Thread: Gun shy

I agree entirely.

They haven't been pushed at all mate. My family have a farm, a big part of my lifestyle and my buddies is hunting and fishing and the puppies come when I/we deem it suitable and not too stressful, like I said above, they haven't been deer hunting yet, just the odd bunny shoot. I'm talking an hour or so...not a full on day hike and stalk. It's been part of their growing up.

99.9% handler error is a big call - my collie staff and his litter are all fine yet this blokes collie foxy litter is not. (spoke to owners of both dog litters). I'm looking at tips to correct, as above Classical Conditioning seems a fair answer.

They get fed bloody well, on venison and fresh rabbit weekly if not daily, they get as much sleep as they want, they're exercised regularly but not strenuously and always have another dog for company when we're not around. Their intro to firearms has been slow and started with a .22 sub and more recently the .223 and the odd .270 shot.

So an answer to your question "why do people have to push there puppies"?
I have no bloody idea because I don't.

There's no pressure for either to be out there working yet at all, I asked for advice not sweeping generalisations man, come on.