Training dog for hunting

The appearance of a puppy in the house brings a lot of joy and hassle. Watching an animal is quite fascinating. However, since you start it not only for fun, but also so that when he becomes an adult, you can use him as an assistant on the hunt – you need to properly educate him. And the education of a puppy, especially a hunting dog breed, must be dealt with by one person. Even if you have a large family – the owner must have one.

Dogs do not understand human speech, but they perceive the intonation of the voice, a different reaction to the behavior of the dog in different people can cause the latter to be perplexed. Why does one punish a misdemeanor and the other forgive? As a result, trust can be lost altogether, and the animal will grow cowardly, malicious and withdrawn, unwilling to perform even the most elementary commands. That is why the puppy needs to be brought up in affection and rigor from the first days of his appearance in the house, giving him enough of your attention, teaching him different commands …

Often from the owners of puppies you can hear the words of bewilderment – why should they bring a puppy, if they are not going to participate with their pet in competitions. The dog needs them just for hunting. However, a hunting dog simply must be educated. Otherwise, the lack of upbringing will sooner or later make itself felt, and will give you a lot of trouble during the hunt. The dog will break out, run away, bark other dogs, chase after the poultry … There will be no sense from it.

How to train a hunting dog

Regardless of the breed of your puppy, you should be attentive to him, look at the peculiarities of his character in order to use them in the process of education. Each command will need to be pronounced with a special intonation, if necessary accompanied by gestures, conditional signals.

The execution of the team requires mandatory encouragement in the form of a piece of meat, crackers or simple stroking.

Do not ask the same thing from the dog many times – the puppy can simply get bored of executing commands and he will stop doing it. However, to allow a pet to ignore your voice and call to action is also not right. The team, if it is uttered by you, must be fulfilled. This is necessary to develop the skills of absolute obedience.

At the initial stage of training, it is enough to repeat 1 team 2-4 times a day. When you go to the next team, it’s important not to forget to repeat the first one. It is best to conduct such training in the open air, after the puppy has plenty of exercise and will be able to concentrate. Do not forget to stock up on encouraging treats for him – they will help you achieve better obedience from the puppy.

Begin to teach the puppy commands need from 2-3 months. The sequence of training for teams should be as follows:

Accustoming to the place – the team “in place” or “place”, and cleanliness,
The execution of the “impossible” command,
“Take”, “me” and “side by side”, “sit”, “lie down”, “give”, “look” – action teams…

The process of training

How to teach a puppy to the place

If the puppy has a permanent and convenient place – you have equipped a comfortable booth for him – it will not be difficult to accustom him to the place. To do this, take him away after a walk to the place, and several times repeating the command, get him to stay in place.

How to teach a puppy to ask in the street

If the puppy temporarily lives in the house – often there is a problem with the toilet. He can leave puddles, especially at the first time. Punishing him for it is not worth it. Just observe his behavior, and when he begins to show signs of anxiety – release him into the yard or take a walk. Gradually, the puppy will develop a reflex, and he will ask to go outside.

Toys for the dog and learning while playing

A puppy must have toys. It can be a tennis ball, a corrugated rubber hose … They are necessary for the dog to be able to train his jaws and teeth. Thus, you will save your shoes and property from damage. The puppy should play without your help. And if you participate in the game – do not tear off his toy, tease or anger.

Already in the process of the game you can teach the puppy commands “to me”, “give”, “take” and many others. But first, try to teach the puppy to wear a soft and light collar.

Training teams “take”, “can not”

With the help of a collar, you will be able to teach “take” and “not” commands during the puppy’s play. To do this, you can hold the puppy by the collar, saying “you can not” or pushing it to something, practicing the “take” command. Exercise should be repeated until the puppy learn how to execute the commands.

Teaching the team “give”

In a few days, when the puppy learn to perform the first team, you can go to the training team “give”. To do this, saying the word of the team, it is necessary to affectionately and at the same time insistently take away from the puppy his toy, bone or other object. Each time for the performance of the puppy’s command, one should praise, caress, and the object taken from him after a while can be returned to him. It is important that daily repetitions of the exercise help you achieve obedient obedience on the part of the dog. She should give you even the most delicious piece.

After this, all puppies mastered by the puppy are practiced with him during the game. Throwing the ball, you can say “take”. Having got carried away playing with you in the ball, the puppy will necessarily bring it to you. This case should be used to fix the “give” command. Try to take away the ball, then throw it again and ask again to give it away. This is the meaning of the game. Over time, throw the ball away and caress and delicacy, get more and more precise execution of this team.

In the future, the hunting dog will have to give you the shot squirrel without fail, according to the same command, it will serve you from the water of dead or wounded ducks. Therefore, the “give” command needs constant repetition by a puppy and even an adult dog.

Diversify the conditions for this command. For example, during a walk in hot summer throw into the pond or into the river stick. Instigate to take, and then, when the dog reaches for the stick, make it perform the “give” command, and do not forget to pat her on the withers, treat him with a delicacy.

Training team “to me”

The team “to me” needs to teach the puppy to perform by voice, conditional whistle and gesture. In the latter case, simultaneously with the sound signal, you need to turn your face towards the puppy, slap your palm against your thigh. When the puppy is walking and something is carried away, it is better to call him first by the nickname, which he assimilates in the first months of his life. It is most convenient to teach the team “to me” holding the puppy on a leash. In this case, you command, and, pulling the puppy by the leash, direct it towards you. When he comes to you, praise him, caress him, then release him, and after a while, repeat the command.

