Jumping

[Guest lady hunter]

I've got a 14 month old bull/grey, she will jump any thing i put in front of her in the garden, but as soon as i take her out , she wont jump any thing at all, i do every thing that ido at home with the bitch while out but she will still not jump, i've done all the walking off and leaving her the other side of the fence hoping that she will jump , she see's our other bullx jumping but she still wont, i'm getting fed up now with having to keep on picking her up and putting over the fences, thats the only fault she has other than that she is a good bitch. Any ideas ???? And has any one else ever had one that wouldnt jump.

[skinnyrat 0]

you say you have tried walking away and leaving it,well maby not for long enough,as now the dog knows that you are going to come back and pick it up eventually,find somewhere where the fences are lower,start small and build up

[Guest lady hunter]

I have left her long enough, but its just not happening,

[Guest oldskool]

have you got her jumping wire when she is at the house?? my dogs will all jump wooden fences and all sorts of crap with no hesitation but they get a bit nervy when it comes to sheep wire and barb... you could try putting wire instead of boards across the door way of her run.... i found that was a big help for me anyway!!

[skinnyrat 0]

if the dog will jump anything in the house,but wont jump when its out,then you have reached a situation where the dog has trained you,and its waiting for you to come back and pick it up,good luck with getting it sorted

[Guest midnight_runner]

agree with skinny rat the dog has sussed that sooner or later you will come and lift it over you will have to make it think your leven it behind[ it will jump it just walk on ]had the same problem a few years ago

[Guest oldskool]

that is a very good point, i never would have thought of that!!! i know the thread is about jumping but i would just like to add, and its just my opinion, instead of going back to lift her over you could be showing her away under.... i think jumping will come eventually.... its just as important to let the dog see that not every fence should be jumped no matter how high...

[tod 3]

try and find one of those chicken mesh rabbit proof fences so she can see you on the other side. just leave her on the other side of the fence and walk or even jog away while shouting her to come.as long you know she is capable of jumping the fence just leave her until she does.because you have been lifting her over fences she will just take a bit longer to jump than most.once she jumps it a few times the penny will drop.

[Guest oldskool]

I'd much rather my dog jump fences than crawl under, he tried to go under one a few weeks back and ended up with a huge gash in his back. Joe

 

 

i think the aim is to have a dog that knows its limits... if its too high then he should try go under instead of hanging over the top of the wire like an old rug... 2 years ago i ran a dog to the vets to get stitched and after that i went to casualty to get myself seen.... when i lifted her off she bit through the side of my jumper ....

 

she was a real jumping maniac and everything she saw needed jumped.... i bought her as a grown dog and i think it was down to her training that got her trying to jump everything regardless of how high it was... if she had have went under all would have been well

[stevie g 2005 125]

have you got her jumping wire when she is at the house?? my dogs will all jump wooden fences and all sorts of crap with no hesitation but they get a bit nervy when it comes to sheep wire and barb... you could try putting wire instead of boards across the door way of her run.... i found that was a big help for me anyway!!

100 per cent right i started of in the back yard with wooden fences which they jump very well when i took them to the feild to wire fences they were cagey . start off with a wire fence that its comfortable with and when doing that steady just find one thats a little bit bigger and so on it will come. the same as lamping my bitch would jump anything six bar gates for fun during the day but and night when i started off lamping she wouldnt jump them like anything a bit more work on the lamp and she now jumps the gates at night for fun which i think is a must for lamping foxes. as it is a lot less noise nothing worse that trying to open gates to get in to the feild to call foxes

[witton 6]

that is a very good point, i never would have thought of that!!! i know the thread is about jumping but i would just like to add, and its just my opinion, instead of going back to lift her over you could be showing her away under.... i think jumping will come eventually.... its just as important to let the dog see that not every fence should be jumped no matter how high...

I would opt away from that because the last thing i want is a dog going full on after a rabbit.........and going straight under a barb wire fence getting its back, neck or face ripped open.

David

[Pumper dog 0]

In addition you could try putting the coat you wear to take the dog out, over the fence you have at home once he's used to jumping the area where the coat is put it over the wire, gradually use the coat less and less. it may work if it is just a case of lack of confidence on the dogs part!

[Guest oldskool]

I would opt away from that because the last thing i want is a dog going full on after a rabbit.........and going straight under a barb wire fence getting its back, neck or face ripped open.

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaking as a farmer myself,,, i wonder why the feck farmers go to such hassle to put barb at the bottom of the fences... the strands at the top are deadly enough !!! when building fences we always put the wire mesh dead tight to the ground... its just as effective and if livestock need to escape the will jam through whether there is barb there or not....

 

but anyway, when in pursuit of quarry and when it crosses into the next field, would you rather see the dog jump after it, even if you know hes not goin to make it??? this might seem a silly statement but i have seen dogs try to jump some silly heights and when you can see it about to happen the thought "oh, f**k me" always comes to mind... when a dog goes over its at more risk than when a dog goes under... i've seen some god awful sights when dogs didnt make it over... the bottom of the dog holds alot more vitals than the top half of the dog.... at the end of the day the dog must jump and thats it... but IMO i would like to see a dog that knows not to when need be !!! so when i am training them i show them away under too. i find it steadys them up a bit... havent had a hang up in a long time :thumbs-up: