dog gone bad???

[sniper34]

My friend has a chocolate lab that is about 2 years old. For the last two months she has been working really well. He would tell her to huntem up and she would work to about 25 yards out then he would yell "ep!". She would then come back and check in and then start working again. Up untill about four weeks ago. Now she starts working and he yells "ep" and she just keeps running, sometimes all the way back to the truck. She was suppose to have pups in late november, but they never came. It was her first time being pregnant. She seems to have alot more energy than before to. I was just wondering what your thoughts are on what could have gone wrong?

[seattlesetters]

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here but if she is running back to the truck on a regular basis when being given commands it is usually a sign of two things: Gunshyness or birdshyness. Has she been around fireworks or maybe to a gun range where she was left in the rig? Has the dog been force broken recently? Has the owner recently introduced the e-collar and accidentally fried her around birds?

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