2 yr old Field ESS and a bench bred one too!
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:55 am
Isabelle (See singature) is a field bred Springer Spaniel from a strong hunting background. Did you know rabbits could scream? Well they can because Izzie killed one and it screamed. Charley is my bench bred Springer Spaniel who is more of a lover (was beaten up by a baby bird... some bird dog). Anyways, I want to train Izzie (which shouldn't be an extremetly difficult task) to do field trials.
Retrieve: Yes, sometimes it turns into tug of war and keep away
Flush: The birds that live in my backyard are slowly becoming less and less.
Search: Never really taught her but her tail goes a million miles a minute when she finds an interesting scent
Offleash: 80/20 (20 percent of the time she is to distracted to be offleash).
Kills: over eight birds and one rabbit (okay so this isn't necessarily a good thing but she's never broke the skin!)
What are my next steps?
Retrieve: Yes, sometimes it turns into tug of war and keep away
Flush: The birds that live in my backyard are slowly becoming less and less.
Search: Never really taught her but her tail goes a million miles a minute when she finds an interesting scent
Offleash: 80/20 (20 percent of the time she is to distracted to be offleash).
Kills: over eight birds and one rabbit (okay so this isn't necessarily a good thing but she's never broke the skin!)
What are my next steps?