How to Teach Your Dog To Retrieve

Watching a well trained hunting dog is a intricate display of handler communication and obedient dog. With a little bit of knowledge almost anyone can teach their hunting dog how to find and retrieve birds. You should first consider teaching your dog obedience so that they respect you. It is one of the most import things to do when training your dog. It is very important for their to be trust between owner and dog. If your dog is a little behind in this area you must spend time working with them. Getting your dog to be well trained doesn't just happen. You can consult books like Dog Training Retreivers and Pointing Dogs by Jason Smith.

You will have to invest in some training tools once your dog is obedience trained and you plan to start their hunting training. Retrieving dummies are a non-bird specific shape and can be a great way to begin to get your dog to retrieve. You can start by simply playing fetch with it. This should be a fun activity for your dog. A pheasant dummy and training sent can later be introduced to teach them how to find birds. This begins to draw your dog’s attention to a specific smell along with a shape. You even drag your dummy across the ground and hide it without your dog watching. You can then release the dog and show him the track.

A training collar is a great purchase when you start to consider hunting. Some dogs require strong stimulus to make sure they pay attention to their owners when they get on the bird trail. A training collar is a good way to interrupt their drive and call them back in. It makes for a great safety purchase for your dog. Pointers, retrievers, labs, and other hunting dogs love to do what comes natural for them.

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