Tips on teaching to stop on the whistle

[greenshank1 407]

This is my black lab, Corbie , she is 18months old, this is at work with me in the woods on Mull.

 

I am trying to teach her to stop on the whistle but making slow progress as she just comes straight back to heel . Her recall is good and I heard doing too much stop whistle isn't a good thing.

 

Has anyone got any good tips I could try ??

[Scottydog 0]

Go back to basics. Walk her to heel on a lead. Walk forward 15 yards and ask her to sit verbally. Repeat the excercise over an over gradually introducing the whistle (single long pip for me) to replace the sit command. She will soon get if you practice this for a short time. Take a look on Gundog Training Forum. Some brilliant advive is to be had from some seasoned professionals and keen amateurs.

[mushroom 13,392]

Get the dog in a closed space.

 

Blow the whistle to get the correct tune that you want to use for example one long blast dropping off at the end.

 

Instantly give the command to sit with a hand held high, flat palm facing the dog.

 

Repeat until the dog makes the connection that the whistle is followed by the sit command and pre-emts it.

 

Then take it out into a place without distractions say a field and when he is doing it at distance resist the urge to call him to you from that position, go to him and praise, treat or whatever until he really gets it then bob should be ya uncle

 

One last always end the session on the high note, if the dog gets it stop there until the next training session.

 

ATB

Edited December 4, 2012 by mushroom

[Nik_B 3,790]

Go back to basics. Walk her to heel on a lead. Walk forward 15 yards and ask her to sit verbally. Repeat the excercise over an over gradually introducing the whistle (single long pip for me) to replace the sit command. She will soon get if you practice this for a short time. Take a look on Gundog Training Forum. Some brilliant advive is to be had from some seasoned professionals and keen amateurs.

 

Overall I've had much better advice of this forum than any other. There is a wealth of experience on here

[Scottydog 0]

Can't say I d

Go back to basics. Walk her to heel on a lead. Walk forward 15 yards and ask her to sit verbally. Repeat the excercise over an over gradually introducing the whistle (single long pip for me) to replace the sit command. She will soon get if you practice this for a short time. Take a look on Gundog Training Forum. Some brilliant advive is to be had from some seasoned professionals and keen amateurs.

 

Overall I've had much better advice of this forum than any other. There is a wealth of experience on here

 

Can't say I disagree Nik. I implied it would be another useful source of information.

[Akeld 11]

This worked fo me with my Bavarian/Lab cross, once he sat on command, I introduced the raised hand, I continued saying sit and raising my hand until he would do it at various distances, then I stopped saying sit and started with a single whistle "peep" and a raised hand, now a single blast and he sits , when he turns to look at me a confirm the comand with a raised hand. Its also reall important to go to the dog to praise