Thread: Lab sort of problems

the last dog I had that ran off and would not come back got a 165gr 308 cal round at 300m never ran any further ever again
why? dogs are a tool and useless tools get destroyed

Originally Posted by Paddy79

the last dog I had that ran off and would not come back got a 165gr 308 cal round at 300m never ran any further ever again
why? dogs are a tool and useless tools get destroyed

Your lucky that your old man didn't have that attitude with you. The owner has to take some responsibility with the dogs behaviour but with second hand goods the problems can be tuff to sort.

Originally Posted by tetawa

Your lucky that your old man didn't have that attitude with you. The owner has to take some responsibility with the dogs behaviour but with second hand goods the problems can be tuff to sort.

I think we were trying to ignore his completely crass statement mate. I sure as hell was til now anyway.

Originally Posted by Paddy79

the last dog I had that ran off and would not come back got a 165gr 308 cal round at 300m never ran any further ever again
why? dogs are a tool and useless tools get destroyed

As my old Grandad used to say. "A poor tradesman ALWAYS blames his tools"

wonder if she was starved at some stage????
sure labs have huge food drive but.......
had a lab/gsp that was starved along with her litter mates and she always was demon for food,still made plurry awesome hunting dog but feeding time was all business.
ok,you are the boss....you control the food.... dog does what she told and gets food,really great way to get sit down pat fast. just like an ambo you dont run,you "walk with purpose" and keep at it till she stops.dogs hate being "walked down"
old advice but still good is to get dog retrieving mad....play the game till ya arm falls off..it will pay off come duck day..... for me,the retrieve MUST be to my hand....drop it and its ignored,kick it away and keep hand out,when it placed in hand,accept and rethrow it.
a rock solid sit can be a "get out of jail " card. if dog STARTS to go off solo hunting etc whack the sit on her and get her back into line/control.
Ruff where are you????

Originally Posted by Happy

Any ideas or help welcome. She’s a lovely girl
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@Happy

And there is your problem: you need to play hard to get. Don't allow her on the sofa. She'll soon be chasing you and you'll enjoy her company a lot more.

correction collar only to start off with and then let her know who controls who.

Our red cattle dog we got in oz smack on her 2nd birthday as a rescue dog-same sort of thing.
She'll bugger off if the gates open, even just walk behind you. Sort of comes back, sometimes. Selective deafness. Once coming back she knows she's done wrong but will do it 5 minutes later if you let her. red headed bitch is all I can say.

But good on Pigs. Those red Merles are fuckin tough.

Our kennels are based just outside of Hamilton, you are welcome to bring yourself and dog over for some advise/tuition.

Originally Posted by kawhia

Our kennels are based just outside of Hamilton, you are welcome to bring yourself and dog over for some advise/tuition.

Thanks for your offer will be in touch via pm . I may not be clever but I do know that for every subject there’s folks who have been there done that . She’s improved heaps this past week. I think a couple of pointers and she ll progress because she’s clever.

Have known folks who’s first answer was shoot it. They were all complete Tossers as well.

Thanks again

good on ya Kawhia...I was hoping you would chime in.

he did

@Pengy in the early 80s my father sold working dogs for up to $2000 so clearly he knew how to train dogs because people would pay for those dogs and any dog that did not perform got shot. I grew up on 5500 hectares of rough farm land we had no time for shit dogs and I was taught how to put them down from a very young age

My dog came from someone with a similar mindset. She will never make a hunting dog etc etc etc, but he couldn't bring himself to shoot her.

I am sure as hell no dog expert, but take it from me that he was WRONG. A bit of effort is all it takes. Shooting them is just lazy