Hi I have recently started gundog training with Gabby who is almost nine months old and things are going well
.So far she has been very easy to train and already stops/sits on the whistle even when she is hunting about,comes back to me when I double pip her and is retrieving quite well.I started steadying her to a dummy a few days ago expecting it to take months but even this is going well.She quarters naturally in cover even tho she hasn't been trained,loves water and dives under brambles if she smells birds or rabbit scent.
However she is terrible on a lead (my fault she hardly ever goes on one)and on off lead walks unless I am doing something with her she is starting to range out and seek her own amusement.If I take her out with Cloe and Benson she will spend most of the time chasing around after Benson.
So how should I exercise Gabby.Is it OK to let her run around with the other dogs/and amuse her self when shes not training,I can't imagine having to spend 30 minutes with her pulling on the lead
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Can you get to a stage were you can take working dogs on normal walks in the lakedistrict and the like.
Thanks.