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Re: Letting puppy of the lead
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Originally Posted by nic101 View Post
biggest mistake i made with one of mine

just let them off!!! take people so you can catch him/her - take treats etc....

mil is now 3 and just going off her lead (partly instinct because of her being x gundog) but partly because i didnt trust her..!!! i should have just let her off at 8 weeks and never put he ron alead lol!
agree, I'd rather I had let him off when he was first allowed outside, because I have had to go back to the long line about 3 times in 9 months, because he'd forgotten recall (4 months of that was on long line trying to retrain it) so I think it would be more ingrained if I had taught him at an earlier age, rather than when he was feeling more confident. He's great now, but I worry how long it's going to last. He could easily go back again, and I'd have to retrain it again.
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