young dogs

[Terra Firma 136]

as its a wide open question an no right or wrong anser youl get alot of difrent replys. im not one to "leave a pup be a pup, start working on it when its 12-18 months old". hear lots of lads do it this way. i belive get them out and about from day dot, let them see stock , socialize, get them out in motor urly aswell. i like to start basic training, ie siting, staying, retriving, from as urly as 10-12wks, the urlyer you programe the pup with comands, the easyer as it will get older, it will be like second nature. by the time a pup of mine has rached 7 or 8 months old, it will have been ferreting from 4months old, it will be stock broke, jumping, and all the other basic comands should all be upto scratch, if i think the pup is ready, and all the basics are spot on, i will then introduce it to the lamp , picking the runs very carefully, more often than not, holding back on slipping the pup, i like to get them wanting to chase, rather sicken them with running their feet off. anyway, hope thats enough you can take some advice from. all the best

 

That's sound advice there.