Hungarian Vizslas

[Swampy 147]

Thats a lovely looking dog Swampy, i pick mine up in 5 weeks and looking at yours is just making my wait all the more frustrating. I'm really excited!! Any tips, please let me have them as i'm a novice owner.

Cheers

Jas

Thanks for that.

Yes I'm quite (very) proud of him.

I'm afraid the only experience I have had with dogs prior to the Vizsla were Cocker Spaniels.

I have worked on the principle that spending time with them and being patient should work with all breeds.

If you get to know a dog and understand how his/her mind works it helps.

My Vizsla is obviously still a pup but seems to want to learn and please so I try and make it fun for him.

Treats seem to work almost instantaneously, retrieving a dummy to hand took one treat (small piece of chicken). He does it about 4 times out 5 and then he wants to do something different.

Shouting or smacking does not work at all. I shouted at the kids once and he was straight into his bed sulking, took me ages to reassure him.

I will be asking Gary as time progresses as to how I proceed as I don't know the breed that well and having read some of Garys posts he seems to knwo what he's talking about. Still reading loads of books about them and speaking to others who have them.

Its a question of "Information is knowledge and knowledge is beautiful" So I read loads and disseminate the "wheat from the chaff".

Work is even more painful now as I can't wait to get home and take him out and see what he can do.

Last night he was pointing rabbits that (I couldn't see in the dark) at about 20yds from me. Gave me the chance to stalk closer and bag two. He stayed absolutely stock still until I fired. Haven't quite got him to understand how to retrieve a dead coney yet tho' I'm not sure he even likes picking them up!

He'll hold it for a very short period, drop it and then lie next to it licking the damn thing..........Gary I hope you're reading this, as I need help on this one.

 

 

Hope you enjoy your dog as much as I mine

 

 

Swampy

hes too young to be shooting game over at the mo and id keep the retreives down to no more than three a day if hes refusing the fifth retreive then he could soon refuse the 1st if you get my drift go onto something else.... imagine if you shot a rabbit you thought dead and when he got to it and mouthed it he received a big kick in the face it could turn him away from retreiving even rabbits for life dont introduce these things until hes at least 6-10 months old as hard as it is you should be just making things fun and obedience training...hope this helps make.... you cant run a marathon before you train for a race!!!!

 

Nice one Gary, makes perfect sense.

Only shoot with airgun as I've been told a shotgun could make him "gunshy".

Honestly Gary this behaviour hasn't been trained by anyone.

Have had to pick up dead and hand to him to get to hold it.

He'll retrieve the dummy no problem, but even if the coney is thrown for him he just licks it.

Will take your advise.

One other thing. Having been out in the field and getting home he goes mental and just wants to "rough house"

nothing too aggressive just running up and down the garden, play biting and charging me, which I can easily stop just by saying "No". I have been told that I shouldn't play rough with him.

Q1 Is this true?

Q2 Why?

Q3 Why does he get excited at getting home?

 

 

Sorry to dog you with all these questions

 

 

Swampy

 

 

inquisitive ning

the rough playing can insight dominance and hard biting a making him hard mothed and b possibly questioning your authority/roll in the pack later on..

 

this could make him hard mouthed later on...

 

possibly not the exitement however being all wound up in an openspace laying out and then coming back into the house garden area can sometimes be a bit overwhelming hes probbly just doin a mad one to as hes adrenalin/exitement has got to him a bit... maybe a crate for him to go into to just chill out and cool down on his own might help him a bit!!

 

Sound and sensible advice methinks

 

 

 

TVM

 

 

 

 

Swampy

 

 

ning

[mudman 14]

My wirehaired viszla seems to be a bit, well, more wirehaired than some. But he's a true allrounder.

 

Posing

 

Stalking dog

 

Goose dog

 

Wildfowling dog

Edited March 28, 2009 by mudman

[Blakloks 5]

My wirehaired viszla seems to be a bit, well, more wirehaired than some. But he's a true allrounder.

 

Posing

 

Stalking dog

 

Goose dog

 

Wildfowling dog

Thats what you call multitasking although im sure ive seen the one with the goose on another forum

[yorksjt 0]

Nice pictures, proper dog.

[Dave C 63]

Nice looking dog Blakloks.

How close to you does he hunt when hunting reedbeds, just wondering mate.

 

Dave.

[mudman 14]

They are a pointing dog so are bred to cast very wide when hunting, particularly when on open ground. When in cover they will hunt closer by nature and they can be controlled to work close, but they do not really like it and it is constant work to keep them in although manageable. In normal woodland mine is working probably thirty to forty either side, on fields it can easily be 100 yards on either side. Can't beat it though when he slams on the anchors and goes into a solid point, then when instructed flushes a big covey of wild partridge from almost underneath his nose.