Trutta wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:15 am
It makes no difference who mom and dad were I was just curious and what better place to ask than a gun dog forum. She has some really strong prey drive, but at this point she is so damaged that getting behind a gun ain’t going to happen for awhile. The best I can do is give her some skills and hopefully work her through some of her issues.
I hear you. I have an ex-foster that spent the winter pointing game farm pheasants for her new owners (when she wasn’t being dressed up by her new “mom”), a nice retired couple, and he’s asking me about training her for duck hunting. I spent my time potty training her and socializing her to do things like stairs.
Some of them your just trying to socialize and repair their mental health to the point they can be left alone and be a nice pet. I have one that I never could teach to sit...but he Had finer qualities that endeared him to his current home. Oddly enough that one was really steady and had a cool point though he worked at 40 yards the whole time; he also didn’t know how to swim. Walked off a dock and sank. Only time I ever swam to save a dog.
The funnest part of fostering is that everyone is a unique challenge and it’s on you to get them to where they’re adoptable to love with people.
