A specific Springer quartering question

[Rascal]

So far I haven't had a drink but it's tempting now....

Rasc

[Polmaise]

So far I haven't had a drink but it's tempting now....

Rasc

You started it!? with yer 'Pup'

[Crosshair]

One last attempt at a sensible answer before I go to bed then
Should I
a) Stop her and recast
b) Be glad for now that she's 'going' and let her range a bit wider figuring out the scent
c) Use the turn command and jump on her if she ignores it
d) Other helpful suggestion not yet thought of

Fingers crossed

[Polmaise]

Now this is getting confusing
Do you mean my one 'pup'? Or Rascals?

Seriously Andrew?
You said you were hunting the wee dog, and it got hot on scent?,..right?..then you stopped it!?, with one p(i)p.
I ask the question ...'Why'?...
You say 'to gain control'? ..that would indicate,that the 'control is already lost ' prior to that?...
....
How have you 'triggered' created/conditioned, the hunting pattern?...with this p(u)p ?

[Rascal]

Recall and recast deffo don't go out and tug her lug....

Hoping predictive text doesn't feck that last sentence up...

Rasc....

PS two pups are better than one...

[Crosshair]

Now this is getting confusing
Do you mean my one 'pup'? Or Rascals?

Seriously Andrew?
You said you were hunting the wee dog, and it got hot on scent?,..right?..then you stopped it!?, with one p(i)p.
I ask the question ...'Why'?...
You say 'to gain control'? ..that would indicate,that the 'control is already lost ' prior to that?...
....
How have you 'triggered' created/conditioned, the hunting pattern?...with this p(u)p ?

On bare ground with no scent she turns religiously. In this new environment, with some scent she started to pull out on it. Therfore, she is no longer quartering, shes hunting foot scent. So, for the same 'get on' trigger word that yields a nice pattern on grass, i'm getting a different result no??
So I blow the stop whistle to break her concentration away from the scent and back on to me so I can then ask her to please carry on with what she was supposed to be doing.

She wasn't out of control, but she was no longer following the hunting pattern.

[Polmaise]

So....Walk backwards?
Will she come in a bit?...then will she go off 'back on that same scent that got her juices going?..only this time...it's within the pattern range?
then repeat and rinse ...with no pips or pups

[Crosshair]

Ok, gotcha
Will definately give that a go. If she's nose down in a Bracken patch though, she might get another ten yards before she realises

[Crosshair]

I can also try and find some 'middle ground' thats not as thick/smelly as that or as boring as short grass........

[Polmaise]

Ok, gotcha
Will definately give that a go. If she's nose down in a Bracken patch though, she might get another ten yards before she realises

I am out the next few day's!!
I am crap at explaining in text
I'll do a clip for you with a wee dug at similar stage over the weekend, It's called .......'Pop'!
That should confuse you even more with all them pips,pups and pop's ?
atb
R.