What a clickbait title! Simply a sales pitch for his services "unless your training your dog, (like I would teach you if you pay me), it will be a disaster". Unsubscribed.
Can you advise, we just got a working cocker, 8 weeks old and the vet has told us they can’t go in the garden until second jabs in 3 weeks, we can’t get them using the garden to go to the toilet for three weeks? Seems a bit silly.
You should be absolutely fine to let your dog out in your garden The main thing is your dog doesn't come into contact with other dogs that you do not know the vaccination history of
The dog is clever but the understanding you have of them is flawless . Another great video mate . Oh and the resource guarding of lady my CS has diminished into thin air so happy days
Hi Chris in the number of dogs youve seen have you noticed a difference in resource garding or bad temprements between the two? Or is that mostly down to bad breeding. Just you usually hear it more with cockers id say.
Personally for me resource Garding normally comes off the back of getting a few parts done incorrectly because I'm very anal about how I do my early retrieving and the fact that I don't allow my dogs to have objects outside of retrieving avoids resource guarding becoming a thing. Also, because I'm very black and white about how I do things the dog always sees me as the leader.
My first springer was like a paddle steamer thrashing the water with his front legs when he started swimming. It used to make be chuckle watching him, but fairly soon the splashing gave way to a lovely smooth swim action. My current ‘new to me’ 14 month old boy loves the water but is still at the paddle steamer stage.
Great video, love seeing how excited they get for it! I've a question - we have a 4-5 month working cocker that we are gun dog training. Currently he has an excellent drive to hunt but we are struggling to get him wanting to fetch and retrieve (he'll do a couple then quickly get bored, which I have been told is quite common). What's your opinion on when we should introduce de@d game in the manner that you have here. We regularly shoot squirrels which I have allowed him to sniff and pick up, but am aware that this might not be a good idea if we are struggling to get him to retrieve. I think my view is it's best to wait until he's older and has found his retrieve drive before complicating it with game. Any thoughts and opinions on this are welcome. Thanks
@@cameronwest2632 it's a difficult question to ask as there are lots of variables involved what I would say is if you get your dog interested in game you may find that it might never want to pick an artificial dummy in the future. Without finding out more information it's difficult to comment on what the best route would be to take.
@hampshirespanieltrainingwi9314 That's our thinking too. I don't think it would be suitable for us to even attempt what you are working on in this video, as he's not 100% on the retrieve with dummies, so less chance with a yummy bloody squirrel. I think we are best continuing with the basics and working on his retrieve drive, as you say, we don't want to risk deminishing his interest in dummies etc.
Also.. to add. Happy to do gun dog training, normal pup training, everything that will help.. I also have a 20month old toddler.. so could train them both 😆
Help! I've had cockers before but not a puppy. Mine is 10+ weeks from a puppy farm. She's been for check and all the best stuff.. she knows sit.. and learning down .. toilet training going okay.. so next.. do I do the retrieve? We have been 'playing' retrieve in the lounge, she sometimes comes to me, sometimes takes a little while.. I just want her to be like my last pooch (whom I didn't get from pup but was the best pooch ever when I got her at 4yrs) obviously she won't ever be my last one (who was also a cocker) but I really want to gibe Mabel the best start to learn.. and be my bestie and her own best self
All my training is a natural development and flow so it really depends on the parts of training before that if the dog is learning super quick you can work through the stages quite quickly. My basic sit work is normally done around 14 to 16 weeks onwards
@@remowb most puppies are weaned at about 5 to 6 weeks old personally once I have completely pulled my mother away from the pups I then don't reengage them so that it allows the mother to stop lactating. But puppies shouldn't be sold to their new homes until after eight weeks
@@hampshirespanieltrainingwi9314 Quite a few years ago, when I was training my labs, I read a book by Roger Wolters (Water Dog) and he was adamant about taking the pup at 49 days and cited scientific literature to back up his claim. However, that was nearly 35 years ago and I was wondering if that had changed from that time. I'm planning on getting another lab in the near future and training him as if he will be my hunting partner, even though my best duck hunting days are behind me! Thank you!
