Jumping

[Colliewhippet 1]

I have a pup coming up to 7 months old, at would age would you recommend I start teaching her to jump? As she's still young I don't want to rush and do damage while she's still developing

 

Thanks in advance

[DogMan85 722]

I have a pup coming up to 7 months old, at would age would you recommend I start teaching her to jump? As she's still young I don't want to rush and do damage while she's still developing

 

Thanks in advance

Should have already been doing it by now I'd say, obviously don't overdo it though.

[Colliewhippet 1]

Ok I'll get onto it this week. She does the the little things like ditches and walls that have come down over the years

Cheers

[trigger2 3,137]

it wont hurt to introduce the pup to a few small obsticials to jump over now, but some dogs dont like jumping.

 

all my dogs have been left to get on with it from 8 weeks of age and prefer to go over even when they can go over except this young dog i have now. for some reason he has always chose to go under first. he can jump as good as the others but thats just the way he is.

 

one of my dogs being left to it. learning to go up and over

[skycat 6,173]

Keep the jumps small until the dog is a year old, and don't let it try to jump barbed wire on top of stock wire unless it shows great confidence. I don't subscribe to the 'let them get on with it' method. A bad tangle with barbed wire at a young age can put them off for life. I manage the pup's walks and excursions to include various small obstacles: barbed wire, but only if it is lower than the pup is tall. Pups will try and follow older dogs, which can be good teachers, but having seen too many accidents with barbed wire I prefer to teach the pup myself, starting low, and not when it's trying to keep up with older dogs going fast.

[straight2hand 303]

A great start is to put something in front of there food make some sort of barricade. I put a piece of wood blocking access to the kennel so every time she went in and out she had to jump every day nothing too high, I made it higher over time as she got older. Lurchers are natural jumpers; but I started her young, try a fence without barb or even a style as your dog is more developed. I am sure your dog will naturally progress to jumping barb as my bitch did it on her own - like people have mentioned just build confidence up from there..

[Colliewhippet 1]

Thanks both. As you mentioned barb wire that is the last thing she will go near as her confidence in general is not the best she was very nervous dog until recently.

I will probably put a board across the door on the shed and slowly lift it over time to build her confidence up, her getting tangled in a fence is the last thing she or I need

[nans pat 2,575]

Thanks both. As you mentioned barb wire that is the last thing she will go near as her confidence in general is not the best she was very nervous dog until recently.

I will probably put a board across the door on the shed and slowly lift it over time to build her confidence up, her getting tangled in a fence is the last thing she or I need

cut a bit of sheepwire to fit the gap rather than a board,a dog will jump quicker if it can see through.

[roybo 2,873]

The field opposite my house has sheep netting with out barbed wire ,and in places ,has the round timber making it the height of a 5bar gate ,I start them off jumping the lower bits that have been pushed down and work up as their confidence builds .

Nothing wrong with putting a board over their kennel entrance or a door way about a foot high to get them used to it early on .I have put a head of a yard brush on top too ,so as they clear low jumps rather than scrambling over

[Colliewhippet 1]

I like the ideas of the the sheep wire and the head of the brush. Thanks both

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

I like to have pups out and about, at a few months of age..

More so,..roustabout curs, that are destined to be worked amongst woodland brash and factory units,..stoney waste ground, hedgerow and ditch bottom..

They need to learn a hell of a lot of things and develop certain essential skills,...or their lives will be full of disappointment and pain...

Clearing obstacles is just part and parcel of getting around the UK countryside,...so,..its a case of practice, practice....and hopefully staying safe...

 

The lurcher game,.(all things being equal),..can often be a dangerous old life...

Edited April 18, 2017 by Phil Lloyd

[green dragon 701]

I just started as a pup just putting a few obsticals in his way just getting bigger and now hes flyin

 

 

Also dont know if it helped but i put a blanket over a small fence so the dog couldnt see threw it and he jump stright over insted of trying to put his head threw it

Edited April 18, 2017 by green dragon

[Jackhammer 0]

Get them jumping as soon as really

[Shaddy93 840]

It's each to their own I guess, iv never taught dogs to jump theyv always sort of taught themselves, the 14 month old I have at the minute started to jump on his own at around 11 months old, it wasn't until he was chasing a rabbit on a morning walk, the rabbit ran through some sheep fencing and the dog was straight up and over my heart sank abit but he's never looked back since, however he's already had some conflict with barbed wire a couple coming very close to ending his careeer

[dark-destroyer-85 636]

Started training my young bitch to jump last couple weeks 8 months old

 

 

Only small fences leave her get some confidence first

Edited April 25, 2017 by dark-destroyer-85