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chewing on pigeons
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:59 pm
by drake handler
I have a 8 month old lab. And he chews on the pigeons every chance he gets. He also jumps up and tries to take them out of my hands no matter what I do. Any advice would be very helpful.
Re: chewing on pigeons
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:14 am
by gonehuntin'
OBEDIENCE, OBEDIENCE, OBEDIENCE!!! There is no reason that dog should be allowed to jump on you. Obedience comes first, then the pigeon problem. It sounds like you are in dire need of a training program. Before going further I would suggest the Evan Graham series. Evan comes on here and answers questions you may have. Fowl Dawgs is also very good too.
Re: chewing on pigeons
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:28 am
by birdshot
now that he has been introduced to birds i would stop using them until he has been forced trained. force training him will develop the proper hold you want with birds. get some of the knobby plastic bumpers and us them in your retrieve work.