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caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

lexi is 6 months old now, im very pleased with her progress to date and just cant wait to get out with her each day and im pretty sure she enjoys it too Laughing

here is a video of lexi working a wild cock bird, as you can see she picks its scent up some way away and tracks it as it covers a good amount of ground trying to escape, unfortunatley it wouldnt sit tight and flushed before i got there, lexi has a little run in, something she normaly will not do but i feel the distance she was from me caused this, she did respond to the whistle though and stop after a short distance Laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8zcXzR-GE

caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

a few pics from today, having a walk around the shoot boundries pushing in any strays Very Happy

first point next to the river, the hen pheasant was tucked right into the bank edge, just beside the water

told her to "get on" and she fell in the river, at least the phessie flushed :whistle:

caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

as she was wet decided to do a water retreive

waiting for the command, dummys floating away :think:

only did the one retrieve.

caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

out to the other boundry now..a chance to stretch her legs

on again..

wasnt keen on flying

after a gentle bit of persuasion :whistle:

a happy pup Very Happy

caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

Little update, little problem Embarassed

Lexi has decided she will spit the dummy out at my feet on her return from a retreive, not everytime but some of the time, she is still retreive crazy and often nearly falls over she goes and comes back so fast with the dummy, but i think as she has been coming back so fast to me she sometimes overshot me, this is where i have made a mistake ive snatched the dummy from her mouth Rolling Eyes

in turn i think causing her to spit the dummy out at my feet now Crying or Very sad

on advice from a few on here i am going to try to correct this with "clicker training" i know nothing about it, but have been given some links to where i can read up on it, fingers crossed i can nip this fault in the bud pronto, thanks CH.

windem bang · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject:

Thought you were already on here ! Laughing

The change of name was too much for my brain cell to deal with ! Embarassed

Good luck

Bill T.
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caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

ibis-mojo · Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 14 **Breed:** GWP

Can you share what sites tell you about clicker training gundogs.
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caithness hunter · Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 123 **Breed:** GSP, JRT.

josie · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject:

I forgot to say, you might also find these videos helpful - they were made for a class I was teaching the clicker retrieve to. They are complete with handler errors and working through those errors!

Vid 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brKu26LlMTU

Vid 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8UgCivPrs&NR=1

Vid 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14RcOWeR6w&NR=1

Vid 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avv51UpXPCA&feature=related

Vid 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtYmrqNWQAw&feature=related[/url]

Vid 5b (with another dog!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkQ0iLNFHmc&feature=related

Vid 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB1_wZNABOw&feature=related

If you watch this series of videos, they will really give you a good overall handle on the process and you'll see how it's put together. The method in these vids is not the Shirley Chong method, but the basic idea of shaping the dog is the same thing.

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