First complicate the command, extending the leash with a nylon cord. When it becomes confident that the puppy will clearly perform this command in any conditions, unfasten the leash and fix the execution of the command by repeating it without a leash and a lace.

Teaching teams to “sit” and “lie down”

A disciplined hunting dog should quickly execute your commands “sit” and “lie down”. There are different ways to teach dogs to do them.

When ordering the command to “sit”, gently pull the puppy behind the collar with his free hand while pressing down on the croup. When the puppy sits down, pet him, treat him, repeating the command, make him stay for a while in this position. Gradually make the puppy sit longer. Then complicate the command with a gesture. To do this, simultaneously with the voice command, standing facing the puppy, raise the right elongated arm forward to the level of the shoulders, bend it at the elbow. Further complicating this command should be to increase the distance between the puppy and you. Even located tens of meters away from you, the dog should be able to clearly perform this command.

The command “lie down” is of particular importance for the cops, since it is the dog that can hold the dog after the bird takes off and during the shot.

To accustom the puppy to the command “lie down”, it is necessary at the time when he sits, lightly press on his withers, and raise his free paws with his free hand and pull out his front paws. The gesture for this team is raised forward at shoulder level and then quickly lowered down the hand. Complication of the team also goes first by prolonging the time of its execution, and then with increasing the distance from the owner to the dog.

Training team “look”

It is very easy to teach the puppy how to fulfill the “look” command. To do this, prepare small boiled cubes of meat in advance. Show this cube to the puppy, let it sniff it, and then, if possible, with an inconspicuous movement, hide it behind your back or nearby and repeat the command until the puppy learns how to easily execute this command, force him to look for the various preliminaries shown to him objects, and give meat only as a reward for diligence.

Training team “near”

One of the most difficult commands is “near”. The temperament of dogs, their constant interest in everything around them, prevents them from carrying on this command without resentment. Therefore, for training the puppy it is necessary to resort to a strict collar – with metal teeth directed to the dog’s neck. And sometimes to the whip.

A puppy of the already accustomed to walk on a leash is led by the left leg, saying “near”, and at the same time keeps it from jerking forward. Feeling that the puppy is walking next to him calmly, pulling the leash is not necessary, on the contrary, it should be encouraged by delicacy or affection.

If the puppy pulls the leash, it is necessary to precipitate it. But most often do not help either tightly tied leash, or detachment, the puppy still tears forward. Then you need to gently slap him in the face and swing the whip in front of him. If this method also does not help, you should put a strict collar on it and drive it near the left foot next to the fence or the wall of the house, without forgetting about the whip. When he finally begins to execute this command without a murmur and will walk at the foot, without pulling on the leash, you need to unbutton it.

Do not forget to make the puppy walk nearby every day during walks.

Doing this team will save you from unpleasant encounters with passers-by, attempts to rush after a pet. The ability to walk at the owner’s foot is one of the surest signs of dog breeding.

How to disaccustom a dog to run to strangers

Hunting dogs are mostly trusting to people, and even to strangers. They should not be spiteful to a person, but excessive gullibility is also harmful. Because of her, the dog can suffer. Therefore, it is important that the animal knows only its owner and the members of the family in which it lives. She should run close only to people who are familiar to her. It is possible to exclude the dog from running to the first caller in the following way.

Ask someone to help you in raising a puppy, let him run around the yard, and then let your friends call him. When the puppy runs to the call, call him and you. And your friend at this time, let him whip the puppy and drive him away from himself. The puppy will run to your call, and you will caress him and treat him. Repeat this exercise until your pupil has grown unaccustomed to run up close to strangers.

How to teach a dog to change direction

It is a puppy, and not an adult dog, that is easier to teach during walks to run in the directions indicated by you. This will largely depend on the success of your hunting, not only with the hack, but with the dog, and even the hound. Lengthening the cord with a ten-meter lead for 10-15, go out with the puppy to the meadow or into the field, give him the opportunity to run for the length of the leash, and then with a whistle and wave of the hand indicate a new direction of movement. After this, it is worth to pull the puppy leash and most to go to the side that you indicated. The puppy will rush for you and soon drive you away. Loose it again for the length of the leash and change the movement again, pre-whistling and showing direction. Move forward to the end of the field or meadow zigzagging or shuttle and make also, but somewhat ahead of you, move the puppy.

Usually dogs easily and quickly learn this training, and soon you can unfasten the leash. Everyone who sees how, by your whistle and wave of the hand, the dog is rapidly changing the direction of movement, will envy the training of your pet. From the side it will even seem that an invisible thread is stretched between you and the dog. A whistle, a wave of the hand and a dog change course…

Later, you can try to combine this move with the “Find” command. Let the dog go ahead, throw an object that was previously shown to her and give the command. Going in search of a shuttle, she will find this object, and you will praise her and treat him with a delicacy.

Conclusion

Unforgettable hunting is pleasant with a well-bred and trained dog. After all, you, as a hunter, know the habitats of this or that game. You will be able to bring in a spot like that, and let it go in search of grouse for broodstocks. Your assistant will carefully and beautifully, at a rapid pace, be able to examine everything ahead, and that will slow the course, become silent in the rack and show you where the birds hid.

Hunting with trained dog is a real pleasure. While using a non-trained pet on the hunt can only do much harm. The animal scares ahead of itself and in the district all game. Therefore, if you decide to purchase a hunting dog from a good pedigree parent, take time to bring up and train it, otherwise only pedigree data will not be enough.