mickey 0 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hya, Ive had the same trouble with my lurcher, shes 22 inches to the shoulder and very timid. I started her on a short piece of 4" sheep fencing inbetween 2 posts hammered into the ground with small hooks at 4 inch centres on each side. Bent the sheep netting in half to make half the height and hung it on the lowest setting (bout 18 inches) from the ground, Then with the lead on i stepped over first and encouraged her over(a small hop) When she eventually jumped over she was rewarded with food or a throwing of her ball.This way she associates the jump/fence with a posotive. Never drag your dog over otherwise it will associate it with a negative. Its taken me weeks to get to the stage where she will jump on command. Just getting her to jump under her own steam now ( without being prompted). Also I am increasing the height and carefullly planning training walks with different jumps in mind. U'll be surprised how anal your fence and hedge knowledge gets lol. I am also in the process of getting her to jump gates, I am starting with those temporary galvanised sheep feces that clip together, they look just like gates but smaller. This seems to be getting some good results !!!and remember DONT LET IT JUMP TOO HIGH TOO EARLY,one bad knock and youll be starting over again!! I know it was long but its just what ive had to do with my super timid dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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