I have a 1 yr old yellow lab. She does great on Retrieving bumpers but will not pick up a Duck of Pheasant? I work her in the yard with bumpers and then threw her a Duck I had shot that day. She ran to it sniffed it and then refused to pick it up. I can call her back and throw a bumper, she brings it right back??
This past week we hunted Ducks. She did great in the field, stayed steady, marked a Greenhead that I dropped. She ran out to it and grabbed it by the wing. It twitched and she dropped it. Then wouldn't pick it up again. Later from the levee I would throw a bird into the water. She would mark it and go to it. If it was in deep water where she had to swim she would retrieve it and bring it to hand. If I tossed the Duck onto land or shallow water she would go to it and leave it alone???
Couple days later I took her to a club and we shot Pheasants. It was a tough day for scent but she still found them, flushed them, and would not retrieve them? Some of the birds would not fly. When she bumped them they would run. She was all over them until they stopped running. She would not pick them up???
Is it time for force fetching or some other drills to get her to retrieve feathers???
Thanks,
Jeff
This past week we hunted Ducks. She did great in the field, stayed steady, marked a Greenhead that I dropped. She ran out to it and grabbed it by the wing. It twitched and she dropped it. Then wouldn't pick it up again. Later from the levee I would throw a bird into the water. She would mark it and go to it. If it was in deep water where she had to swim she would retrieve it and bring it to hand. If I tossed the Duck onto land or shallow water she would go to it and leave it alone???
Couple days later I took her to a club and we shot Pheasants. It was a tough day for scent but she still found them, flushed them, and would not retrieve them? Some of the birds would not fly. When she bumped them they would run. She was all over them until they stopped running. She would not pick them up???
Is it time for force fetching or some other drills to get her to retrieve feathers???
Thanks,
Jeff