Two years ago I gave up on training my black lab for sheds, I could hide them around the yard in bushes and wood piles. He would search for them, until he found them. I had already introduced him to birds in the mountains and else where and so whenever I would go out with him the only thing he would find was birds. Well fast forward to this year, I take him every time I praise him trying to get him to find horns but all I can get him to do is hold them or pick them up when I say fetch.
But on the recent trip with a friend something in my dogs brain clicked!
1.5 miles in my friend says "oh my hell" I look over and see an old 4 point horn with extras in my dogs mouth. 40 yards later he finds a trashy based horn, and throughout the day he found a couple more.
It's awesome to turn around and see your dog with a horn in his mouth!
Toby with his two biggest finds of the day
But on the recent trip with a friend something in my dogs brain clicked!
1.5 miles in my friend says "oh my hell" I look over and see an old 4 point horn with extras in my dogs mouth. 40 yards later he finds a trashy based horn, and throughout the day he found a couple more.
It's awesome to turn around and see your dog with a horn in his mouth!
Toby with his two biggest finds of the day