Gun Shy Dog

NJRapala46 · 09-02-05, 09:11 PM

Up until last year, I had the perfect hunting dog. Literally, lived to retrieve birds. Dakota was the ultimate yellow lab, and nothing could stop him. But, one day when my parents got home from work, (after picking myself up from lacrosse, and my sisters from soccer), we found at that poor Dakota (3 years old) had found his way into the garbage. He got a bag of chopped meat, and started eating out of the bag,a nd unfortunatly, suffocated on the zip loc bag. So two weeks later we had Jersey Girl.

Jersey Girl is a GREAT dog. She doesnt have one mean bone in her body and she is just under 60 lbs. She LOVES fetching, but sadly, is gun shy as hell. I swear on this forum, she runs under my parents bed, when my mom pops her bubble gum bubbles near her. Does anyone know if it is possible to train a dog to not be gunshy? thanks guys

angelus40 · 09-02-05, 09:18 PM

do you have pet co also try the library.. or look in your yellow pages sorry
to hear about dakota... my ex-wifes dog who was a keeshonden named monk
we was gone the cats knocked over a keebler animal cracker canister
i went into the house found him on the floor ran out told my ex what happened
she came into the house we called the vet... he foamed at the mouth bit his tongue
so she had him put to sleep back in 2000 tore her up

Nitro911 · 09-02-05, 11:27 PM

http://www.gundogmag.com/training/

Take a look here. I have found this to be a pretty good website. If you don't find what you are looking for here, you might try a local club.

zooker · 09-03-05, 09:18 PM

gunshy dogs are very tough to imposable to break.it takes a long time for them to get it back togather . i have delt with a gunshy dog only once. he was not as skittish as you described yours is. i used a bb gun-red ryder- i would play with the dog and my bro would shoot the bb gun off -do not aim at nothing just the noise of it going off. watch the dog the whole time if she cowers at any point. do not repeat this bb gun again for the day the next day same thing play with the dog and let a friend/brother use a bb gun at a distance even if the noise comes from 60 yards away watch the dog if you can keep her from cowering at say 60 yards move up to 50 yards and so on but only one shot per day,long tiring but worth the effort..

i own several labs in no way shape or form are they gun shy. my english pointers on the other hand are a differant story..

zooker

angelus40 · 09-03-05, 09:41 PM

lord every time max heard a gun his ears would perk up.. after a bit he started turning shy but they were far away he was a mixed german shepard lab

zooker · 09-04-05, 07:40 AM

my dogs all have been around gun fire since they were puppies and my lab gets very excited when he hears gun shots...basicly cause he likes to go swimming..

you can take a lab to water just can't keep him out of it..

zooker

angelus40 · 09-04-05, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zooker

my dogs all have been around gun fire since they were puppies and my lab gets very excited when he hears gun shots...basicly cause he likes to go swimming..

you can take a lab to water just can't keep him out of it..

zooker

god zook tell me about it max loved the water
he'd shake near me i'd get a shower from .. look at him and say max daddy had a shower thank you

zooker · 09-04-05, 04:12 PM

lol i have mine trained to "whoa" i stop him as soon as he hits land or climbs in the boat that 30seconds of time it buys me. lets him shake there not under my feet. when duck hunting in late winter this keeps ya from being wet and ice covered.

my older female lab -nitro- hates hunting in cold weather but dove retriving and using her nose in warm temps she is very good at. she is 9 years old plus my other lab is only 3 years old so i might as well hunt him in the cold temps -he seems to like it-

zooker

angelus40 · 09-05-05, 01:08 AM

soon as i get a scanner i'm gonna scan a pic of him lying on the bed with a quote
my ex put on there it's very touching.. for me it's hearbreaking
because i failed to train him as a pup

Dyas · 09-07-05, 10:49 AM

I was training mine to rereive doves but he got away one day and got hit by a train................. Dont ask me how........... Knowing him he thought it was playing with him lol................ Hopefully I will get another dog sometime soon................

angelus40 · 09-07-05, 11:46 AM

sorry to hear that dyas

Dyas · 09-07-05, 11:57 AM

It was 3 years ago im over it now.............. Got another dog at my moms. Its the same kind a white Labrador retreiver. Not training that one though.................

jbfisher · 09-07-05, 02:31 PM

I dont have any hunting dogs, but I love going coon hunting and rabbit hunting with my uncles every chance I get.

angelus40 · 09-07-05, 04:53 PM

i use to grouse hunt in northern mn god do i miss it

Dyas · 09-07-05, 09:40 PM

I have been hog huntin once and I seriously want to do that again next year...........................................

