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  1. Casso
    i would try to build up frustration in her for the dummy, if you are taking her that much she is still getting access to the dummy regular and hedging her bets that she will get it at some stage, if ya get my drift i would built up her longing for it for maybe a week giving her no other avenue for work just lead walking for exercise, and when you do decide to try her again make sure its warm and she's very hungry and straining for work , it may not make her love water but if she's driven enough she might just take the plunge and find out it not as bad as it looked, best of luck with h
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    my best tip for ya bud if you want to have a good working relationship with the pup when grown, is dont discipline for normal canine behavior as a pup, jumping up chewing biting dont come into conflict with it until it is old enough to understand what your saying, i dont believe that most of the running dogs in shelters are crap hunting dogs, i just think most have had a relationship breakdown in the pups development, i dont take much for a pup to make the link between coming into your space and jumping up and maybe biting and been corrected and having fear of coming into the same space wh
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    Bud the sight of strange objects cows or people trigger her instinct, its how prey animals operate and the only time we see a lot of animals we dont normally see is when they are hungry, hunger overcomes fear, i would treat her the same way , if you can get her to feed in the presents of strange things she can overcome fear, fear is all about balance its all in the dogs head, thats also why she lays down in or around you, you are her grounding point, hunger is all in the gut, getting her to reference her gut by way of hunger means she will have to overcome fear, its like a scales one go
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    thats good advice, what the pups doing is only natural canine behavior and will grow out of it, dont use the crate as a punishment area, i dont play with a pup in the house though either, if you let a pup believe the house is a play area thats where you will run into trouble as she develops, let the pup out the back or in some enclosed area for play and back in for rest, they make associations with environments and certain mind sets, basically what you dont want is the pup to equate being in the house with an excited state of mind,
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    introduce the two dogs together to settle the interest but after that i use a crate to keep a pup from getting itself in bother, its protection from us when it starts doing what pups do chewing and such like and harassing the other dog, its not so much to protect the house or the other dog its safeguarding the repercussions of the actions and keeping the pup in a positive mindset in the way it sees us and other animals, i dont give the pup much attention in the house if the pup begins to see the house as a play area thats how problems occur later, they associate environments with different s
  6. Casso
    do you have anyone to show you the ropes??, sounds like you've over matched the pup young and sickened him,
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    mix it up a bit as well bud, dont just always feed, throw a ball an odd time between treats, try an gauge which has more reaction on the pup, create an interest for the pup in coming into your space, we all like surprises its the same for dogs, the biggest draw in Christmas for the kids is the potential to get something great its the one time of the year when they're on their best behavior, and its all built on an illusion, build that into the dog that when he comes to you its under the illusion that something great will happen, treat , play , ball , tug item, throw a stick, mix it all up,
  8. Casso
    pups drive is kicked in , treats will only get attention because there is nothing else exciting about , ball or tug training appeals to its drive
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    bud ive been flogging this idea on here for a good while , dont be in a panic to get the perfect retrieve as soon as possible with a pup, its puts all the emphasis on the item and away from you, you end up with a dog who wont hand up its catch but comes within 3 foot of you, make coming into your space the trigger that makes the item get thrown dont worry if you cant get it off the pup because you are only going to cause her to retreat if you keep trying to take it off her, use a couple of items , get the pup to touch her nose to the palm of your hand to receive attention , food , the pla
  10. Casso
    leave the other mutt at home bud when your going out with the pup, Dont worry bout the pup staying by your side , in fact strengthen it, its a magnetic attraction pups feel to their owner or the bitch, work with it, play hide and seek with the prize for finding you either play or eating out of your hand, hand feeding is great for getting the pup coming into your space without fear, fear is over come through hunger, take her out hungry and hand feed her out using the recall to bring her into your space try managing the pup so she dont make mistakes that you have to confront her for, i
  11. Casso
    if he comes to his name in the home or garden he understands what recall is about, then his or your problem is distractions when out which apply to drive or have stimulated his drive in the past, something which you are not doing at the present, you need to create a desire for an item that stimulates a drive state of mind in the dog, an item when the dog see's it excites his drive energy, to do this you need to curtail other avenues as outlets for his energy, no digging no hunting no playing with dogs,for a short time, all these actions provide an outlet for his energy and are seen by
  12. Casso
    you know the bitch better than anyone bud and its all learned through experience with her, more than likely if were looking you would probably have noticed that she was interested in what your mate was carrying or if not that then the strange smell she may have been unfamiliar with, it may never have happened if the bitch had been introduced to the pup, put it behind ya bud and learn from it, we need to be 2 steps ahead of then all the time , best of luck with her,
