Pup will not hunt, stays behind me all the time.

[Benny]

I spent a lot of money to get her trained now firts time in the field she will not leave my side or stays behind me.

She wasn't the only one this trip either, another pup did the same thing and he was trained by a big name trainer from Glenco area.

Any one else deal with this? And how did you get the pup to hunt?

Benny

[shanee]

First has the dog ever hunted for you or just the trainer? If the dog has not hunted for you it will just take some time. I recommend a gate bird. Get yourself a decoy bird, dokkins makes an injectable one, inject some scent into it and let the dog find it right when she/he gets into the feild. If she is used to the training feild then it might not understand she/he is supposed to hunt anywhere else. this gate bird will get her excited and she will get moving. If there was a group of people this will shy her away as well. Try taking her out with just two or three and get her used to hunting for you without other dogs in the feild. Think of that first hunt as the first day of Preschool, she has a long way to go still.

[Benny]

Thanks, I do believe that is the case. She will go out and run around in a field with just me or the trainer, but he was always throwing a dead bird of we were stopped and he would throw a dead bird and fire a blank round while the bird was in the air. We never did flush a planted bird that I know of.

Benny

[Cody Gruchow]

Well how old is she? you said she hasnt flushed a bird at all before? what kinda training did she go through exactly? i dont know why the trainer wouldnt of had her flushing birds, thats kinda a important part of it. she might be confused on what shes suppose to be looking for if she has never flushed a bird before.. young dogs do get intimadated when theres alot going on around them,(lots of people and other dogs) so they have a hard time understanding what they are suppose to do. lots of encouragement, with praises when she does do what shes suppose to. If you run a collar on her try not to use it, that could shut her down to, then they will just walk at heal.

[Benny]

Cody, I can't be sure if the trainer ever had her flush birds or not. When I was out there to help him work with her and a couple other dogs we just used live but tied mallard ducks. He would toss it in the weeds and I would shout " bird" then he shot a blank round off as the bird flew into the weeds.

Mya went in on command and searched for it till she found it just like I would expect her too.
We threw dumbies into the bull rushes and did the same thing.

On the land it was with dead birds but same thing again.

I talked with another guy who I had train my last dog, he thinks it was just to much going on for her first time out.
We had 17 guys and 8 dogs so there was a lot of different things going on and people handling their dogs too.

I am going to take her to a game farm and have a few birds tagged so I know where they released them and work her up to the tag so she gets to flush one or two.

Benny