09-02-05, 09:11 PM	#1
NJRapala46 BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 64	Gun Shy Dog Up until last year, I had the perfect hunting dog. Literally, lived to retrieve birds. Dakota was the ultimate yellow lab, and nothing could stop him. But, one day when my parents got home from work, (after picking myself up from lacrosse, and my sisters from soccer), we found at that poor Dakota (3 years old) had found his way into the garbage. He got a bag of chopped meat, and started eating out of the bag,a nd unfortunatly, suffocated on the zip loc bag. So two weeks later we had Jersey Girl. Jersey Girl is a GREAT dog. She doesnt have one mean bone in her body and she is just under 60 lbs. She LOVES fetching, but sadly, is gun shy as hell. I swear on this forum, she runs under my parents bed, when my mom pops her bubble gum bubbles near her. Does anyone know if it is possible to train a dog to not be gunshy? thanks guys

09-02-05, 11:27 PM	#3
Nitro911 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Antonio Posts: 535	http://www.gundogmag.com/training/ Take a look here. I have found this to be a pretty good website. If you don't find what you are looking for here, you might try a local club. __________________ San Antonio, Texas STFH Last edited by Nitro911; 09-02-05 at 11:36 PM.

09-03-05, 09:18 PM	#4
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	gunshy dogs are very tough to imposable to break.it takes a long time for them to get it back togather . i have delt with a gunshy dog only once. he was not as skittish as you described yours is. i used a bb gun-red ryder- i would play with the dog and my bro would shoot the bb gun off -do not aim at nothing just the noise of it going off. watch the dog the whole time if she cowers at any point. do not repeat this bb gun again for the day the next day same thing play with the dog and let a friend/brother use a bb gun at a distance even if the noise comes from 60 yards away watch the dog if you can keep her from cowering at say 60 yards move up to 50 yards and so on but only one shot per day,long tiring but worth the effort.. i own several labs in no way shape or form are they gun shy. my english pointers on the other hand are a differant story.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

09-04-05, 07:40 AM	#6
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	my dogs all have been around gun fire since they were puppies and my lab gets very excited when he hears gun shots...basicly cause he likes to go swimming.. you can take a lab to water just can't keep him out of it.. zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09

09-04-05, 04:12 PM	#8
zooker BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: denton nc Posts: 13,441	lol i have mine trained to "whoa" i stop him as soon as he hits land or climbs in the boat that 30seconds of time it buys me. lets him shake there not under my feet. when duck hunting in late winter this keeps ya from being wet and ice covered. my older female lab -nitro- hates hunting in cold weather but dove retriving and using her nose in warm temps she is very good at. she is 9 years old plus my other lab is only 3 years old so i might as well hunt him in the cold temps -he seems to like it- zooker __________________ the godfather.. aml in remission since 7-20-09 Last edited by zooker; 09-04-05 at 06:23 PM.

09-02-05, 09:18 PM	#2
angelus40 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 436	do you have pet co also try the library.. or look in your yellow pages sorry to hear about dakota... my ex-wifes dog who was a keeshonden named monk we was gone the cats knocked over a keebler animal cracker canister i went into the house found him on the floor ran out told my ex what happened she came into the house we called the vet... he foamed at the mouth bit his tongue so she had him put to sleep back in 2000 tore her up

09-03-05, 09:41 PM	#5
angelus40 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 436	lord every time max heard a gun his ears would perk up.. after a bit he started turning shy but they were far away he was a mixed german shepard lab

09-05-05, 01:08 AM	#9
angelus40 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 436	soon as i get a scanner i'm gonna scan a pic of him lying on the bed with a quote my ex put on there it's very touching.. for me it's hearbreaking because i failed to train him as a pup

09-07-05, 10:49 AM	#10
Dyas BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saraland, AL Posts: 1,995	I was training mine to rereive doves but he got away one day and got hit by a train................. Dont ask me how........... Knowing him he thought it was playing with him lol................ Hopefully I will get another dog sometime soon................ __________________ Southern by birth, Redneck by choice... Saved by the Grace of God

09-07-05, 11:46 AM	#11
angelus40 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 436	sorry to hear that dyas

09-07-05, 11:57 AM	#12
Dyas BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saraland, AL Posts: 1,995	It was 3 years ago im over it now.............. Got another dog at my moms. Its the same kind a white Labrador retreiver. Not training that one though................. __________________ Southern by birth, Redneck by choice... Saved by the Grace of God

09-07-05, 02:31 PM	#13
jbfisher BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London, KY Posts: 61	I dont have any hunting dogs, but I love going coon hunting and rabbit hunting with my uncles every chance I get.

09-07-05, 04:53 PM	#14
angelus40 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cincinnati,Ohio Posts: 436	i use to grouse hunt in northern mn god do i miss it

09-07-05, 09:40 PM	#15
Dyas BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2005 Location: Saraland, AL Posts: 1,995	I have been hog huntin once and I seriously want to do that again next year........................................... __________________ Southern by birth, Redneck by choice... Saved by the Grace of God

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