fun ain't it??assateague wrote::lol: Ain't that the truth. The rest of the pigeons in the shop don't have a clue how lucky they were, not to be the "chosen one". Although he never did kill it.
Got a "box" made from leftover chicken wire, with a pull-open top. That's gonna wait a week or so, while we keep working on whoa. He's got it down pretty good inside, and it's time to introduce some distractions from time to time, I think. He gets bored quickly. Some more gunfire this week, just for fun, and keep working on OB, is the plan. I try to take it one week at a time, and only plan out one week ahead- keeps me from getting too "antsy", anxious to get on to what I would otherwise have planned a month from now. Which is just a recipe for frustration and disappointment.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
assateague wrote:Got a "box" made from leftover chicken wire, with a pull-open top.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
assateague wrote:Do the birds flush immediately when you pull the hood?
3legged_lab wrote:That pigeon looks like he's headed to the gallows.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
Rick wrote:I think you'll find it easiest to steady him on birds he can't see and isn't as tempted to run in on. Also don't want him getting it in his head that he should see them and just use scent to lead him to where he can. Starting out, I'd want to bring him into his birds crosswind of their downwind sides, so he'll hit strong scent and hopefully point on his own by instinct. Don't panic, or even be discouraged, if he doesn't. You'll be able to see by his body language when he strikes scent, and I'd want him to point then and there and whoa/checkcord him if he tries to move in on a training bird. Later on, wild birds will show him their own penalty for creeping and crowding, but most planted birds can't, which tends to encourage it if you don't apply the brake.
Lots of ways to do this stuff, that would just be mine.
good stuff. Gotta love those little baby steps...like when your own kid take its first step or says its first wordassateague wrote:Here's some whoa training, which takes place in the dry, not raining like a banshee outdoors. You work with what you got, but he's starting to get it. Hopefully not just in time for him to become a teenager and decide to ignore everything I say. He still doesn't like to release very easy, which I guess is a much better problem to have than him not whoa-ing very easily.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
you didn't force fetch him did you???assateague wrote:I'm running into a sitting problem. He's never really been taught "sit", just does it. but he dies it when "whoaing" for more than about 3 seconds. He'll just slowly ease his butt down. I lift it back up, and tell him "whoa", and try to hold it there, but then the little bastard just sits in my hand. Suggestions?
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
assateague wrote:I'm running into a sitting problem. He's never really been taught "sit", just does it. but he dies it when "whoaing" for more than about 3 seconds. He'll just slowly ease his butt down. I lift it back up, and tell him "whoa", and try to hold it there, but then the little bastard just sits in my hand. Suggestions?
dang this is what I tried to say. Outdone by the pro!Rick wrote:I wouldn't want mine doing it. Might also try shorter "whoas" for a while to break the habit. But you'd have to be sure to release before he starts to sit, so he doesn't decide sitting will get him released.
gila-river wrote:Great, now the cops want to install dishwashers to. Just do your job Red and stop encroaching on our rights to replace appliances. That is not the responsibility of police.:lol:
Rick wrote:I wouldn't want mine doing it. Might also try shorter "whoas" for a while to break the habit. But you'd have to be sure to release before he starts to sit, so he doesn't decide sitting will get him released.
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