The runaround.

[Todd Duncan Tennyson]

The red dog is continuing to improve.

He now poops outside, and pisses right on the drainage grate for the patio. Makes life easier.

He has also figured out that riding in the truck is good and fun, so I don't have to yard haul him over and physically pick him up and place him in the truck anymore... he just jumps right up and in. I had to take him out for 9 days in a row in the truck... every day like clockwork. We take a walk, then we get home and load up.

What good is an adventure dog that is afraid to go? So now that is no longer an issue.

He used to always bring the bumper to me straight off, but today had a different notion. It was wet and slippery down along Little Butte cr. It was cranking through and muddy as can be.

Red dog turns on his afterburners and does a few stunts with his bumper here... Impromptu style.

Happy new years you guys (and girl)

 

[roy brewington]

Might want to put him on a check cord when throwing bumpers. You sure don,t want to promote that type of retrieve. Make sure you can control outcome of your commands.

 

[Todd Duncan Tennyson]

I've got an old Zap collar from my birddogs in the past.. they still seem to work.


Maybe a buzz from time to time would help?? Mostly these days I am just letting him vent and run and roam. It was hard to get him into the truck since I picked him up a couple of weeks back, Now he has it down. Seems excited to go.

I am reinforcing him staying within 25 -30 meters and most of the time he's good with it.

Today, the creek was really high, and we had some spots that were completely french to him. I had to encourage him to come across the deeper parts, but he did.

It was a victory to us.

 

[MLBob Furia]

I'd advise against using the e-collar to correct retrieving behavior. Will cause more problems than it will solve. Double down on the encouragement, use the check cord, or just stop for the day and go back a step or two.