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11 Month Old Lab Stopped Retrieving
My 11 moth old lab seems to have lost interest in retrieving. In July and August she was retrieving fine, but now she will run after the dummy sometimes, but turns away when she reaches it. I am not an everyday trainer, and can only work with her when time allows. I have changed dummies to see if she associates her old dummy with a bad experience, although I do not know what that might be.
Any suggestions on what I can do to fix the issue.
thanks
step 1 - Welcome to the RTF
step 2 - check her teeth. may be a late teether or broke one.
when the car don't start you lift the hood. Same with the dog.
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To add to Ken
step 3- is she in her heat cycle
step 4- where is she in training (if in force fetch some dogs have a bad attitude towards retrieving until we can snap them out of it.)
step 5- Are you leaving her wanting more or retrieving till she decides she is done.
Ken I like the lift the hood statement. That should be in the one liner thread from the other day.
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Welcome to RTF and one question have you force fetched her?
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Thanks glad to be here.Originally Posted by JustinS
Not sure what you mean by "Force Fetch". I was simply working with her on returning the dummy, on both land and water. She was doing great and then suddenly no interest. I can not even give it to her and have her follow me around. I have checked her teeth, while they have some plaque I can not see a broken one. I can play with her muzzle and she does not yelp, or pull away.
It is very frustrating.
Put her up. No play, no work, nothing. Eat, pee, sleep and that's all she gets. Wait a week or so and see if her attitude changes.
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How do you snap them out of a bad attitude?
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"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
"The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is not Ignorance -- It is the Illusion of Knowledge" ~ Daniel Boorstin
I agree with putting her up and making her wait a while. I've never gone a week, just four or so days works on the few occasions I've had a dog "quit" retrieving.
This does bring up a question though... Say this happened before FF in whatever program you are following, is FF an answer to this problem, or do you work to get the dog excited again and then FF?
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