Forums46
Topics538,024
Posts9,731,992
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Need a little advice
#5432462
11/20/14 03:35 AM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695
USMC89
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695 |
I've got a 4 month old lab. He has been an inside dog since I got him at 8 weeks. He goes everywhere with me if I'm not working, then he is with my wife. I'm getting ready to crate train. Never did it because he's always with one or the both of us.
Is this a bad thing? I've talked to some other guys that say it is. They have trained their own duck dogs and said to leave him outside in a kennel. Do not mess with him unless you are training him. I bought him as a family dog and to duck hunt with. He loves to retrieve. I will take him out at least once a day and throw a bumper for him 4-5 times and he still wants to keep going but I stop because I don't want to push him to much. I'm gonna be sending him off in the next 2 month for professional training and wondering should I build a kennel for him to stay in before I send him to the trainer since he has always been inside?
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432511
11/20/14 03:57 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 514
maximumintensityretriever
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 514 |
Whoever told you that is not giving you very sound advice. You are doing just what you need to be doing with your pup, a lot of love and socialization.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432512
11/20/14 03:58 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 14,523
changedmyname
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 14,523 |
It doesn't matter at all.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432538
11/20/14 04:10 AM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695
USMC89
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695 |
Thanks y'all. Was just curious how he would adapt to being in a new place and never staying outside full time while he was with the trainers. Just want to make sure I'm doing everything right.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432823
11/20/14 01:27 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 4,367
kindall
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 4,367 |
I agree and wouldn't build a kennel, unless you want one. I don't consider crate training, the same as having a dog in a outside kennel. All of my dogs are crate trained (inside dog crates). Just makes it easier when you have a house full of guests, or your traveling.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden. Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432840
11/20/14 01:37 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 91,416
bill oxner
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 91,416 |
What some other guys say is a crock.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5432852
11/20/14 01:44 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,177
sallysue
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,177 |
My girl lives in the house and even sleeps in our bed . She does a great job when we hunt and we hunt a lot Plus my opion is when your with them 24/7 there in training all of that time
Last edited by sallysue; 11/20/14 01:50 PM.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: sallysue]
#5432922
11/20/14 02:18 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 4,367
kindall
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 4,367 |
My girl lives in the house and even sleeps in our bed . She does a great job when we hunt and we hunt a lot Plus my opion is when your with them 24/7 there in training all of that time One of mine sleeps under the covers, but don't have enough room in the bed for all 3 of them.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden. Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5433421
11/20/14 05:38 PM
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 349
Jordan A
Bird Dog
|
Bird Dog
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 349 |
Agree with everyone else. My girl was a spoiled brat as a baby. Slept in the bed all the time. She went off to training for 5 or so months and was fine. Now she is back and in the house all the time unless we are training.
“If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.” -William Maxwell
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5436160
11/22/14 01:38 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,014
Drahthaar
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,014 |
I agree, the more time they are with you the better. on a side note,before you send her to a trainer,a good book to read is Dick Walters water dog.it is a lot of fun training your own dog. 15 minutes a day. a hell of alot cheaper than a pro trainer. Forrest
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5437992
11/23/14 04:23 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,218
shooterwalter
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 2,218 |
Agree that your dog can be a family pet and a great gun dog. Just explain to all family members that they are to be pals and not trainer with the dog. You must be the Alpha creature in the dogs world. Get An E collar and use it ALWAYS when training, it helps the dogs hearing. Let me know if I can help.
www.poetryshootingclub.comGun Dog Training, Flighty Quail Guided/Unguided Quail Hunting Group Events/Parties 700 Yard Range CLOSE TO DALLAS Take a youth shooting 214-728-2755 By appointment always and you shoot in private.
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5443528
11/26/14 02:45 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,954
huntwest
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,954 |
Yep keeping your bird dog in the house is bad
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5444072
11/26/14 01:57 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,070
Ol_Yeller
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,070 |
I agree w/Huntwest...
"Duck hunter's minds are like concrete. All mixed up and permanently set."
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5444082
11/26/14 02:03 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 14,523
changedmyname
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 14,523 |
I wanna play
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5444196
11/26/14 03:06 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,427
RayB
red bone Bob
|
red bone Bob
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,427 |
Nope, no way a bird dog should be kept in the house
There is time, and you must take it, to lay your hand on your dog's head as you walk past him lying on the floor or on his settle, time to talk with him, to remember with him, time to please him, time you can't buy back once he's gone" GBE
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: Ol_Yeller]
#5444441
11/26/14 05:22 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,177
sallysue
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 3,177 |
I agree w/Huntwest... Now thats a great pic
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5444761
11/26/14 09:09 PM
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695
USMC89
OP
Tracker
|
OP
Tracker
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 695 |
He said it's a hard life
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5470454
12/11/14 03:17 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 15,502
reeltexan
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 15,502 |
Ours live outside. We have almost two acres on a major creek. I run the dogs five days a week for at least an hour. Both are finished bird dogs and we hunt constantly from the beginning of dove season until the end of quail- all over Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. We work them on pen raised birds as well. Lots of time together in the yard and in the field, that's the key to communication and great memories.
Best of luck to you and the new pup.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
|
|
|
Re: Need a little advice
[Re: USMC89]
#5482668
12/17/14 06:02 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7
SANDFLAT KENNELS/GUIDE
Green Horn
|
Green Horn
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7 |
Some of my best hunting dogs have lived inside. Crate training a dog is a good thing. It gives them a place that's all their own were they wont be bothered. On trips they get better rest for those long days in the field. At the hotel it gives them security when left in the room or truck. It keeps them in check so to speak.
BIRDDOGS FOR HIRE. Will guide you on your ranch in south or west Texas. Getting ground to guide you on if you don't have lease. Still working to find quality ranch with birds to give an abundance of shooting for your enjoyment. CLASS DOGS/CLASS HUNT
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), TreeBass, txcornhusker
|