Ya know IM even getting interested in duck hunting just reading about all this.
I had a Golden retriever I got as a pup and met with miserable success trying to train him to be a gun dog. Never seen such a scared dog of anything in my life. Obviously I missed a step sommers for sure and for certain. He took to training so easy it was like he was reading my mind all the time, EXCEPT when he heard or saw a gun. He answered imaculately to hand signals or verbal commands. But fire a gun and he was outa sight instantly shaking like he was froze clean through. In the end I gave up trying to hunt with him and just made a pet out of him. He was the worlds greatest pet so I know, had I not missed something early on he could have been a great gun dog.
Anybody else have this problem or know what I might have missed? It seems to me whatever it was had to be very early in his training.
Scotty
I had a Golden retriever I got as a pup and met with miserable success trying to train him to be a gun dog. Never seen such a scared dog of anything in my life. Obviously I missed a step sommers for sure and for certain. He took to training so easy it was like he was reading my mind all the time, EXCEPT when he heard or saw a gun. He answered imaculately to hand signals or verbal commands. But fire a gun and he was outa sight instantly shaking like he was froze clean through. In the end I gave up trying to hunt with him and just made a pet out of him. He was the worlds greatest pet so I know, had I not missed something early on he could have been a great gun dog.
Anybody else have this problem or know what I might have missed? It seems to me whatever it was had to be very early in his training.
Scotty