Any got any tips on dog training?
[It looks like we'll be getting an 8 week old chocolate lab.
Sire comes from a gun dog background, Drakeshead in Lancashire, KC registered, good hip test [3/3], eye test. No elbow test that I know of.
Dont know much about bitch yet.]
What are the basics I need to begin with? Whats the best way to train him?
He'll be a family pet, [and I want him to be a bit of a free spirit] but I also want to take him out with me, when I go fishing, canoeing, camping, etc.....
So I need him to be obedient.
If he sees sheep/cows riverside, when Im fishing, I dont want him running after them. I want him out of the water, riverside, quiet, behaved.
Does anyone take their dog/retriever, air rifle hunting/bunnying?
Thanks.
[It looks like we'll be getting an 8 week old chocolate lab.
Sire comes from a gun dog background, Drakeshead in Lancashire, KC registered, good hip test [3/3], eye test. No elbow test that I know of.
Dont know much about bitch yet.]
What are the basics I need to begin with? Whats the best way to train him?
He'll be a family pet, [and I want him to be a bit of a free spirit] but I also want to take him out with me, when I go fishing, canoeing, camping, etc.....
So I need him to be obedient.
If he sees sheep/cows riverside, when Im fishing, I dont want him running after them. I want him out of the water, riverside, quiet, behaved.
Does anyone take their dog/retriever, air rifle hunting/bunnying?
Thanks.
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