Dont apologise, all opinions are welcome. I found with lab that if I took him back by the scruff to the point I blew the whistle and blew the whistle again, he was far more responsive than when I tried putting him on the lead and taking him back to the spot.
I realise that different dogs will have different temperaments etc and some dogs may not benefit from this.
People I beat and Pick Up with regularly lift their dogs over fences by the scruff of the neck and not one of them whines or howls, so it can't be causing pain. They wag their tail regardless
Yeah I know. The majority of the shooting world still have oldfashioned views about their dogs
. My OH wont take his dogs to a certain shoot because of the amount of fences.
Labs and cockers are sooo diffferent. Cockers are much more sensitive and may react badly to something you can readily do with a lab. My OH has both and trained his lab, but came unstuck with his first cocker, so like I said cheated and sent his second to be trained professionally
It was worth it tho. I dont have a problem with pickin a dog by the scruff and support it elsewhere for transportation, just dont think its a good idea for training a cocker
We've gone off the original topic now tho