Forums46
Topics538,024
Posts9,732,013
Members87,055
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
Tara Fetching a Honker...
#7449016
03/04/19 12:48 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494
Guy
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494 |
Well she has not fetch one yet, but she is in training. She has completed her second hunting season, fetching about 100 ducks each season, but only 1 goose in that hunt, her first hunt 2018, I drop a big fat Canada and she would not pick it up, just overwhelmed her that big a bird. Took it home, tried to get her to fetch it, too much still. So I froze it, planned to teach her to fetch it in the off season but never worked on that, so her second season never shot a goose so good thing lol. So we worked on this today. The goose weighs 9 lbs 2oz in the freezer. Bought goose dokken, it weighs I think 4.5 lbs. She fetched that fine, so started adding weight in like 1.5 lb increments got it to over 8 lbs today. We almost there... Funny she has never gone in circles like that before, all that weight had her spinning a guess lol.
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7449177
03/04/19 05:16 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 12,348
Duck_Hunter
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 12,348 |
Looked like she was gonna throw a shot put.
She is a good looking dog, man. Great video.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7449224
03/04/19 12:23 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,289
bobcat1
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,289 |
Nice. Keep at it.
Bobby Barnett
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7449227
03/04/19 12:29 PM
|
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 5,198
Smokey Bear
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 5,198 |
Nice work Guy! On the really big honkers, finding the handle is the major obstacle for most dogs.
Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Smokey Bear]
#7465707
03/23/19 12:57 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494
Guy
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494 |
Nice work Guy! On the really big honkers, finding the handle is the major obstacle for most dogs. It wasn't easy smokey, but finally got her fetching it. 2 days in a row now, should be down hill from here. This is all she will fetch for the next week or so.
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7467462
03/24/19 10:05 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,510
tophorsecop
Pro Tracker
|
Pro Tracker
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 1,510 |
I see she used the neck as a handle...on the frozen goose. my black lab Raelette had trouble because she wanted to pick them up by the neck, then would trip over the goose. Thawed one out and then refroze it with one wing pulled away from the body...now she picks 'em all up, right at the wing/breast junction and looks like a pro...tell me that Tara is not spayed...I'd be interested in a pup a year or so from now...
"Guns don't kill people, Guns kill dinner!"
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: tophorsecop]
#7467487
03/24/19 10:28 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494
Guy
OP
THF Celebrity
|
OP
THF Celebrity
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 35,494 |
I see she used the neck as a handle...on the frozen goose. my black lab Raelette had trouble because she wanted to pick them up by the neck, then would trip over the goose. Thawed one out and then refroze it with one wing pulled away from the body...now she picks 'em all up, right at the wing/breast junction and looks like a pro...tell me that Tara is not spayed...I'd be interested in a pup a year or so from now... That 2nd retrieve was the first time I seen her pick it up from the back using the neck like that, normally she gets it on the breast. I might have to thaw out and refreeze like you did. This is all she is gonna fetch until she has this down. I'll finish her off with it all thawed out. We might do this for the next 2 weeks, see how it goes.
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7467754
03/25/19 01:11 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 922
TrackQuack
Tracker
|
Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 922 |
Having fun in the off season
|
|
|
Re: Tara Fetching a Honker...
[Re: Guy]
#7468289
03/25/19 02:37 PM
|
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 5,198
Smokey Bear
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 5,198 |
Nice work Tara! The most difficult part is accomplished. The more she handles them the more adept she will become. Most dogs either settle on the base of the wing or the back bone just below the wings. Determination has a lot to do with how well a dog learns to handle the big honkers.
Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|