Gundog Training Forum

Thanks for the replies. Although not going to work her, I would like to train her in the gun dog ethos rather than just a pet dog who brings back a ball etc. Working with dummies doing retrieves, blind retrieves etc she enjoys and I do to. I do have the chance to go beating if she ever made the stan...

shes just over 2 years old. She is a failed police sniffer dog. Failed the training very early on and was in kennels for ages before I re homed her. I don't plan on working her, but like the retrieving dummies etc as enjoyment for us both. Her recall on dummies is brilliant, comes back to me every t...

Thanks, will give that a go. I don't think she was socialized much before I re homed her, so whenever she sees other people / dogs she just wants to see / play with them, but until the jumping is resolved I am being cautious as to when to let her play etc. 100% agree on training in a quiet sterile e...

Hi, thanks for responses. She will sit, but as soon as I get dummy out for instance shes jumping up to get it. when she calms down and sits she gets the reward of me throwing it, but its the initial jumping i need to control. Is it just a case of when she jumps, make her sit over and over until to s...

Hi, my lab has a big issue with jumping up. Especially when I have a dummy/ball in my hand. What's the best approach for this? We adopted her a while ago and have been working on training since, although very slack at times, I am now in a position to be 100% focused on her. We have many issues that ...

Hi, I'm just outside off basingstoke.

Hi, just found this site and so far seen loads of helpful info. I have a 2 year old golden lab called Kali. She is a failed police sniffer dog who was destined for Hong kong. She failed her training early on and I rehomed her. I have had her for 8 months. When I first got her she would not do anythi...