Good lad !

kateincornwall

kateincornwall

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Cornwall , UK
I have been working hard with retrieving , making it all good fun with lots of praise and slowly , Reubs has become more and more interested , becoming quite passionate about his tennis balls . It is my own personal view that it is no use trying to take things too seriously when they are still pups , let them be pups and start slowly when they reach adolescence . This afternoon , he made my heart sing , filled me with joy and pride ( could well be a different story tomorrow ! ) We have been working on a few gundog cues , the ones I always employed with Sam , plus visual ones as well as verbal . We walked on a forest trail, he carrying his ball which he would drop when he scented something interesting and then walk on with me , forgetting the ball . I sent him back , the ball now well out of sight but back he went, looked around and started to come to me , I sent him back again , further back until he was almost out of sight . Flying round the corner he came , ball in mouth and looking so pleased with himself as he dropped it by my feet . Much praise in silly voice ensued along with a dried fish , rinse and repeat ! He had a blast , took it all very seriously indeed but loving every second . We have no great finesse , no doubt the pros would wring their hands but it was so lovely for both us , whilst Nelly pottered around doing her own thing . Its like Reuben has suddenly realised his purpose in life so we will continue , in our own way x
 
kateincornwall

kateincornwall

Location
Cornwall , UK
Jelinga said:
Sounds great fun and a good learning experience as well. The only thing I might change is to pop the ball in your hand, not on the ground :sun:
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Jelinga said:
Sounds great fun and a good learning experience as well. The only thing I might change is to pop the ball in your hand, not on the ground :sun:
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Its hit and miss at the moment , sometimes he will deliver to hand , sometimes the ground but I dont want to make a fuss about the latter at the moment , just concentrate on the fun aspect before we get too serious ! x
 
Selina27

Selina27

Location
Herefordshire, UK
That's great! It's just so good to see them using their minds and bodies to good effect like that, you can't beat it I don't think.

Doesn't matter does it , what any pro's might think,? It's you and Reuben having a blast, and him not doing what you might not want him too!
Anyway, not all pro's would think not delivering to hand at his age is irrevocable!
 
HAH

HAH

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Location
Devon, UK
Lara_Pigletina said:
It sounds like he is a natural :) it’s lovely enabling them to do what they were bred for. Unfortunately it seems the Pig was bred to further the extinction of UK wildlife :facepalm:
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Now maybe this is the key, @Lara_Pigletina ? I’ve just been browsing ‘Non Native Species in Wales’ and it seems that if you can get Pig to hunt very specifically for the American Sting Winkle, the Red Eared Terrapin or the Leathery Sea Squirt you’d be doing your new country a great service. Pig would probably be on for the Dicken medal 🏅
 
Lara_Pigletina

Lara_Pigletina

HAH said:
Now maybe this is the key, @Lara_Pigletina ? I’ve just been browsing ‘Non Native Species in Wales’ and it seems that if you can get Pig to hunt very specifically for the American Sting Winkle, the Red Eared Terrapin or the Leathery Sea Squirt you’d be doing your new country a great service. Pig would probably be on for the Dicken medal 🏅
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😂😂 the Pig would sort the leathery sea squirt right out 😂 now if only she could extinguish our Japanese knotweed...
 
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