Chasing crows, ticks, and when to switch off puppy food.

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Jakeismydog2

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A few questions I am looking for info on.

Most days I take my pup Ox (6mo) out in the morning to some wide open soccer feilds to run. he is a much better behaved dog when he gets to do this in the morning. From the beginning he has loved chasing the birds around the field. The last couple of weeks he has at times actually pointed the robin or crow, going so far as to hold the point for 20-30seconds. My question is am I missing an opportunity to train him during this time? should I encourage him when he points even though it is a garbage bird? Should I try to keep him from chasing? Should I just let him be a dog and have fun like I have been doing?

So as we all know this has been a warm winter, and the ticks are already thick. What do you guys think is best for tick prevention on your dogs?

What age do you normally switch from puppy to dog food?

Thanks for the help.
 
I try to avoid tick areas out here; when it heats-up in May/June, those pests will be gone. Rattlesnakes are another issue, however & these keep me away from my favorite training spots. I take my pups off puppy food at one year of age.
 
Do you have Deer Ticks? If so Vaccinate your dog for Lyme disease.
Frontline works good to help keep the ticks off, put some on your pup for sure.
I would encourage you and your pup to have fun and let Ox point to his hearts content.
However I'm not a dog trainer.:eek:
 
I've always let my dogs point at yard birds and such because they will lose interest over time in those and focus on game birds as they figure it out.

Dogs are pretty smart and I've never had an issue of them getting mixed up or pointing robins in the field or something. It's a natural instinct that I think they are doing because of sight. When they really get the hunting thing down they will point because of smell and dogs know the difference between game and song birds.
 
AtTheMurph said:
I've always let my dogs point at yard birds and such because they will lose interest over time in those and focus on game birds as they figure it out.

Dogs are pretty smart and I've never had an issue of them getting mixed up or pointing robins in the field or something. It's a natural instinct that I think they are doing because of sight. When they really get the hunting thing down they will point because of smell and dogs know the difference between game and song birds.
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Agred but most of it is sight pointing at this time.
 
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