How to stop Dog chomping Doves???

[Buckrider]

My 4 year old Lab Babe is doing very well with only 3 Dove hunts under her belt.
The only issue I am having with Babe at this time is that she tends to chomp on the birds a bit as she is bringing them back to me and I have to go intercept her to minimize the damage to the birds. Other than that she is doing very well. Any input on how to get her to stop chewing the birds? Thanks in advance

[ecallarman]

It seems like a rmeber a dog trainer one time told me to use frozen birds while training.

[Bhuntinfishn]

Freeze a dove and put drywall screws in it, it broke my brothers dog of it

[crittergitter]

have your dog retrieve a stiff brush during training to help develop a soft mouth.

this will help but the feathers on the dove are bad about making dogs clamp down on doves

[Atfulldraw]

I'm guessing that the dog hasn't been force fetched....

[dclifton]

Freeze a dove and put drywall screws in it, it broke my brothers dog of it

Haha I bet lol

[freezerfiller]

Check out waterdog training DVD, gone be this for years seen it at basspro last week.
Shows you how to force fetch train nd will give your dog a soft mouth

[dclifton]

Only bad thing about force fetching is some females go nuts. I had one that started blighting trainers and me while tryin to force fetch.
She didn't last long.

I'd try frozen birds to soften them up and see how they do.

[Atfulldraw]

Freeze a dove and put drywall screws in it, it broke my brothers dog of it

because a damaged palate is so easily healed.....

here's a tip - don't use anything in training that could harm your dog permanently.

[Atfulldraw]

...... some females go nuts.

here's the part I saw.

most force fetch problems (like most training problems) aren't dog problems.
FF is a process, and it's a slow process.
Move too fast for the dog and you will sometimes get bit.

[Jet Black]

Hump it until it pees. Duh!

[Buckrider]

It seems like a rmeber a dog trainer one time told me to use frozen birds while training.

I have used the frozen dove but not with the spikes..Figured it would get her used to the scent we were going to be looking for.

[Buckrider]

I'm guessing that the dog hasn't been force fetched....

Not force fetched, I don't even know what that is?

[Buckrider]

because a damaged palate is so easily healed.....

here's a tip - don't use anything in training that could harm your dog permanently.

Definitely don't want to injure her permanently or otherwise, she is my "furchild" as well as my hunting dog

[Buckrider]

here's the part I saw.

most force fetch problems (like most training problems) aren't dog problems.
FF is a process, and it's a slow process.
Move too fast for the dog and you will sometimes get bit.

I would rather not get bit even though I don't think she would ever bite me anyway for whatever reason unless she was in extreme pain and don't want to get her to biting people right now she is a real people dog , loves to be around them and is playful. Loves attention!