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    how long does he spend in the crate bud, have seen dogs in difficulty before after long spells in crates but with no long lasting effects,
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    all of what your going through is very common in dogs, folk try training pups nearly as soon as their weaned, the thing about it is almost all a pup learns under a certain age is soon forgotten because at an older stage in the pups development a different mindset kicks in, it may seem like it understands the commands but emotionally the pups brain cannot retain it because it has no reference to anything only its stomach, But when at a later stage just like your pup, when its drive kicks in it has no reference to anything that has gone before, because nothing before ever in its young lif
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    an old garden hose, cut about 2 foot of it, tie 2 knots about 6 inches from each end and away ya go,,
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    plenty of good points already put down on this post, There is no point in a pups upbringing where he becomes untrainable, at no point can he not be trained in his first years a lot of the top dog people in other dog sports have certain ways of bringing up pups and one of the most important aspects is no corrections during development of an understanding between canine and human, that means no corrections for anything , they just manage a young dogs first year carefully , all the time building trust not training, we dont have to make a dog social , every dog is born social, we just have t
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    The hunt by me use couples on the young dogs to keep them in check with adult dogs, these dogs are so robust and pack minded that it works along with the fear of the huntsman whip they all fall into line, but with whippets bud come on,,,
  18. Casso
    Thats sad news, great character, good dog man, lived for his hunting , tough as old boots in his day, thoughts are with his family.rip JK
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    introducing the pup to the adult bitch is usually fine the terrier sounds like a level headed mutt, where i feel the problem crops up is where the pup feels drawn to make contact with the adult and the bitch starts putting a spanking on him or using him as a play thing, what you want in your adult dog is a confident outgoing can do attitude, which are all possible through positive interactions growing up what you dont want is a whippet pup who after a while is afraid to run round and express itself because of fear that it will be run down by the terrier who is using it as a play item w
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    There are many posts written on here bud about introducing a young dog to his first fox , many different views and opinions, one thing is for sure most are adamant that it can make or break a young dog as far as charlie is concerned, because they know first impressions count, Now its the same with the pup, too many negative encounters with people places or things and it will effect how the pup views the world shy and mistrusting or positive and confident with manly positive encounters, pups should be managed so that they dont put themselves in situations which emotionally they cant ha
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    The first thing you dont do is panic bud, she's young, Potential energy is a huge motivational tool when working with a dog, that means the captured energy in the ball is captured when the ball is caught, and with no more energy coming from you only the desperate sound of panic in your voice calling her in ,you are of no energy value to the pup, The trick is to make yourself into an action figure, like a good midfielder where all the action on the field flows through you, for this you will need a couple of items on your person which will become potential energy to be throw for the mutt
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    As the man says if treats work then thats great, if you approach it from the point of view that treats are the reinforcement for the correct action from the mutt, but when the pups drive kicks in and its pulled in other directions by its prey instinct, you may find the pup is not so responsive some of the time while out, then you may have to up your reinforcement in accordance to what is stimulating the pup, in cases like that its up to your experience with the pup and having learnt what floats his boat in other words and have figured out what stimulates him and use that as a reinforcement,
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    if she is in the house and doing this a quick fix is in order, Only feed her after you approach her , dont feed out of the bowl , hand feed , you need to redirect how she perceives a human approaching and the best way to do it is through the gut, feed her the usual amount but try feeding in intervals just after you approach or whatever it is that triggers the pissing, animals in the wild have to overcome resistance to feed , its the natural order, make her overcome the resistance of you , Approach her, stop short, then make her come into your space to feed, its a great one for socializ
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    Thats a good video penny, another point is that all our dogs have drive energy to give which is where a lot of problem behavior starts , if a dog can see you as the focus for its energy unwanted behavior such as chewing, whining, barking and tearing up things will subside because alot of the problems are associated with drive energy, which seep out in other areas of the dogs environment Give the dog the answer to his energy before he starts asking us the questions of what to do with it If you get a dog hooked on tugging, that is the start of the training process, that becomes the reward for
  25. Casso
    The answer to your problems is already in your post bud, "She just loves to play " feck the treats away and get the dog playing with you , There can be ton loads of shite written on here about how to get a dog to do this or that but we dont sit down and look at what motivates the mutt, lurchers are motivated by the chase , they love been in prey drive, bar none it is their greatest motivation, So when they spot a prey item , it doesnt really matter what it is for the moment they get charged up with prey energy, 20,000 volts of prey energy in their body, its easy to see it in them , they
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