does anyone have any tips on how to get lurchers jumping

[ASME IX 1]

one thing i would say is DO NOT PICK THE DOG OVER.set the hight so the dog is capable of jumping it.

Also dont expect it to scale over 6 bar gates streight away though,give the dog time,some dogs get spooked at the sound of a gate clanging,as other members have said start of with wooden boards.

 

regards

asme9

[woz 260]

i was always training my dogs to jump.....then i had to learn to stitch them up when they ripped them selves on barbed wire.....bryn my new dog wasnt ment to jump.i was in the yard today and he was in the garden he cleared a 6 foot gate with slatted wood on the top to come to me.my heart sank as i watched him..was reading a post on hear about a man loosing his dog when it got its leg cought in a gate.whats the problem with lifting your dog over fences???

[ASME IX 1]

i was always training my dogs to jump.....then i had to learn to stitch them up when they ripped them selves on barbed wire.....bryn my new dog wasnt ment to jump.i was in the yard today and he was in the garden he cleared a 6 foot gate with slatted wood on the top to come to me.my heart sank as i watched him..was reading a post on hear about a man loosing his dog when it got its leg cought in a gate.whats the problem with lifting your dog over fences???

nothing if the dog cant jump,i was talking from a from a training point of view!!!!!!

[bigbird 7]

i was always training my dogs to jump.....then i had to learn to stitch them up when they ripped them selves on barbed wire.....bryn my new dog wasnt ment to jump.i was in the yard today and he was in the garden he cleared a 6 foot gate with slatted wood on the top to come to me.my heart sank as i watched him..was reading a post on hear about a man loosing his dog when it got its leg cought in a gate.whats the problem with lifting your dog over fences???

 

 

no problem at all if you can keep up when it's after something

[tyson 1]

patience is a virtue , true saying

 

ive a 3month old pup thats leasrned by following the other dogs about and she started jumping 3ft fences without barb wire obviously , all on her own , she had no encouragment at all from me

 

my cusins got a 10 month old bitch that just stands and watches the puppy sail over the fence, and wont even attempt it , but she learn eventually

[Urchin 0]

I can tell you how I got my whippets to jump - bought a house with a nice elderly neighbour, a 1m fence and a lovely big apple tree to crap under

 

wee f*****s learned to jump it in days

[DiStuRBeD 0]

no problem at all if you can keep up when it's after something

 

yep but then what would you need a dog for

[R_Oldroyd 17]

Hi

 

I got my English Springer Jumping over the Ferret Count Door frame which is low but high enough to stop the ferrets running out. He knows there is ferret kibble in there and he ilkes to feed with the ferrets.

 

Kills to birds with one stone, Gets them used to the ferret. and jumping at the same time. He can jump over a rabbit proof fence which is high enough for me. I know lurchers can jump much higher than that but its good enough for me.

 

Regards Roger.

 

PS if my dog knows the action is on the other side of the fence he soon finds a way.

[bill88 6]

Straight in at the deep end for mine,about the dogs own height,and NO barbed wire.I believe if the dog has it too easy at the start they get complacent,and thats when accidents happen.I like mine to have to think about it before they jump,that way i think they are less likely to take on more than they can safely handle.JMO

 

 

[ginger dave 63]

GO OTHER THE ALLOTMANTES AND PUT THEM OTHER A TIN SHEET

[poacherH 0]

personally id prefer it if my dogs did not jump as the dogs i have at the moment jump but will try to jump barbedwire fences and can cause themselves fairly bad injury, also one of my dogs caught his leg in a gate the other week and nearly broke it. though that is only my opinion and i should imagine many people have dogs that jump which dont injure themselves.