Training a pup

[Guest world.hunters]

as some of u may know im getting my pup in a couple of week i think ill make a good job of training the pup and have watched purdeys progress over and over, im thinking of basically following this dvd but what is other peoples thoughts on this???? also if there is anythink anyone would like to add about training please feel free to do so

 

 

cheers

[Royston2 0]

Just dont over do it mate puppies can get bored very easily sometimes your`ll feel you havent done enough but the pups showing signs of getting bored just leave it for that sesion

[dickyboy 1]

As royston says!

 

never get angry and shout at it, just walk away....i'm struggling with this at the moment....i had my dog retreiving pigeons did it several days running 4th day didn't want to know would walk over to it then f**k off, i was fuming and then realised i was nearly screaming at him to do it so had to walk in before i throttled him! had been making it a game and always left him wanting more so for time being back to dummies in the daytime with treats and play

 

 

Darcy had a thread the other day that showed how to do it

 

and i like jackie drakefords book Understanding the working lurcher.... read it, very good

[Sorley x 32]

All good sound advice.

 

I would ad don't expect too much too soon. and forget what you read on here in terms of dogs doing xyz at 4 months.

 

Go at it slowly, you have that dog for years so don't worry.

 

Good luck to you and hope to see pics and read updates on here as you go along.

 

[maty j 6]

im no expert and have just got my first lurcher and she's now allmost 11 month old but one thing ill add is the early socialisation. i dont think it says enough about it in the dvd and thats were i messed up. she will accept slow moving trafic but doesnt like the fast stuff, even the noise sends her a bit scittish. another thing is the socialising with other dogs. it was the same dogs my pup saw all the time so didnt mind them but others, especially bigger than her she wasnt happy about. luckily her confidence seems to have gone up now and accepts them even went up to one of my mates labs today trying to get it to play. and be prepared to ask a fair few questions when things go wrong

Edited March 16, 2007 by maty j

[Guest world.hunters]

i have a german shepherd, so he will be able to socialise with her and also other peoples dogs i know. thanks for the support and advice lads ill keep you up to date with her progress.

 

 

cheers

[dickyboy 1]

yeah forgot about socialisation while writing my last post........very important take her everywhere town, buses trains, parks dog, policemen bikes everything you can think of the more she sees the more she will generalise..............where my dog came from was quite remote compared to where i live so he didn't see enough for life down here, at 2yrs hes just starting to not bother about every dog he sees he used to get over the top with every dog and i see maybe 20-30 ppl when out walking for 1 hour