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bench training my English Redtick puppy

Hello everyone I am VERY new to all this. Our family is a proud owner of a new 8 week old female. She is our pride and joy and we would love to show her. She has a great bloodline.

I would love any tips to get her trained right now we are struggling with how nippy and excited she gets. If she is not being crazy she is sleeping lol. Any help full advice would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you

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Stella and Adam

Let your puppy bea puppy. Take her on walks , teach her name and let her be playful. You may want to let her get on a bench and get used to it. Make sure you hold on to her though so she doesn't get hurt. You have plenty of time. May want to start teaching her to lead also. Good luck

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Picosa Creek Kennel / Brad Cotton
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Babies are crazy. The best thing to do is just let them be a puppy! At 8 weeks I start with lead breaking, Walmart has great light weight cheap leads you can use, just a little along. I also start benching them around 7-8 weeks but don't expect them to put it together and keep it together. Just work on one thing at a time. If you want her to hold her head still, just focus on that. If you want her to hold foot placement, don't worry about head or tail. It's fun and cool to have a 10 week old puppy that is a bench pro, but that's also the quickest way to break one. The last thing you want is it to see a bench and dread what's coming. You can show them starting at 6 months but anymore I don't even start until they're a year or more. I just recently showed my Plott male for the first time and he was I think 15 months. That depends on the dog too, I have a 10 month old ALH female who has been a knock out her first two shows as far as handling. You just don't really want to expect to win big with a puppy, especially if you plan on showing at big events.
The most important thing though is to have fun, both you and the dog. If either of you start getting frustrated, just stop. Don't push it, it won't do anything but frustrate you even more. It's easier to slowly train a dog than to rush into it and have it resent the bench and then start all over again.

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Effrem & Haley Creasman
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Sylva, NC
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