Dog Training

[denjac]

Ahh, the chewing to look forward to .

[Justin Spencer]

Richard Wolters books, Water Dog, Gun Dog, etc. are the best. I have trained several dogs including my current duck dog (Boykin Spaniel) using these books. Takes you from the day you get the dog (day 49) to a finished dog. The best part is you only spend 15-30 minutes per day training. You can take your dog as far as you want with the book, and my dog follows simple hand signals which comes in handy when he misses a mark. Start early and you will have no trouble. Each dog is different so you will have to go at your own pace and figure a few things out on your own, but I am confident that you will be thrilled with the finished product if you follow this book. I am far from an expert on dog training but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last night. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.

[ness]

Richard Wolters books, Water Dog, Gun Dog, etc. are the best. I have trained several dogs including my current duck dog (Boykin Spaniel) using these books. Takes you from the day you get the dog (day 49) to a finished dog. The best part is you only spend 15-30 minutes per day training. You can take your dog as far as you want with the book, and my dog follows simple hand signals which comes in handy when he misses a mark. Start early and you will have no trouble. Each dog is different so you will have to go at your own pace and figure a few things out on your own, but I am confident that you will be thrilled with the finished product if you follow this book. I am far from an expert on dog training but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last night. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.

x2

Timeless classics that I've used (loosely) on three Brittanies over the years.

[brother dave]

Richard Wolters books, Water Dog, Gun Dog, etc. are the best. I have trained several dogs including my current duck dog (Boykin Spaniel) using these books. Takes you from the day you get the dog (day 49) to a finished dog. The best part is you only spend 15-30 minutes per day training. You can take your dog as far as you want with the book, and my dog follows simple hand signals which comes in handy when he misses a mark. Start early and you will have no trouble. Each dog is different so you will have to go at your own pace and figure a few things out on your own, but I am confident that you will be thrilled with the finished product if you follow this book. I am far from an expert on dog training but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last night. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.

x 3 our chesapeake bay retriever (sandy bottom) is a year old today, got her at 12 weeks and with 10 minutes a day she has retrieved a dozen teal to date. Good luck with the training

[ness]

Oh -- and wait until the 7th week to separate from mom, according to Wolters and a bunch of others.

[bigredbirdfan]

Richard Wolters books, Water Dog, Gun Dog, etc. are the best. I have trained several dogs including my current duck dog (Boykin Spaniel) using these books. Takes you from the day you get the dog (day 49) to a finished dog. The best part is you only spend 15-30 minutes per day training. You can take your dog as far as you want with the book, and my dog follows simple hand signals which comes in handy when he misses a mark. Start early and you will have no trouble. Each dog is different so you will have to go at your own pace and figure a few things out on your own, but I am confident that you will be thrilled with the finished product if you follow this book. I am far from an expert on dog training but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last night. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.

X 4

[Mitch f]

I used to field trial labs, the electric collar in the hands of a professional is the best training tool going but I would not use it until you have been to school yourself. The precision of field trials requires the collar; but don't rule it out for hunting dogs either.

[FlyFishinFool]

Richard Wolters books, Water Dog, Gun Dog, etc. are the best. I have trained several dogs including my current duck dog (Boykin Spaniel) using these books. Takes you from the day you get the dog (day 49) to a finished dog. The best part is you only spend 15-30 minutes per day training. You can take your dog as far as you want with the book, and my dog follows simple hand signals which comes in handy when he misses a mark. Start early and you will have no trouble. Each dog is different so you will have to go at your own pace and figure a few things out on your own, but I am confident that you will be thrilled with the finished product if you follow this book. I am far from an expert on dog training but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last night. Good luck and keep us updated on your progress.

X5

I have used "Gun Dog" to train multiple German Shorthairs to work as pointing AND retrieving dogs.

I also agree with crate training - the crate becomes their safe area, for sleeping, etc.; they will often go there if they are scared by anything such as fireworks or even loud thunder.

[yeehaw]

x6

Here's gonna be your biggest problem......your dad. Training isn't overly difficult, it takes about 15 minutes a day of actual training. But the person that spends the most time around your dog has to be trained too. I've got several friends that are dog trainers and they can make a dog do some amazing things. I was floored after sending my dog to get trained by all the cool stuff she could do. Then I stood right by the trainer and tried to do things the exact same way and the dog was horrible. It wasn't that the dog would only work for the trainer, it was little things that I wasn't doing correctly. My commands weren't right, my hand signals weren't right, my body language wasn't right. So once we fixed that, things got better. The next hurdle though, was that I would let her get away with more than the trainer would. Things like creeping, not sitting straight, etc. Those small things snowballed into bigger things that had to be fixed later with the trainer. If your dad is gonna be the type that lets the dog lay on the couch, eat table scraps, treats the dog like a human, etc, then I wish you the best of luck. You might get lucky, you might not. Just do the best you can and hope for the best.

[exiledguide]

How did the dog training go?