Gundog Training Forum

Just reading back over this post from 4 years ago! For anyone interested, making her sit and rubbing her chest worked a treat and she is now such a well behaved mother of two litters! I've found that rubbing the chest and underside of the neck of most labs seems to calm them down a touch.

Hi, My two labs, Fern who is 6 and her daughter Lulah who is 8 months old, have just been introduced to a dummy with partridge wings attached for the first time. They spent a 1 hour walk retrieving once or twice in various places in bushes and long grass etc, both performing brilliantly. Upon return...

I haven't used a clicker with her or any dog yet, so would have to learn all of the basics. I don't really know much about it. I think I may have a go at the sit option, and use the push away method for when I am not praising her, since as even for simple things like the recall, occasionally she wil...

Thank you, i'll definitely try that. Did you have any methods for if that didn't work?

Fern is 13 months old, becoming a big dog now, and it is usually from the front that she jumps up. Would something like clicker training be appropriate for this matter?

Hi all, My Lab bitch Fern is consistently jumping up at me and mouthing. Even when I praise her for good behaviour, she is mouthing and taking her front two paws off of the ground. This makes it hard to praise, as I would not want her to think I am praising her for her bad behaviour. Could any one s...

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Hi all, My name is Jack. I am a 14 year old boy living in Bournemouth. Just yesterday I went out beating for the first time. For a few months previously I have been interested in training my Labrador, Fern, to do a bit of both types of gundog; retrieving and flushing/beating. She comes from a family...