riggers 2 Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 hi all i have a springer pup called same and he is completely syco now i have trained labs but never a springer now he will sit sometimes but pulls likle hell on the lead any help please i want to train him to flush retreve he is 5 moths old Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fishaben Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) HI there mate, I have an ESS and I understand exactly what you mean, at such an age they are very hyper and always active. It takes a lot of patience and hard work. If he is pulling on the lead then when he pulls, tell him to heel turn around and walk the other way, then if he pulls again, tell him to heel again turn around and so on, doing this may mean turning direction up to 20 times until he gets it but it shows the dog that you are in charge and you are leading the way. And getting them to flush, well, I sort of showed my ESS where to go, tell him to go and he will follow a scent, then the rabbits/pheasants just come pelting out, I think they just pick it up. And for general training we took ours to training classes, they worked a treat. Need help with anything else just ask and I will try and help out, Ben Edited October 1, 2006 by Fishaben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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