Update
Hi all, My 8 to 10 month old saluki cross Jock is still displaying some manic behaviour
I have owned him for about 4 weeks and no nothing of his breeding or previous life
His recall is about 90% there responding even mid flight to whistle and treats, the only time he wont recall is when he has something in his mouth and does not want to give it up.
Easy to get on lead as when feeding treats for recall, I fuss him and hold his collar on every recall
Clean in the house now after a few accidents
Still jumping 4 foot walls on comand (but just occasionaly due to his age and development) (not teaching him to jump wire till 100% under control and stockbroken)
Starting to respond to "Leave It" with people and other animals, just wont leave what he has in his mouth
Got him walking on loose lead most of the time
So you can see he is still coming along very well
The only problem left is when he is released off lead he just runs flat out all of the time and is an accident waiting to happen, just cant get him to calm down. (I know all pups need to play but this is constant with no let up) and I am lost to try and teach him how to retrive when he is in this state?
He is now getting two x half hour periods of free running a day (including recalls and leave it) as well as some lead work on top of that, dont want to give him more as his joints are still not developed fully. (large knuckles)
This still takes place in an enclosed 5 acre silage feild that I have the use of, so at least it is a relatively safe enviroment.
Food wise he is now on 1lb of raw beef mince and some mixer a day (as well as mixer used for training treats)
He still stands at 24" to the shoulder and now weighs 20.5Kg (put on 3 Kg mainly muscle)and is now very well muscled and in very good overall condition.
Anybody have any ideas on if I am still missing something, or what to do to reduce if not eliminate the manic behaviour or how to use it as part of the training. if I could get the retrive sorted I would be happy as I could keep him on the lead, slip him when needed and know he would come back, instead of just running about (parading) with his trophy.
Cheers
Stripe
Hi all, My 8 to 10 month old saluki cross Jock is still displaying some manic behaviour
I have owned him for about 4 weeks and no nothing of his breeding or previous life
His recall is about 90% there responding even mid flight to whistle and treats, the only time he wont recall is when he has something in his mouth and does not want to give it up.
Easy to get on lead as when feeding treats for recall, I fuss him and hold his collar on every recall
Clean in the house now after a few accidents
Still jumping 4 foot walls on comand (but just occasionaly due to his age and development) (not teaching him to jump wire till 100% under control and stockbroken)
Starting to respond to "Leave It" with people and other animals, just wont leave what he has in his mouth
Got him walking on loose lead most of the time
So you can see he is still coming along very well
The only problem left is when he is released off lead he just runs flat out all of the time and is an accident waiting to happen, just cant get him to calm down. (I know all pups need to play but this is constant with no let up) and I am lost to try and teach him how to retrive when he is in this state?
He is now getting two x half hour periods of free running a day (including recalls and leave it) as well as some lead work on top of that, dont want to give him more as his joints are still not developed fully. (large knuckles)
This still takes place in an enclosed 5 acre silage feild that I have the use of, so at least it is a relatively safe enviroment.
Food wise he is now on 1lb of raw beef mince and some mixer a day (as well as mixer used for training treats)
He still stands at 24" to the shoulder and now weighs 20.5Kg (put on 3 Kg mainly muscle)and is now very well muscled and in very good overall condition.
Anybody have any ideas on if I am still missing something, or what to do to reduce if not eliminate the manic behaviour or how to use it as part of the training. if I could get the retrive sorted I would be happy as I could keep him on the lead, slip him when needed and know he would come back, instead of just running about (parading) with his trophy.
Cheers
Stripe