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Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: CP on November 18, 2010, 07:24:50 AM

Title: Breaking after birds
Post by: CP on November 18, 2010, 07:24:50 AM: 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?
Title: Re: Breaking after birds
Post by: CP on November 18, 2010, 07:30:01 AM: Quote from: Miles on November 18, 2010, 07:26:31 AM
How big a boy are ya? :chuckle:

I’m 6’ 4” about 230#, but I don’t understand the question?
:dunno:
Title: Re: Breaking after birds
Post by: whitey on November 18, 2010, 08:18:15 AM: Shock collar and that would fix that problem.
You cant allow that to go on,it will just get worse.
Good luck.
Title: Re: Breaking after birds
Post by: gasman on November 18, 2010, 01:08:28 PM: Shock collar up to 5 :yike: All my dogs stopped breaking after the first time :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:

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 ;)
Title: Re: Breaking after birds
Post by: Happy Gilmore on November 22, 2010, 10:04:48 AM: 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.