Training Priorities

[paulsmithy83 567]

 

 

Recall first...if you ain't got that right you ain't going nowhere...never ceases to amaze me how many supposedly 'trained' dogs have poor recall...does my f*****g head in... Just couldn't cope with that...

thats the main thing for me, as all other things in training will follow once its got that spot on. my 10 month old 1x gsd x grey pup Buck been very easy to train with all aspect's of training, prob because ive had Bryn with him most times and Buck just follows+ watches him and both are great jumpers. Hes the only pup ive had that ive (not) dome much retrieving with,throw the odd stick thats about it, but he caught dozen rabbits in the lamp last year and brought ever one back to me,he might be natural at it.But his recall is brill so maybe why he so good at bringing back. He good with sheep, but that down watching Bryn alot.But i think as they get older and start killing more stuff, you got have few more reminders on stock just keep on top of them.

Very good point there on retrievin I always say recall and retrievin hav a big link. If recall is mint the retrieve norm close to spot on with out much effort in trainin. Sum thin I always notice anyway

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[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

"No recall,..no retrieve".....

[Lurcher88 51]

What methods do you lads use to teach recall?

 

My 15 month old beddy x whippet/Gh is spot on with his recall when no one else is in sight. If there's another dog to play with on the park/field im wasting my time

[keeganrees 196]

18mnth not too old to learn jumping or retrieving, the police and armed forces don't start that sort of training till around that age, maybe need a different aproach though, where a pup retrieve and jumping can be more natural and fun to learn / teach i think a more mature dog would be best less fun and more command so to speak, i'd use easy but varied hurdles (wire, gates, walls ditches etc) and reinforce / strengthen the up / over command

for a moment there birdog i thought you had stole my dog ...haha spitting image sorry to go off topic abit