Sorry but its a proud owner post : I`ve had terriers alongside gundogs breeds all my life , maybe I am a masochist or just enjoy the challenge Now had Millie for six and a half months and began training with her straight away , she loves it and being very food orientated has helped , I guess being a stray in her previous life has made her this way . The one area in which I struggled was the chase , mainly squirrels at the woods , they arent compltely hibernating but come down to the woodland floor to stock up and they drive her crackers , Sam ignores them completely , he prefers his dummy any day I`ve been working hard on the recall whistle with Millie , it was interrupted somewhat due to her recent spay but this morning we had a real eureka moment, I was so proud of her . She spotted one her furry friends and ran hell for leather , I blasted five pips on the whistle and blow me, if she didnt stop dead in mid flight , turn round and ran full pelt back to me ;D ;D Massive fuss and two pieces of sausage , I then wondered if this was a fluke, but no , I recalled her from more of the pesky little blighters , so proud of our little scruff ;D
Re: So proud of Millie Now that is BRILLIANT. Recalling a terrier from a squirrel chase - I call that real success. Well done, Kate!
Re: So proud of Millie Well done millie, we had a similar episode on our walk with puzzle chasing after a crow as it took flight when she was fetching her ball, she stopped mid flight picked up the ball she had dropped and came hurtling back with a big smile on her face. No chance with barley even though he is on lead, he taught me how to fly when on holiday as he say a bird and he was on his long line, he took off and was at full pelt when he reached the end of the line, i flew through the air and crash landed, still holding onto the end of lead, i would never let go of his lead even if he is dragging me across the floor, due to being on holiday in a strange place without any fence to stop him from disappearing into the distance. Dad laughed at my crash landing but it hurt a lot, put me out of action for the rest of the holiday
Re: So proud of Millie Great work with Millie!! You must have been pretty thrilled to see her racing back
Re: So proud of Millie Good stuff! She's an adorable dog. Wish I'd got another when we had the chance to go with Lady.
Re: So proud of Millie That is seriously impressive! ;D ;D A huge well done to the pair of you. Clare
Re: So proud of Millie Thank you for the lovely comments , a rescue is always that much harder than a dog owned as a puppy , especially one picked up as a stray like Millie was , there is just no background information . I decided to go right back to basics with her , treating her like a puppy even though she is about 6/7 years old , its been hard work but so very rewarding , she is a dear little soul indeed , very much loved
Re: So proud of Millie You've done a great job with her Kate and it's lovely that you get so much pleasure from her x
Re: So proud of Millie I must have missed this post Kate. Amazing must have been just lovely to see Millie recall to the whistle, you see you can teach an old dog new tricks Lucky, lucky Millie she has landed right on her paws finding you xxx
