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  1. Casso
    What confrontations have you had with the pup, disciplined in what form , Are you sure she's not snapping at your hands
  2. Casso
    Slipper, I'm thinking more of the down its a command that has a specific action and in box training has a positive outcome for the dog , A dog just can't do nothing , it must be doing something , when an action is open to interpretation from the dog's point of view, it can lead to problems , The box trains the down , there is nowhere to go , there can be no crawling forwards or they go over the edge , it locks the down into a definite abrupt action, the box can be up to a metre off the ground with nowhere to go , You can feed on the box and or use it as a start for an activity but th
  3. Casso
    Reinforcing the dog with box work is good for cementing an action, How it works is you get the dog to do the action on an object, box or some flat surface that which is only large enough to accommodate the dog so it can't move forward but can still feel flow , it has to be at a height where it makes energetic sense to stay on the box for the dog , hopping up and down off a box don't make sense to the dog The dog creeps forward in this case because movement means flow in a dogs mind what box work does is still gives a feeling of flow even when the dog is in the down , the down should lead
  4. Casso
    Reinforcing the dog with box work is good for cementing an action, How it works is you get the dog to do the action on an object, box or some flat surface that which is only large enough to accommodate the dog so it can't move forward but can still feel flow , it has to be at a height where it makes energetic sense to stay on the box for the dog , hopping up and down off a box don't make sense to the dog The dog creeps forward in this case because movement means flow in a dogs mind what box work does is still gives a feeling of flow even when the dog is in the down , the down should lead
  5. Casso
    The one issue I foresee with that bud is that you are reinforcing the lead as the stop signal not the command , she knows she can't run in with the lead on that's what's controlling her , it will work with lead on but the command given with lead off hasn't been reinforced, if ya get my drift, Dogs are extremely sensitive about the context and contrasting environments
  6. Casso
    If you worry to much about recall , you are setting yourself up for failure, with pups I try to made the pup believe that coming back and standing beside are the key to everything without the hassle of recall, From the puppy stage out walking if the pup ventures too far ahead I stop dead in my tracks , my goal is to get the pup to figure out that standing on my right side beside me is the way to get the whole thing moving again because that's what it wants more than anything , it craves group interaction and motion is right up there, It can take a while for the pup to figure it out , I
  7. Casso
    Used to travel out while still in school with a hunting buddy who had a banged out fiat with no f***ing heating, you'd be cold for the first few fields after that the body seem to figure out how to turn itself on, The next field always held so much potential, it was hard to call it a night in those days , the nights end depended on the energy levels of the mutt Summer as a pain in the ass Now The nights are colder , hedges higher, barb wire sharper or maybe I've got to a stage where it don't float my boat as high as it did once
  8. Casso
    I'm not sure if I get the first part of the question Phil, giving the dog a certain avenue to express a certain behaviour is fixing that action to a command or object and is less inclined to show it in other ways The way I see the barking in this instance with lonewalker's dog is that things just are not moving quick enough for the dog , the dog knows the drill he understands the build up of events means he going hunting and he's wound up like an effing spring , thats the real issue here, The bark in this case is because things aren't moving fast enough then, so he offloads energy/ex
  9. Casso
    Anne , the thing about an e collar is that the dog must love wearing it , believe it or not , it must be introduced much in the same way a lead is acclimated into a positive in the dogs mind , a dog understands a lead means excitement after initially rejecting it as a pup, due to it been a restriction With dogs and I can't stress this enough, the negative must be followed by a positive , so the dog interprets the negative (collar) as leading to going out and the hunting that follows, it must seem like winning the jackpot for the mutt, it should be put on many times and just not used Af
  10. Casso
    Not a bad take on things that. But...it still boils down to obedience i reckon. (the dog wanting to do the right thing) You could be right bud , it's not a quick fix and it won't happen overnight, it's build on trust , a history of working together and a lot of dog management My understanding of obedience in the canine world usually involves fear and conquences for actions, when your both on the same level less is more , I'm done with having to shout like a lunatic when out , softly softly catchy monkey
  11. Casso
    Let me come at this from a different angle when the dog and it's owner have achieved a certain trust and understanding having worked together as a group , the dog tunes into its owner and basically second guesses your every move, the dog wants what it's owner wants and likewise doesn't want what it's owner doesn't want So we arrive at a point where the dog wants to do the right thing to be in harmony with its owner , that's where I want the dog to be at , the rest of it you can keep I want the dog to do it for me because he wants to not because he needs to
  12. Casso
    You gotta ask yourself what makes a wolf or any animal hunt, is it because they all love hunting, what forces any animal out from its resting place of safety to face the big bad world of eat or be eaten , they all feel the same pull, they all feel the same tension that comes from the gut , they all feel hunger in the same manner, Now I don't care or haven't mentioned reserves of fuel, they all have reserves but what I'm saying they all feel the pull or call of the wild long before they're reserves deplete, I not sure why you keep mentioning starving ??
