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I have a 3 year old male lab. I have never used him for hunting yet. I have been working with him for years on training, sit, stay, retrieving wings, and searching for wings on search command.
My concern is the boy is all energy. If I use a retrieve with a goose wing he is hopping up and down ready to do it again once he came and gave it up. Some times so excited he'll bark to get me to throw it again. He'll still listen to his sit and stay commands. I am worried that he will break for the first duck or goose that hits the ground from excitement and not wait until told to fetch it up. But when training he will sit and stare where that wing is until told to go but he is jumpy. If I clap my hands, bang a stick or anything he flinches wanting to go.
Am I worrying too much about how excited he gets since I have not truely hunt tested him?
Rob
My concern is the boy is all energy. If I use a retrieve with a goose wing he is hopping up and down ready to do it again once he came and gave it up. Some times so excited he'll bark to get me to throw it again. He'll still listen to his sit and stay commands. I am worried that he will break for the first duck or goose that hits the ground from excitement and not wait until told to fetch it up. But when training he will sit and stare where that wing is until told to go but he is jumpy. If I clap my hands, bang a stick or anything he flinches wanting to go.
Am I worrying too much about how excited he gets since I have not truely hunt tested him?
Rob