gundog commands

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[barraboy 28]

commands can be anything you choose, typical verbal recall would be *name* here, whistle couple of quick blasts in rapid succession.

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[gonetoearth 5,144]

Buy yourself George. Ridley traing DVD Good down to earth stuff I was late to gun dogs well owing one , he allways said its the owner that needs training lol

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[gonetoearth 5,144]

ive not long bought the dog and she is well trained, she stops on command sits, stays, goes back, goes left and right all with hand signal, she stops on whistle . its just the recall im having trouble with.

She is proberbly testing you lol has she been trained to come to two short peeps , I have found this DVD vary valuable my commands were erratic may be a basc training day would help go to a game fair were John holsted is doing a demo there experience and guidance sometimes just clicks I've been around them for years but it was me who needed direction lol

[stroller 341]

good advice

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[Bradford Lad 74]

Two pips is mostly used to turn your dog, multiple peeps is usually used to call your dog back. If the dogs not listening to you it's time to go back to basics with it.

[buggsbunny 4]

how about contacting the person you bought her off and asking what comands did they use on her save all cofusion between you and the dog.

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[skycat 6,173]

Training any dog is the same: gun dog or lurcher or whatever. You first have to condition the dog to respond to a particular word or whistle. If you have got the dog as an adult and don't know how it was trained before, then start from scratch with the commands and whistles you intend to use, and NEVER change them.

 

If you have only just got the dog then you'll need to spend at least a month getting to know her: be really observant, see what she reacts to best. If the dog is 4 years old how long did the previous owner have her? Do you know if he was a good dog man or not? Unless you have had a thorough tuition in how she was trained and how she responded to the previous owner, and if she had good interaction with him, she may have some bad habits, 'switch offs' (where she has learned not to obey a certain command).............there could be umpteen reasons why she isn't responding to you, but it is entirely probably that she just doesn't know you, doesn't see you as someone she respects or trusts.

 

Dogs aren't robots: many gun dogs are sent away for training then come back to their owners who then can't do a thing with them as they've never taken the trouble to build a solid and trusting relationship with the dog.

[butcherboy 68]

You calling a dog is not the same as the previous owner calling the dog, everbody has different pitch, levels etc.

 

If it's outside then when you feed it give the recall command YOU want to use as it comes into its bowl. (it's already on its way so you cannot fail). Do that for a week or so and then just extend it. when its out playing & coming towards you just give the recall command (it's already on its way so you cannot fail). Do that a couple of times each play session, praise the dog 7 then let it continue playing.

 

Then once you know it knows the command you can start it in a formal setting. Sit the dog, back away a few yards & then give the recall. Do this a few times but finish by leaving it sitting and then going back to the dog. Just build, build, build.

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[The one 8,474]

One pip sit or hand in the air if working at distance

Two pips turn looking back for a hand signal for which direction

Three pips for a recall used a few times for urgency

Thats what i was always told