Bird dog owners... I have two questions about behavior......?

I have a German Short Hair Pointer female, everytime we go into our backyard to play with the dogs she won't come up to us for like ten minutes. She runs around to every corner of the yard barking up trees and out the fence at things we don't see. We continue to play fetch with the Beagal but the Pointer won't get interested for a long while. Then when she does play, she won't bring the toy back, it's like she's playing keep away from us and the Beagal. Is she just showing off how well she can clear the yard of prey when we go out? We don't hunt her so I wasn't sure if this was an instictual thing or not. And as a general dog question: How do you solve the keep away problem between two dogs? Just curious, let me know what you think.

Bird dog owners... I have two questions about behavior......?

Because you dint hunt her she is not very disciplined. Because a good pointer should be aware of where you are at and should check up on you. This may be different because it is a fenced in yard. And they really shouldn't bark at things. As far as her not bringing the toys back pointer are not known to be great retrievers, some pointers I have known have had the be forced trained to retrieve a bird/toy. One thing you may want to start practicing is first taking her into the yard alone and working with her and them bring the other dog in later and work with them together. From the information you said it is not believed you will need a shock collar. practice basic calling and retrieving with treats. We only use our shock collar in the field when we are hunting to train for hunting and obedience when hunting. Sounds like each dog needs some one on one time with you before they will play together. Hope this helps good luck

Bird dog owners... I have two questions about behavior......?

Keep away is fun for the dog, as long as your chasing him, he's gonna run. Try running from him, if he chases you, turn around quickly, grab the toy and praise him. Thats how I got my black lab to bring things to me. Now I never chase him, but if we play chase he has to chase me. Report It

Bird dog owners... I have two questions about behavior......?

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Bird dog owners... I have two questions about behavior......?

We have a hound that also points. We were having a lot of issues with her behavior. We spoke with a co-worker who loaned us a shock collar. It has many levels of Shock and after getting our dogs attention with it we hardly had to use it at all. It is also waterproof and can allow you to keep your dog under control off the leash. We bought ours at Gander Mountain But watch the video