Ossie 11 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 new round these parts, please don't eat me... i have a dog, wonderful in every way, but for the temporary deafness that occurs the moment i need to get him back. i can scream til i'm blue in the face, i've tried everything, from patience to a packet of McVities chocolate digestives in my pocket (and occasionally waved above my head), and the little sod still won't come back. well, he does come back, but it can take anywhere from 20 seconds to 15 minutes. if anyone has any suggestions as to how i can speed up his response time, they would be much appreciated. by the way, he is a saluki x. (which is probably half the problem!) Oz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Rule No. 1: Never let yeself get wound up by a Dog who won't do as ye wish / command. Dog picks up on this and figures it's probably a good idea to stay out of kicking range of " Mr Angry " there Have ye tried: Sitting down. Ignoring the Dog completely? They'll often come to see what ye up to. Then just quietly and calmly leash the bugger and get on ye way. OR; Walk Away, 'ignoring' the Dog. Again, they think they're being left out and come to rejoin the moving 'Pack'. Failing that? Circumstances permitting, I'd try The Gypsy Trick. But, unless you're a card carrying (add ye own derogative here ) I can't disclose that one. If ye were? Ye'd know what I was talking about Fact that it's a Dog is good. Fact that it's a Saluki bred Dog means I'd better f*ck off and leave this one to those with far more experiance of such sods than I have. Only ever had one. She was a bitch. And a Right Bitch too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) sitting down never even worked when he was little! the best trick so far, is running around in circles, squeaking. usually gets his attention. just makes ya feel (& look) like a complete twat. Failing that? Circumstances permitting, I'd try The Gypsy Trick. But, unless you're a card carrying (add ye own derogative here ) I can't disclose that one. If ye were? Ye'd know what I was talking about great great grandma was a norfolk fen romany, does that count? six feet tall, according to legend. the only gypsy trick me mum has ever told me is bread in your armpit, feed it to the dog. supposed to make it follow you to the ends of the earth. i just got crumbs in my bra, and a dog who's breath smelt of Sure.... by the way, how's the flora? Edited January 22, 2007 by Ossie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 i just got crumbs in my bra OMFG!!! You're a Female?!? For gods sake, Forget That trick! (Actually, my stomach now hurts from laughing at the thought of the possibilities! ) Oh dear. Sorry then, Ossie, I'm clean out of ideas love. Saluki? .243 ? :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 hahaha, i love my nickname, confuses the hell out of people... yes, female. about the least girly girl you're ever likely to encounter though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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elma-fudd 0 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 must somthing in the saluki blood one of mine is the same her bloody ears dont work somtimes and shes getting flyer with treats all they want is out more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky-N.p.p 0 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 hahaha, i love my nickname, confuses the hell out of people... yes, female. about the least girly girl you're ever likely to encounter though! Thank god for that " i was picturing some big hairy guy running after his suluki waring a bra and shoutinh here here here whilst waving a chocolate digestive above his head ! and we'v enough of those on this site already Quote Link to post Share on other sites
elma-fudd 0 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 :11: hahaha, i love my nickname, confuses the hell out of people... yes, female. about the least girly girl you're ever likely to encounter though! Thank god for that " i was picturing some big hairy guy running after his suluki waring a bra and shoutinh here here here whilst waving a chocolate digestive above his head ! and we'v enough of those on this site already Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Thank god for that " i was picturing some big hairy guy running after his suluki waring a bra and shoutinh here here here whilst waving a chocolate digestive above his head ! and we'v enough of those on this site already :11: he's a rum'un, as we say round these parts. seems i'm not the only one having this problem! daft bugger used to get out of the living room window while i was at work in the summer... i'd get a call from my landlord telling me the dog was out ("AGAIN!"). when i went home to look for him, fully expecting it to take a good hour of traipsing round the fields to find him, he'd be fast asleep in my parking space! he does come back eventually, it's just a frustratingly slow return. i have a railway line along one edge of the property, out to the other side is a large field heaving with rabbits, but patrolled by a trigger-happy keeper (who shot one of landlords lurchers a few years ago), and beyond both is a large wood, part of the same keepered estate as the field. consequently, getting a response first time i call him is pretty essential to his (and sometimes my) survival. he just has to sniff/piss on/eat everything interesting on his way back to me, maybe take a bit of a detour... i just need to get a bit of urgency into him! my mum has suggested aniseed balls as a treat, she reckons most animals go nuts for them (and my mum is a veritable font of wisdom). anyone else heard of this? