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Convince me to train my dog to be a duck dog
Posted on 7/21/15 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/21/15 at 9:59 pm
This may sound ridiculous but here goes...
My wife got us a new yellow lab about 5 months ago (she's 7mo old now). She sold me on the idea of her being a duck dog and that's why I agreed to get a new pup. Anyway when she got home with the dog I found out it was a bright, bright white lab. She's turned a little yellow on the edges but for the most part she looks like a polar bear.
So my first dilemma is that she sticks out like a sore thumb in the woods.
Secondly, I've been trying to figure out ways to get a dog out to where I hunt and I've pretty much come to the conclusion that almost all the places I hunt are not conducive to having a dog with me. I wade in a lot of places with no real trees and I hunker in the grass (standing in water). I don't hunt from boats, or blinds, or any of that crap, just camo netting and grass most of the time. And while I do hunt the marsh I really spend most of my hunts in the swamp, where (in my opinion) a bright white dog is really going to stand out.
I had been training her semi-regularly but I've kind of lost heart after considering how much of a pain in the arse it's going to be to bring her and how much I'm going to second guess her being there when ducks flare on me.
Someone tell me I'm wrong and that I need to keep training this dog. At present I'm tempted to let her be a house dog.
My wife got us a new yellow lab about 5 months ago (she's 7mo old now). She sold me on the idea of her being a duck dog and that's why I agreed to get a new pup. Anyway when she got home with the dog I found out it was a bright, bright white lab. She's turned a little yellow on the edges but for the most part she looks like a polar bear.
So my first dilemma is that she sticks out like a sore thumb in the woods.
Secondly, I've been trying to figure out ways to get a dog out to where I hunt and I've pretty much come to the conclusion that almost all the places I hunt are not conducive to having a dog with me. I wade in a lot of places with no real trees and I hunker in the grass (standing in water). I don't hunt from boats, or blinds, or any of that crap, just camo netting and grass most of the time. And while I do hunt the marsh I really spend most of my hunts in the swamp, where (in my opinion) a bright white dog is really going to stand out.
I had been training her semi-regularly but I've kind of lost heart after considering how much of a pain in the arse it's going to be to bring her and how much I'm going to second guess her being there when ducks flare on me.
Someone tell me I'm wrong and that I need to keep training this dog. At present I'm tempted to let her be a house dog.
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Posted on 7/21/15 at 10:06 pm to gorillacoco
Your wrong and you need to keep training this dog
Posted on 7/21/15 at 10:11 pm to gorillacoco
I hunt out of blinds and boats . Keep training her and when she's ready I will take her . I promise to send pictures and take great care of her ...
Posted on 7/21/15 at 10:11 pm to gorillacoco
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I've pretty much come to the conclusion that almost all the places I hunt are not conducive to having a dog with me.
Seems like you've answered your own question.
Posted on 7/21/15 at 10:42 pm to gorillacoco
They make camo vest for dogs nowadays. They work good.
A dog makes a hunt so much more fun to me.
A dog makes a hunt so much more fun to me.
Posted on 7/21/15 at 10:45 pm to gorillacoco
Pic of wife. I mean dog.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 4:31 am to bbvdd
quote:
They make camo vest for dogs nowadays. They work good.
Only if you put face paint on them.....
Posted on 7/22/15 at 5:38 am to gorillacoco
Why put yourself or the dog in a position to hate each other. If you have been hunting without a dog and have no desire to hunt with a dog don't do it. Go play frisbee and like your dog. He doesn't have to be a hunting dog. This comes from someone who has had many dogs the past 25 years and trained a lot more.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 7:20 am to gorillacoco
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Anyway when she got home with the dog I found out it was a bright, bright white lab. She's turned a little yellow on the edges but for the most part she looks like a polar bear.
This is bs. Lots of guys hunt with light yellow labs - it's not an issue. Even without a camo vest, this just isn't an issue.
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Secondly, I've been trying to figure out ways to get a dog out to where I hunt and I've pretty much come to the conclusion that almost all the places I hunt are not conducive to having a dog with me.
Then you have to decide if you like having your dog with you enough to find spots that ARE conducive to bringing a dog. She could help a lot in the marsh too fwiw. Even if you don't hunt there most of the time, you may find that once you do hunt with her in the marsh that you make more of an effort to hunt places that you can bring her. It's a totally different level of enjoyment to the hunt.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:08 am to gorillacoco
You're doing your dog a huge disservice by training her semi-regularly. You can't train her half a$$ and expect to hold her to a standard.
Either train her consistently or let her enjoy being a family pet.
Either train her consistently or let her enjoy being a family pet.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:08 am to The Last Coco
lets see this white pup
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:32 am to oleyeller
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:34 am to gorillacoco
like that color
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:34 am to gorillacoco
Don't train it
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:41 am to Carson123987
No one likes an untrained dog around the house that jumps on you and barks all the time and wont follow commands.
Train the dog for your families benefit.
Train the dog for your families benefit.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:43 am to eyepooted
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No one likes an untrained dog around the house that jumps on you and barks all the time and wont follow commands.
Train the dog for your families benefit.
Oh yeah I am definitely "house training" her: poop outside, not get on the furniture, not jump on people, sit and wait for her food, etc etc etc. When I said training I meant fetching, following hand signals, blind retrieves, etc.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 8:46 am to Carson123987
Find a training program that you like and stick to it. Mike Lardy, Bill Hillman, Robert Milner, Evan Graham all have tons of material out there. There's also a guy on YouTube named Freddy King who has a free 27 video series.
I'm 9 months into training my first hunting dog. We spend 5-10 hours a week training. I must say that I have found it to be very rewarding.
I'm 9 months into training my first hunting dog. We spend 5-10 hours a week training. I must say that I have found it to be very rewarding.
This post was edited on 7/22/15 at 8:48 am
Posted on 7/22/15 at 9:02 am to The Last Coco
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Lots of guys hunt with light yellow labs - it's not an issue. Even without a camo vest, this just isn't an issue.
I disagree. My buddy hunts with a pretty much White Lab and we hunt some spots that we have to set him on a Avery stand. We try like hell to get in good cover where they can't see him but our hunts tend to suffer when we take him. At first I was like you, not an issue, but after several seasons, it has become a pattern. They don't exactly flare, they just tend to work weird and not commit.
Posted on 7/22/15 at 10:29 am to MWP
Once you start hunting with a dog you trained, you will never want to go without it. Very rewarding, and you form a bond that only you and the dog will share. If you take it in many different situations, you will be surprised at how the dog will adapt to them. Get a stand, and get the dog used to getting on it.
And I am one of the people that don't agree with the "ducks don't flare from a dog" group. If ducks don't flare from a light colored dog, lay a white sheet beside you next time and see how that affects them. It will move even less than a dog, and it will damn sure flare ducks. Camouflage the dog however you like (vest, face paint, etc) and don't worry about the jabronis that make fun of that.
Enjoy your dog!
And I am one of the people that don't agree with the "ducks don't flare from a dog" group. If ducks don't flare from a light colored dog, lay a white sheet beside you next time and see how that affects them. It will move even less than a dog, and it will damn sure flare ducks. Camouflage the dog however you like (vest, face paint, etc) and don't worry about the jabronis that make fun of that.
Enjoy your dog!
Posted on 7/22/15 at 10:30 am to MWP
I hunt with my black lab in the rice fields. Slap a vest on him and put him a dog box and everything goes just fine. They make plenty of gear these days to conceal dogs.
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