Hunting Dog Training Chewing And Barking

Recently in an article on gundogmag.com an article by Ed Harry answered the questions of some concerned hunting dog owners about hunting dog training. These where the problems of chewing, bolting and chronic barking.

Chewing

Chewing is frequent in mostly puppies and is usually genetically determined, another important reason to get a dog with good parents that have strong hunting dog training. Other causes of chewing include:

· Incorrect primary and/or secondary socialization

· Lack of exposure to challenging experiences, and hence boredom

A question was asked about a GSP that is nearing six months. It is showing to be keen during hunting dog training as it is already after birds but he is chewing up beds, couches, toilet paper, you name it.

It is natural for puppies to chew things until they are 6 or 7 months old as they are replacing baby teeth. What you need to be careful of is reinforcing this behaviour. When the hunting dog is busy chew everything don’t run over to it and fuss, instead stop the behaviour and replace whatever they are chewing with something they would prefer such as a toy. This will stop the hunting dog from associating attention to chewing the things you don’t want them to which could only reinforce the habit.

So ignore the chewing or ripping, act like nothing is going on and give your pup a rawhide bone to chew or a soft chew toy that squeaks to get his attention away from the unwanted chewing he was doing.

Barking Problems

The second question in the article spoke about a new three-month-old Brittany pup. The owner asked when it was safe to put a bark collar on a pup and not mess up later when hunting dog training begins.

Bark collars should be steered clear of till sexually mature at around six or seven months, when the bark is deeper and it has stopped the playful puppy yapping. Then it would be wise to purchase a shock collar with about six different intensities such as Dogtra YS300 Yapper Stopper. This collar also has a warning shock which warns the hunting dog before ramping up the intensity and can be very useful when hunting dog training.

The hunting dog will rapidly realize what the warning means and will stop on it, not waiting for the bigger shock. This means the hunting dog will get trained with minimum shock and distress for the hunting dog.

James

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1. Why Won’t My Hunting Dog Listen To Me?
2. Dont Forget The Basics Of Hunting Dog Training
3. Top Types Of Hunting Dog: Make Training A Breeze
4. Training Your Hunting Dog To Avoid Snakes
5. Ideas on Hunting Dog Training

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