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Aniseed? Any Trapper or 'Keeper worth the name knows all about aniseed, Ossie. Renowned of it's ability to attract all sorts Actually, I've read that - annecdotally - it's what the Drag Hunting Packs use to lay as a lure? Only thing is, I'd question it's efficacy here because it's a Saluki ye dealing with. Purest form of 'Gazehound' and there for stimulated by sight See where I'm coming from? I'd develope this detail by suggesting ye use a visual lure. I'd even go as far as to suggest a visual attractant which the Dog has some feeling for. One of it's favoured toys ..... Only, from my own, limited to the one Dog, experiance; I don't think they're much for playing with anything, are they? But there's ye clue, love; Think around Eye appeal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted January 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 (edited) Aniseed? Any Trapper or 'Keeper worth the name knows all about aniseed, Ossie. Renowned of it's ability to attract all sorts Actually, I've read that - annecdotally - it's what the Drag Hunting Packs use to lay as a lure? Only thing is, I'd question it's efficacy here because it's a Saluki ye dealing with. Purest form of 'Gazehound' and there for stimulated by sight See where I'm coming from? I'd develope this detail by suggesting ye use a visual lure. I'd even go as far as to suggest a visual attractant which the Dog has some feeling for. One of it's favoured toys ..... Only, from my own, limited to the one Dog, experiance; I don't think they're much for playing with anything, are they? But there's ye clue, love; Think around Eye appeal yup, drag hunts use aniseed as a lure, i remember watching "Countryfile" years ago, and they showed a bloodhound pack using it. antis are well known for using it to distract hounds. i see where you're coming from . i shall persevere with the visual whatnots. for a saluki x though, he's very scent-centric. quite often he'll run with his nose to the ground, nearly going arse-over-tit, and i've used him to catch moles, as seems to be able to sniff them out underground. he used to sniff out bits of flint when he was younger! i have a big pile of it in the garden that he's dug up. he'd just sniff about & start digging, and, hey presto! up would come a huge piece of it. i'm gonna give the aniseed balls a whirl. it's less a matter of him smelling that i have them on me from a distance, more that if he knows i've got them, he'll be a bit keener to get back. chocolate biscuits worked pretty well, but we both started putting on a bit of weight... :oops: so they were rapidly abandoned! Edited January 23, 2007 by Ossie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mussells 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 hahaha, i love my nickname, confuses the hell out of people... yes, female. about the least girly girl you're ever likely to encounter though! you aint been round these parts love CHRIST the women are more blokes than blokes(why do ye think im single!!) :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ross 1 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 hahaha, i love my nickname, confuses the hell out of people... yes, female. about the least girly girl you're ever likely to encounter though! you aint been round these parts love CHRIST the women are more blokes than blokes(why do ye think im single!!) :whistle: here here new round these parts, please don't eat me... i have a dog, wonderful in every way, but for the temporary deafness that occurs the moment i need to get him back. i can scream til i'm blue in the face, i've tried everything, from patience to a packet of McVities chocolate digestives in my pocket (and occasionally waved above my head), and the little sod still won't come back. well, he does come back, but it can take anywhere from 20 seconds to 15 minutes. if anyone has any suggestions as to how i can speed up his response time, they would be much appreciated. by the way, he is a saluki x. (which is probably half the problem!) Oz. i had a patterdale like that but just didn't come back just disappeard down the nearest hole luckerly my ex took it [bANNED TEXT] she left me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie 11 Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 well, took Gyp out for a run this morning, tried out some of the tips! he belted off after a rabbit, then spotted a squirrel & tried to climb a tree... called him back, but rather than the usual firm command, i pitched my voice up a bit, and he did come back a bit quicker. i guess i sometimes forget that my voice is kinda deep for a girl, so the tone of my "here" isn't a million miles off my "no". gonna give aniseed balls a whirl too, thank god there is a traditional sweetshop in town, otherwise i'd have a hell of a job finding them! i just gotta get over my aversion to the smell... used to drink a "cocktail" called Jellybean (1 shot each Bacardi, vodka, gin, Pernod, in a pint glass, big splash of blackcurrant & top up with lemonade) in my younger days, spent many a night puking red :sick:. i get a bit queasy when i smell aniseed now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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