Jumping lurchers

[Guest bezza]

How do you teach a dog to jump a hedge? All the lurchers I have owned over the years would jump gates and fences no bother but would look at me as if I was stupid if i told them to ''get over'' a hedge. Any tips on how to train this to jump hedges ?

[Guest oldskool]

i found a spot where the road is high on one side and i got mine to jump across it with a bit of success... although they are very wary about hedges that are slightly thicker... in fairness, if you have him jumping wire and gates then i think you have to ask yourself is it realy necessary to have him jumping hedges too?? a good jumping dog is essential but i think its important to teach him to nip under or through... i've had alot more problems with fool hardy jumping dogs than i have had with dogs that can quickly slip through or under!! live to fight another day i would say

[Guest JDF]

just to add to what oldskool has said,a dog jumping a fence can see where he's going to land most of the time not so with a hedge.dogs will be more inclined to go through rather than over.

[Ray Mears 272]

my advice is dont teach your dog to jump it causes more harm then good i find

[lampdog 0]

i would have to agree with whippet boy i have never let mine jump i lift him over and he weighs 60lb. a frend of mine had a dog almost gutted nearly died jumping barb wire no way lift them over alot safer

[HBG 350]

when you lamp off the back of the van your dog has to be able to jump,mostly its gates and wire,but sometimes if you need to stop at a certain part of the field where there is no gap the dog needs to be able to jump the hedge,but its up to the individual to decide wheather its safe(know the field) for the dog to do so. i have only see a hand full of dogs that will jump a hedge regularly,and i mean one it cant see over.i think dogs do it with experience,they get to know(in my style of lamping) when the van stops theres something over the other side,some if they want it bad enough will jump over.good luck getting your dog to do it(if thats what YOU want)

[Guest big brad]

i went out for a walk today with my dogs ones a 18month old bull cross x welsh hound others a 8 month old merlin eve bred coursing dog . suddenlly four roe broke infront of us both dogs set off and as they reached a ditch with a hedge the other side i wondered what was gonna happen . the roe cleared the lot in one the bull x jumped the ditch and smashed through the hedge and the pup stopped for a second to weigh it up then followed him . goes to show sometimes its best to let the dog make his mind up nothing worse than forcing him into it .for anyone interrested the roe took them about three fields and made safe in a wood .still they are a bit easier on the lamp. :

[juckler123 707]

ive owned dogs that would jump box hedges but it wasnt something they were trained to do all of my dogs have been learnt over and under commands but when at distance and at speed they have to make their own mind up some will do it some wont prefering to go for the gaps its great to watch a dog take a hedge in its stride but theres not many that will i suppose it would be possible to train a dog to go over hedges starting small and working your way up but as the lads have said is it really necessary

[dickyboy 1]

my dog will jump anything that i'm near enough to command him to jump, upto a certain height, were still building confidence but i believe he trusts me not to make him jump into danger....the problem i have is he will not jump anything when hes far away from me....but then i have lots of roads to avoid so this ain't too bad for me....yeah stuff gets away more often but at least my dog is safe

[snoopdog 1,256]

i look at at like this my dog will jump fences gates ect...there are mostly dry stone walls round me he will jump them no prob but not clear the walls and why should he ...he doesnt no whats on the other side i would just say he is useing his brains and a dog that users his brains is a very handy dog to have... and alot less likey to get injured....i would prefer a dog like this to a dog who jumps blind...