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I would suggest reading the article "Noise on the Line or on a Retrieve" by Evan Graham. It goes through these types of situations.
If you are not competing with him then I would not worry about it. But if you are then read the article.
After reading this article Post #3 by Scott will your best option.
I was having a similar problem and this article offered a solution. Bottom line is that denying him the retrieve works best. According to the article one of the solutions to the problem is the mutli dog honor, not just two dogs. In the article it talks about the multi dog honor will bring out the noise in any most dogs. My buddies and I from the Hunt Club found this to be true. Some of the guys thought that there dogs were immune to making noise but if you line up several dogs at one time you can bet that there will be music being made. We have worked on this multiple times and my dog, as well as others, have become suprisingly quite. She is only a 1 1/2 y/o and I thought that i would never shut her up at the line. we still have some work to do but we are well on our way to a quite line. We have also lived by denying the retrieve and sqeezing the muzzle lightly and telling her "quiet". we may have to reoeat this several time but after a while they get it!
Please take the time to read the article and let us know what you think. If you cant find it PM me and I will send it to you. Good Luck!!!!
I would suggest reading the article "Noise on the Line or on a Retrieve" by Evan Graham. It goes through these types of situations.
If you are not competing with him then I would not worry about it. But if you are then read the article.
After reading this article Post #3 by Scott will your best option.
I was having a similar problem and this article offered a solution. Bottom line is that denying him the retrieve works best. According to the article one of the solutions to the problem is the mutli dog honor, not just two dogs. In the article it talks about the multi dog honor will bring out the noise in any most dogs. My buddies and I from the Hunt Club found this to be true. Some of the guys thought that there dogs were immune to making noise but if you line up several dogs at one time you can bet that there will be music being made. We have worked on this multiple times and my dog, as well as others, have become suprisingly quite. She is only a 1 1/2 y/o and I thought that i would never shut her up at the line. we still have some work to do but we are well on our way to a quite line. We have also lived by denying the retrieve and sqeezing the muzzle lightly and telling her "quiet". we may have to reoeat this several time but after a while they get it!
Please take the time to read the article and let us know what you think. If you cant find it PM me and I will send it to you. Good Luck!!!!