@@hampshirespanieltrainingwi9314 The reason I ask is that about 35 years ago I owned and trained a lab. One of the books on training retrievers was Roger Wolters "Water Dog". Wolters was adamant that the ideal time to take a pup from its mother and littermates was on the 49th day and he backed up his claim with some scientific literature. Since it has been 35 years since I read his book I was curious to know if that still held up today. Thank you.
It’s a real treat to see you at work,, can you help please,, my 8 month old puppy shreds his good vet bedding,, and any tips on how to stop him eating his poo please 🙏
Hi, can you recommend a decent slip lead for our 12 wk sprocker. We're not aiming for a fully trained working dog but an easy to live with pet and walking/hiking companion. We'd like him to have good heel, sit, leave and recall. No tricks, just pleasant obedience. We live on the coast and he's already sparked into wild instinct by the gulls etc and we'd like to train in some decent obedience on and off lead. Cheers. We've enjoyed watching your vids.
@@garybenning1771 so we do a puppy slip lead which you'll see in a lot of my videos at the beginning but they lead alone will not fix heel Work it's how you then use it that is important☺️
@@hampshirespanieltrainingwi9314 cheers i'll go looksee....using it is why we're learning from your vids....as well as one or two others. We only want a calm, happy well behaved dog without the worry of random runaways and your methods seem to work miracles.
Great videos. This will be my first dog. It will be a family companion for myself and 4 year old son. Ive been advised to get a SHOW cocker spaniel rather than a WORKING cocker spaniel. Would you agree with this statement? If not, are there any similar size, medium dogs you'd recommend?
Great video Chris. I hope Coco will eventually get it! I am pleased to see some of her characteristics playing out in Honey! Inconsistent cockers indeed! Made me feel much more confident!
Hi thank you for the content. I may have shot myself in the foot with tug.. my 9wk old sits & retrieves but when its time to give he wants to tug and i end up having to carefully open his mouth.. and advice please 🙏
@@ryandowd2259 what you've got to understand with Dogs as they cannot separate training from play so things that you might do in your fun times can unfortunately have a counterproductively actual training so I only ever allow my dogs to have something in their mouth when I'm doing a constructive retrieve
Wish I could time back time to restart with my puppy! But it’s never too late to start. This is another brilliant video from Chris. I hope this reaches all spaniel puppy owners.
@@hampshirespanieltrainingwi9314 you’re the best on utube for spaniel gun dog training from early puppy. Wish I’d seen you earlier. But we are on it now.
Yes, putting in my natural scent that I carry around with me onto the retrieve also moisture helps with the scent level. The funny whistle sound is a hunt whistle.
I believe I have a working cocker, 8 months old. Her sniff desire is strong, so much that she forgets to go to the bathroom when we take her out. Anyway to redirect that?
Ive recently acquired two bitches, 8/9 weeks old, ive only kept German Pointers in the past which I found training easy as i was fortunate enough to be around those knew how, watching your channel has been edifying, your approach with the spaniels is 1st class, thanks for sharing your knowledge in a format that is easy to digest and interesting to watch.
Really enjoyed this video thank you. Mac and Honey are both so beautiful. Great tips and hints from you for my new pup coming next week. Determined to get things right that I didn't with my first cocker 22 years ago. Although he was incredibly biddable and eager to please, probably being a bit harsh on myself. :)
Hei, really enjoyed this short video . The question I have is about the whistle signals . It seems I cannot hear the difference between the sit command and the hunt after the sit which allows the dog to pick up the dummy. It might be due to recording, but it would be great if you can explain. I know you already have a video on whist commands but I do not think it goes in to the details. Many thanks in advance. Elena
You are such a patient and thorough dog trainer. You work as hard as your pups do. But I suppose that is the key to training a spaniel well; you simply don't let them get bad habits established. I enjoy learning from you.
Hi there I use 210.5 I sell my own ones if you go to either my Facebook or Instagram page Hampshire spaniel training you can send me on a message on there and I can sort you out with a couple of whistles
My pup now 6m still bolts on the lead. I've tryed constant training, not too dissimilar to your drill. She will pull to the point of couching as she won't something she's seen. I've tryed different leads to the point none are better for her to respond to. I now find of very hard to get her to do any bassic training.
