elptb
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GWP hunting helpMy GWP is 13 months old, and we are mostly working on getting a decent hunting pattern sorted.
He starts off reasonably well, and even quarters well some of the time, but most of the time he will get to a hedge (usually after he has crossed in front of me 2/3 times ok first) and will just hunt the hedge-line ignoring the turn whistle.
He knows the turn command, but ignores it once he has reached an 'interesting' section of hedge.
I'm guessing he is doing this as he is not seeing me as being more exciting/interesting than hunting the hedge-line is to him, any ideas on how to solve this?
Thanks,
Emma
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guy
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From your description the dog is doing its own thing.
Without seeing it i would guess you need to get some of the basics properly in place - at least three of the four Hs - Hup, Halt, Here and Hold.
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windem bang
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I agree with Guy. If your dog won't turn to the whistle then whistle stop it and then recall it. The dog must not be allowed to keep on doing this - it is self hunting.
If your dog won't whistle stop either then complete retraining will be needed.
Bill T.
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elptb
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| windem bang wrote: | I agree with Guy. If your dog won't turn to the whistle then whistle stop it and then recall it. The dog must not be allowed to keep on doing this - it is self hunting.
If your dog won't whistle stop either then complete retraining will be needed.
Bill T. |
Thankyou both for replying.
I have started to stop him and then recall him when he does this, since Saturday when he started to follow the hedge-line again.
He is ok with the stop whistle so doesn't need retraining to that, obviously more practise though.
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greylag
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i notice that you also have springers,is he copying? i had to stop walking my glp at the same time as my springers as she started to hunt in the sme way as them.
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elptb
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| greylag wrote: | | i notice that you also have springers,is he copying? i had to stop walking my glp at the same time as my springers as she started to hunt in the sme way as them. |
I don't think he is copying her, they are kenneled together and exercised together (free running round the fields, but not hunting or retrieving) but when I take them out for a hunt about or training session I take them out separately on their own.
His actual hunting/quartering pattern is good in terms of distance and initial direction etc, its just when he scents something and that then over-rides my whistle commands.
I reckon it must just be down to not enough practice, so his self-hunting is taking over like windembang says.
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windem bang
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I think you will find that most dogs will do as your dog does to some extent - most of the game scent will be up the sides of the fields - not out in the middle. From a dogs point of view it wants to find game not just run hunting for it.
You are wanting a nice pattern but your dog just wants to find game.
Bill T.
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BenB
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I would think that once your STOP command is bang on it may be worth planting some game in the middle of the field so he is rewarded for his quartering.
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