Trapperkid
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- Jan 22, 2021
So I’ve been training my dog so I could start teaching him to be a bird dog but how do you keep a dog from just eating the bird he retrieves a duck shaped toy very well but he wants to eat any dead birds he finds
He tries to eat it as soon as he gets to it.Could possibly try teaching an "off" command. My lab is conditioned that when I say off she stops trying to do whatever she is doing which is mostly trying to eat stuff.
Does your dog bring the dead bird back to you and tries eating it later or does it start trying to eat when it gets to it on a retrieve?
Force fetch but make sure he is ready for that step and find a good program to follow.He tries to eat it as soon as he gets to it.
Watch the youtube video I linked to you.Ok I’ve heard the term force fetch several times and I thought I knew what it was but now I’m not so sure could someone tell me
Ok he’s about twelve weeks old he sits lays down stays when I throw the bumper( idk if you could call it that )until I tell him “get it” and he always runs out grabs it and brings it back but doesn’t always let it go right when I want but he’s getting better about that too. But with the bird i don’t know if he really was trying to eat it or just trying to get a better bite on it but then when I finally got him to come toward me he ran past me and tried to keep it for himself when I finally it one side of the bird was a little squished.I didn’t see you mentioned this yet but how old is your dog and what bread? By knowing that could make a whole world of difference with how someone could offer advice. Meaning young pup I think you can do the training. Older dog who has this repeated behavior (or exposure) for awhile, I’d suggest seeking assistance from an expert. Big difference here.
Also, by eating it, do you mean actually trying to consume it or does the dog have a “hard mouth” and just bites on it to what appears to be trying to consume? That’s another piece of info that could be beneficial.
Welll holy freakin crap!!!!!Ok he’s about twelve weeks
I’m not trying to ruin the dog he just learned very fast so I thought I’d move fast with him I apologize if I was doing something wrong I’ve not ever trained any dogs before I just know he learned what I’ve taught him so far very fast.Welll holy freakin crap!!!!!
Pump the damn brakes dude! What ever you're doing now, STOP!
There is such a thing as working tooo fast.
Have you trained bird dogs before???
I'm not trying to be a dick, but I definitely need to know what your experience level is, because if your concerned over what you posted about with a freaking puppy I have serious concerns about you breaking the dog before it even starts enjoying field work.