  13. Casso
    Your putting human thoughts into a dogs mind , a dog just feels a void that needs to be filled, his response to that void will depend on the situation he finds himself in , either in the field , in the pit or with a bitch in season but he will have more vigour for them all the hungrier he is, Sorry I have no pictures of all of the above mention behaviors
  14. Casso
    A hungry dog is more animated in every way , physically and emotionally, if you can't see that your not looking close enough
  15. Casso
    Have never fed dogs that day if going out that night, never will On the same note a hungry dog is more responsive and more driven , that's not coming from the hunting world it's from the protection dog world but I can see the relevance in it,
  16. Casso
    It's a fecking tragedy that in a society where everyone is much more dog aware than they ever were with dog training programmes and dog knowledge on the box , that more dogs are put down and innocent kids are killed every year, I've long since changed my views on dogs from my starting days, if we associate dogs with a theory of mind we equate that they like us understand rights and wrongs in their actions , whereas dogs are still functioning according to how Mother Nature decrees that is Predator is attracted to Prey, High tempered dogs bred to work in difficult conditions and to ove
  17. Casso
    The pup will fair better with more experience under her belt, she'll want it more and be able to figure out and read the habits of its prey , She's only a pup still, it'll take a couple of years to tune in and join all the dots, it's not her jumping ability it's her immaturity , Best of luck with her
  18. Casso
    You know Mark I wouldn't be in a panic to get the finished article yet as in the perfect retrieve, I'm always interested with having the pup comfortable in my space with its prey item first, the hand over will come , praise the pup with the item in its mouth instead of adding panic and urgency to get your hands on its prey, usually when owners are panicky and fast moving towards pups perceive something wrong through experience , As far as age goes Mark you will get 101 different answers to that one but for me once the introduction is positive and your always the good guy with the pu
  19. Casso
    The novelty of the shot bird overwhelmed the group situation of the two of you , getting to mouth a freshly shot prey item evokes instinctive behaviour in any pup, The thing is not to make a fuss over it and not to fall out with the pup over it, he needs to feel that you and him are on the same page so to speak Gradually as the novelty wears off and you two have build a bond through calms walks together I don't see how it will have a long lasting effect The development of the group mind through shared mooching experience will be foundation of the future bond not the obedience, Y
  20. Casso
    The pup is flushing because that's how he feels is his the best access to the bird, it's up to you to show him that pointing and steading will grant him access, Use a long line on the pup , let him hunt away when he shows signs of interest steady him up with the line , praise him moving in closer keeping him in the one spot encourage the point , You might need a partner for this but if you can flush and shoot the bird and give it to the pup in that same spot , you will have managed to reinforce a few things in the dogs mind Firstly , staying close to owner grants access to bird, Listen
  21. Casso
    I like to be able to let a dog contrast between different actions behaviours and places For instance , we don't play with pups in the house, ever , a stimulated pup in the house is a total liability as a young dog , things get chewed , pups feel the need to mouth everything, it's a nightmare Outside play inside calm and so it becomes that way , I show where play is allowed and encourage it , outside The same with barking I teach the mutts to bark on command either for food or a play item , that way I am giving him an avenue to express himself in that manner , it's only energy or excitem
  22. Casso
    To be honest with ya wilf and I can only speak for myself , I'm 47 now and never had permission for anything hunting wise , hunting all my life not into shooting though, although a friend an x legionare shoots most weekends in season on his permission but can't get licence through from the local police maybe something to do with his background, what I'm saying is that once your not making a nuisance of yourself , you can get on with your hunting without much notice , common sence and respect for the land goes a long way I'm only sixty miles from mayor city Dublin and folk round here have
  23. Casso
    It's either that exercise or the relationship.
  24. Casso
    For me I would be taking him on long walks trying to limit distractions while out, Dogs form group bonds quicker while in motion, with other dogs and with humans, your trying to form a group mind , an emotional bond where a dog believes it's in his best interest to listen and stay close , duck in behind a tree or bush and call him up and feed, having him come right into your space if possible feed him up on your chest , it helps ease any resistance he may have of humans You also don't want a dog to believe every time he goes out he's in active mode until he's tuned you in , otherwise h
  25. Casso
    A dog being in its prime is not the same thing as a dog who is fully tuned into its quarry Given that it's worked regular In its prime 3, fully attuned to its work 4/5 .
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