Hi,
Don't know if anyone else has this problem: Ziggy is now 8 months old and is delightful in the house and garden, however we simply cannot let her off the lead on a walk as she immediately takes off after any bird or game she sees or scents and will not come back to either a verbal command or the whistle. If there were no cars, sheep, pheasants, barbed wire or farmers we could let her run but since all those hazards exist she has to be protected. We spend a great deal of time training her and constantly reinforcing the basics as well as encouraging her to retrieve but are at a loss as to how to channel her incredibly high prey drive. Since she is very vocal and yips whenever there are birds around we don't know whether she will be acceptable on shoots in future. If anyone has any suggestions they would be gratefully received.
