To Old?

[ekoog82]

At what age is it to late to train your dog? I have an almost 2 year old female that I got as a pup with the intentions of training her. Life got busy and I am at a place now where I have more time. Before I start working up to get her in the field, is it to late to make a good bird dog out of her?

[crazyboy]

Plenty of time!

[Xhipi1]

i dont think its ever too late. I mean if the dog is close to death and cant walk then your out of luck there but at 2 years old she still has the mental capability of learning new things. As long as she has a hunting bloodline, its going to be wired in her since birth. teaching her to hunt will be easy, teaching her not to hunt now thats going to be hard.

[ekoog82]

well now I get re-wright my christmas list.... thanks a lot... LOL

I assume just start with the basics??

[Xhipi1]

does she come from a hunting background? i would start of with just the basic commands like here, heel fetch etc and then introducing her to birds. like show her a pigeon, let her smell it and let the pigeon go she should chase after it then from there plant a couple and see what she does. just go slow and take your time.

[ekoog82]

Yes she has a hunting back ground, father came from windswept in Missouri if I’m not mistaken.

Both parents were bird dogs, but the breeder was more of a duck hunter so they did more retrieving.

she is good on her here command but I need to reinforce it

[cole.nelson782]

I just got a new 3 year old and I just started train him and he is learning quicl!!

[ekoog82]

Cole sounds cool, good luck with him.

Thanks for the encouragement

[ezzy333]

When you start training you just have a 2 yr old puppy. Srart at the beginnibg and move up as the dog is ready.

Ezzy

[ekoog82]

Thanks Ezzy, will do. I am going to watch some of the dvds I picked up again to refresh myself.

[cole.nelson782]

Your welcome i think that you will be surprised at how fast they will pick it up even at a older age. I know that I sure was and I got the dog at 3. And we haven't even been together very long.

[MinneapolisMatt]

I got a rescue lab/shepard mix at age 7 and although he was never much of a hunting dog he learned a ton of obedience commands without much work.