hi.iv got a 5m old springer girl coming & siting to whistle & retrieving well. am i moving to fast with her

I would have thought i's fine, as long as she's enjoying the training.
I gather springers love to learn.

I think you are pushing it a bit there at 5 month, you should really only start REAL
Training at 6 month .
All dogs differ in learning rates, but I would urge caution .He/ she is still only a puppy after all.

Have you read up on the subject at all , Joe Irvin is my Bible, and I have followed his books training regime on every dog Ive had (four in total) over the last 20yrs and have had a pretty good response from all of them.

Regards,
Mark.

I would say slow down a bit, she's very young to be doing serious work, you don't want her to go 'stir crazy' later on, slowly and gently at this age and you'll see the rewards later on

Darren,


Having trouble posting at the minute, explorer acting strange.

The book you require is "training spaniels" by joe irving. Its still available from amazon (see the link below ) I don't have a scanner (RE : your e mail request ! )







http://www.amazon.co.uk/Training-Spaniels-...g/dp/1853104191