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Trained Adult Lab Stopped Retrieving Pheasant
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<blockquote data-quote="300 PRC CUSTOM SAKO" data-source="post: 2653080" data-attributes="member: 124840"><p>The beauty of a real lab is that you don't have to train a retrieve, it should be totally instinctual. Same with water work. So.... that said ...I agree with prior advice, back to basics. I have had labs and DK's. With Dk's pointing is instinctual, water work instinctual and almost as good as a lab. Retrieve is there but will need work, not as instinctual as a lab. Take your pick. I left labs bc they are no longer bred to correct standard and now all look blocky and course like newfies and are too large or like fireplugs on short legs. None have the proper otter tail, but ones that curl over their backs like a Spitz. Not interested in seeing buttholes on a "lab".Some are aggressive or have other behavioral issues which is NEVER in a real lab. I agree with prior post that if it ain't one of the three colors it may look like a lab but it isn't one. Red and silver are not labs. I blame this on show breeders. American breeders could learn alot from the German breed clubs. AKC registry is toilet paper. Versatile hunting dogs North america (VHDNA) step in right direction. To really know about good/proper dog breeding do a little reading on DK's. Lab lovers need to come together and do something similar to save that breed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="300 PRC CUSTOM SAKO, post: 2653080, member: 124840"] The beauty of a real lab is that you don't have to train a retrieve, it should be totally instinctual. Same with water work. So.... that said ...I agree with prior advice, back to basics. I have had labs and DK's. With Dk's pointing is instinctual, water work instinctual and almost as good as a lab. Retrieve is there but will need work, not as instinctual as a lab. Take your pick. I left labs bc they are no longer bred to correct standard and now all look blocky and course like newfies and are too large or like fireplugs on short legs. None have the proper otter tail, but ones that curl over their backs like a Spitz. Not interested in seeing buttholes on a "lab".Some are aggressive or have other behavioral issues which is NEVER in a real lab. I agree with prior post that if it ain't one of the three colors it may look like a lab but it isn't one. Red and silver are not labs. I blame this on show breeders. American breeders could learn alot from the German breed clubs. AKC registry is toilet paper. Versatile hunting dogs North america (VHDNA) step in right direction. To really know about good/proper dog breeding do a little reading on DK's. Lab lovers need to come together and do something similar to save that breed. [/QUOTE]
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