Rody Report post Posted November 22, 2011 I have a black lab that is 4 months old, I would like to train her in some basic stuff and house trained. Eventually I would like to be able to take her hunting fetch some birds, not worry about her just taking off from camp etc. Any tips would be appricated. I have been reading online but any help or books that are good would be appricated. thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kninebirddog Report post Posted November 22, 2011 Biggest thing is be consistent Basic house training or any training always break down sessions to small steps and get success over and over...only through boring repetition can you make anything remotely a habit and any command needs follow through...so never give a command that you are in no position to follow through should your dog decide not to follow through on because you will only teach the dog that what you are saying or commanding means nothing also I love my dogs but generally hunting dogs should always be kept on a lead or retained specially at younger ages as you do not want them to learn how to just self hunt plus this leads to all sorts of problems....If everyone allows their animals to roam around at camp eventually you get where neighbors dog is in your camp or possibly causing problems with your dogs..So maintain your dog at camp..this is out of respect to all because loose dogs only can lead to potential problems and this is how laws are made and passed to stop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturegirl Report post Posted November 24, 2011 We have a 6 yo black lab. she does upland and ducks/dove. when she was about 6 mos old we had a guy in the west valley train her for 3 months. money well spent although I had a hard time letting her go. she's a great all around bird and family dog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
