Yep, it's so much easier at younger ages, it's easier to teach behavior earlier than correct behavior later. I love springers. There's a guy brings ALL of his springers to the beach on a bass tracker, all six of them. He's done well, they're all well behaved.
Fair dues to him, springers can be fucking mental so can only imagine what 6 of them are like. We constantly have to make sure ours is getting enough exercise otherwise she starts going crazy and zooming everywhere
I do know that those 6 will not depart that boat without his permission. The 4 youngest do wear training collars, for vibrating them only the man says. I've never seen them do anything to get buzzed, even with 50ish people and kids and other dogs around. They're good examples of well behaved dogs.
He probably is wrong, right now. These are our first geese, he'll probably be a little surprised when they grow up not chickens. He hung out with the chicks like this, too. When they start going outside, he'll put his life on the line to protect them if a predator comes.
They're supposed to be letting this guy out. Way too early, without really accomplishing anything as far as his mental health is concerned, according to the neighbor. He said he doesn't want his dog back, told his Mom just to let him run away. Sound stable to y'all?
Took Zoe over to my sister's tonight for dinner and a playdate with her new kitty. Mission Accomplished.
Y'all wouldn't believe the progress this put bull is making. He breezed through leash training and "leave it". We are now walking him around the neighborhood without a leash, just a training collar set to vibrate. He also hasn't humped or tried to dominate any other dogs. Our first attempt at letting him off leash in the yard, he did well for a lap around the perimeter. When we got back on the deck, he bolted. I got him about 1/4 mile away, picked him up in the car. His eyes were wide with fear of the consequences he knows are coming, he ran under the bed as soon as we got home. I didn't discipline him at all, just crawled under the bed to lay with him until he felt safe. That was four days ago, the only time we've had to buzz him since was when he jumped in a thicket after a squirrel. He returned immediately after that signal.