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[yote man]

hey yall how ya been hows your duck season goin so sorry i havent been on latley been super busy with workin mon thru fri and duck hunting sat and sun so it has been a productive duck season for me and my dog teal ive gotten my share of greenheads and even a blue snow.....or an eagle head i think ive never heard of it here is a pic so bout my now 1 year old lab teal she is doin great even retrived that snow just latle she hasnt even wanted to leave my side like ive been working w her about walkin wo a leash and she stays close like right next to me but whean we went out wed she didnt even want to explore or go get the birds i dont get it she did not leave my side all day i know yall are out there any help am i bein too hard on her  1.jpg   19.07K   17 downloads

[peeker seeker]

Blue goose. Sounds like she is afraid to leave your side You over trained her to stay by you off leash .. take her out to some pond and teach her to retreave again..... Do not scold her.... Make it fun...

[CaseyU]

My dog is eight months old. and thats all they know at this point i'm sure you were teaching her heel and stay with you when your walking with her. so i'm sure she is doing the same when your out hunting when you want her pushing birds or workin out in front! don't worry! she is comftorable there. go play fetch with her in different areas like near some ponds or out away from anything just differ the situation and she will start to get more comftorable. I would be willing to bet by next duck season she will be killin it! she will be about the prime age to start being a hell of a dog and you will be happy! congrats on the blue! that's a trophy!

[yote man]

ya i have trained her to stay by me there is nothin worse than a dog that will runoff after a jack rabbit in ur way to ur pond or walk off with someone else and there dogs who are walkin the other way ya the blue was sweet its gettin mounted ive never even heard of one till my buddy saw it in a low flock at sutter refuge and told me to shoot it so i did then after he told me all about them and i got a bunch of complements comin out so i guess i got prett luckey

[tinhunter]

Like the others have said, you hammered her too much on heel. It's ok though, just go back to having fun with her and lay off the training for a bit and start using your release word to get her to go and play and have fun. After you get her used to hearing and obeying the release word again start going back to training, but stay away from heel for awhile. Maybe do some recall work and as soon as she comes in praise her and then give the release word and play time. Repeat this process a little bit until she gets comfortable coming in and going and having fun on the release word. When you go for walks don't keep her at heel, let her walk around and play, but give her a recall every so often to get her to come in during a walk and then release her with the command. She should get used to being comfortable walking with you out on her own, but still be reliable on recall which is more important than having her at heel all the time anyway.