Is it a setter thing? - Exclusively Setters2024-03-29T11:11:31Zhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/is-it-a-setter-thing?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThis was my reason for joinin…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-09-19:865021:Comment:11685962016-09-19T09:20:33.123ZSharon Casehttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/SharonCase
This was my reason for joining the group. I realise it's an old post but I'm really struggling with recall. On his own with me, Seamus is 100% put another dog in the mix, dog or bitch, big or small and he appears to go stone deaf!! He's on 13 months so we both still have a lot of work to do.
This was my reason for joining the group. I realise it's an old post but I'm really struggling with recall. On his own with me, Seamus is 100% put another dog in the mix, dog or bitch, big or small and he appears to go stone deaf!! He's on 13 months so we both still have a lot of work to do. Much the same experience as F…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-05-02:865021:Comment:11658882016-05-02T11:03:58.170ZJulia Gracehttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/JuliaGrace
Much the same experience as Finn I'm afraid. Harley is fantastic with recall except on occasions with other dogs. He's got better with age (he's now 6) but it took a couple of experiences with bossy terriers to put him in his place!<br />
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He will now introduce himself properly to other dogs but it took a while and some embarrassment to get there.
Much the same experience as Finn I'm afraid. Harley is fantastic with recall except on occasions with other dogs. He's got better with age (he's now 6) but it took a couple of experiences with bossy terriers to put him in his place!<br />
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He will now introduce himself properly to other dogs but it took a while and some embarrassment to get there. Yes it has, but it is not so…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-10:865021:Comment:11626432016-01-10T08:33:46.838ZHoward Glansfieldhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>Yes it has, but it is not so bad as I expected.He is fluffy where he was once smooth and shiny. He is still the same lovely dog and is safe.</p>
<p>Yesterday he 'set' at a squirrel in a tree.It took me about five minutes to get him to break his set.I thought I was going to be all day!</p>
<p>Howard</p>
<p>Yes it has, but it is not so bad as I expected.He is fluffy where he was once smooth and shiny. He is still the same lovely dog and is safe.</p>
<p>Yesterday he 'set' at a squirrel in a tree.It took me about five minutes to get him to break his set.I thought I was going to be all day!</p>
<p>Howard</p> Did the coat change after you…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-06:865021:Comment:11625172016-01-06T13:26:19.531Zalison higginshttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/alisonhiggins
<p>Did the coat change after you neutered him?</p>
<p>Did the coat change after you neutered him?</p> Me thinks I need to find an o…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-06:865021:Comment:11626192016-01-06T12:01:31.907Zalison higginshttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/alisonhiggins
<p>Me thinks I need to find an old boxer lady for Jamie. I wear chanel no 5 and I don't have the same effect on my husband but mind you if he started to sniff my bottom he would know about it!</p>
<p>Me thinks I need to find an old boxer lady for Jamie. I wear chanel no 5 and I don't have the same effect on my husband but mind you if he started to sniff my bottom he would know about it!</p> We have two setters, 6 year o…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-05:865021:Comment:11624332016-01-05T22:09:40.257ZFinnhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Finn626
<p>We have two setters, 6 year old IRWS Fergus who approaches every dog with courteous respect, does all the right things, stands side on allowing the appropriate introductions and once established engages in lovely sniffs and friendliness.</p>
<p>Then we have Jasper, our 5 year old English setter who is obedient to the whistle, scents deer and rabbits and squirrels like Jamie but never strays far from us on walks. Until he sees another dog! Then it's full gallop ahead, oblivious to whistle or…</p>
<p>We have two setters, 6 year old IRWS Fergus who approaches every dog with courteous respect, does all the right things, stands side on allowing the appropriate introductions and once established engages in lovely sniffs and friendliness.</p>
<p>Then we have Jasper, our 5 year old English setter who is obedient to the whistle, scents deer and rabbits and squirrels like Jamie but never strays far from us on walks. Until he sees another dog! Then it's full gallop ahead, oblivious to whistle or shouts and dives straight in to sniffs without so much as a hello, how are you. Many an older lady has growled her disapproval at this uncomely disrespect but it all goes over Jasper's head who regards himself as the Leonardo Di Caprio of the dog world - his attitude to rejection is a shrug and it's your loss, love.</p>
<p>No trainer we went to could solve this problem. Then one day Jasper did this very same thing with an older boxer who was having none of it. She snarled and barked and growled and pinned him to the ground (fortunately she didn't actually hurt him). The fright, shame and humiliation cured Jasper immediately. Now he has watched Fergus approaching strange dogs and he does exactly the same thing and all is well.</p>
<p>But I have to say it was a very scary horrible few moments when the boxer lady attacked him.</p>
<p>I can offer you no advice, Alison, we tried everything but in the end it took an older dominant female to put him in his place and she wasn't even wearing Chanel No 5.</p> See my post of June 28th 2015…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-05:865021:Comment:11625112016-01-05T17:56:21.534ZHoward Glansfieldhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HowardGlansfield
<p>See my post of June 28th 2015.The solution is still working and I have a very happy dog....and he has a very happy carer!</p>
<p>See my post of June 28th 2015.The solution is still working and I have a very happy dog....and he has a very happy carer!</p> Chanel No 5 has a lot to answ…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2016-01-05:865021:Comment:11626082016-01-05T14:13:05.420ZJames Doranhttps://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/JAMESDORAN
<p>Chanel No 5 has a lot to answer for, Alison!</p>
<p>Chanel No 5 has a lot to answer for, Alison!</p>