Ha! consider me corrupted. The tall grass drill and the hunt drive I would say she haves. When I throw a tennis ball with the Chuck it into our hilly 20 acre field, it can really take some odd twists and turns and get buried. She will hunt and circle and hunt again till she finds it. It may take 5 minutes but she will search. I usually try to guide her with "Nope" or an excited "Find it, find it, find it" when she is close (If i know where it is>probably would NOT want to do this for training,but I have not been trying to train her for such work. I just thought she might be a candidate so I asked you guys for help. Her nerve is okay. If she hesitates to do something, she will move forward with my leadership; ie first time I took her up to automatic doors. BW
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I usually try to guide her with "Nope" or an excited "Find it, find it, find it" when she is close (If i know where it is>probably would NOT want to do this for training,but I have not been trying to train her for such work. I just thought she might be a candidate so I asked you guys for help. Her nerve is okay. If she hesitates to do something, she will move forward with my leadership; ie first time I took her up to automatic doors. BW
I would let her hunt and not guide her or she may begin to rely on you helping her.
A "good girl" or "good hunt" (or whatever you want your search command to be) once or twice is fine, this will let her know that she is doing what you want.
Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
I'm new to this board so forgive me if I'm doing anything incorrectly. I have a 6 mo. old German Shepherd that the trainer has described as having relentless ball drive & high hunt & prey drive. The dog has wonderful temperament but mouthing & jumping are a big problem. I babysit my grandsons age 3 & 4. The dog wants to play with them but she is too rough. I have been told by 3 trainers/breeders that a dog with this type of drive would never do well as family pet even with obedience training. We have a large family, we're together often, & our 5 grandchildren are not "couch potatoes". They scream & play as children do. We love the dog but my family comes 1st. Our dog's dad is a schutzhund champion so its bred into her. I need help making the decision as to whether or not to keep her. Any advice would be helpful!
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The best thing for this post would be to start a new topic.
I would put it in General Dog Conversation.
Go to the top of the page and click Forum List and then click GDC, then click Options and Create New Topic.
Your post may be missed since it is in a different members thread.
I am sure you will get a lot of very good advice and help on how to have your dog and family co-exist well. Let's go that route before you start thinking that you may need to rehome her since it sounds like you would rather keep her.
Until The Tale of the Lioness is told, the Story will Always Glorfy the Hunter
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Carol, THANK YOU for helping Wanda to start a new thread.
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I usually try to guide her with "Nope" or an excited "Find it, find it, find it" when she is close (If i know where it is>probably would NOT want to do this for training,but I have not been trying to train her for such work. I just thought she might be a candidate so I asked you guys for help. Her nerve is okay. If she hesitates to do something, she will move forward with my leadership; ie first time I took her up to automatic doors. BW
I would let her hunt and not guide her or she may begin to rely on you helping her.
A "good girl" or "good hunt" (or whatever you want your search command to be) once or twice is fine, this will let her know that she is doing what you want.
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