a boy are ya?

I’m 6’ 4” about 230#, but I don’t understand the question?
 

[whitey]

Shock collar and that would fix that problem.
You cant allow that to go on,it will just get worse.
Good luck.

[gasman]

Shock collar up to 5  All my dogs stopped breaking after the first time 

Carry a "Heal Stick"an wack him on the bottom if starts to break and remind him who is in controll.

Check ord, let him get to teh end an dgive him a good yank.


All methods work well 

[Happy Gilmore]

If you dog isn't collar conditioned and you strap a collar on and hit them, you can easily start getting "no-goes". He'll sit there confused. Better to use a lead unless he's been on a collar all his life.