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Originally Posted by bgizzle
Force fetch is hard to someone new to it. Try this please and let me know what it does. Make it fun. Take a defrosted teal and play a game with him with it. Dragging it in front if him getting him excited sayin "get the bird, you want it?, get the bird" while flipping it in front of him. As soon as he grabs it and holds it tap on his bottom jaw and tell him hold but at the same time petting him telling him good boy. It should spark something... If not... Clip the wings and electrical tape them to his bumper for reassurance.. Which I think will help with confidence...... I inherited a dog similar to this and this is how I got him to understand the guidelines of hold. Now that he knows that, force fetch will be much easier. Imo
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Fun and force fetch should never go together in a sentence unless fun has the word "no" in front of it. Meaux also try having the wifey throw birds for you instead of throwing them from your side. Start off close, 10-15 yds then gradually have her move back diagonally toward where she just threw. On the return act excited and praise the hound a lot. Do your homework on FF before tackling it, it can be tricky and x's 2 on Ducktrickster's comment on different areas and get him wet as much as possible since we often tend to duck hunt in water here in S LA.