teaching my lurcher to jump

[charles 0]

well she can jump in and out the garden,hunt jumps and fences when i tell her to but when i slip her like the other night for example there was a little fence that would have been easy for her to jump but she just stopped, is it somthing that she will grasp over time or is there somthing iam suposed to do?(shes only about 16 month)

I would prefer my dog not to jump on night anyway as perception of distance is quite different in the dark! I have seen some quite bad injuries while lamping and a lot of them whilst jumping! So it is really down to personal preference really how you use your dogs jumping ability. Regards Charles.

[LDR 29]

well she can jump in and out the garden,hunt jumps and fences when i tell her to but when i slip her like the other night for example there was a little fence that would have been easy for her to jump but she just stopped, is it somthing that she will grasp over time or is there somthing iam suposed to do?(shes only about 16 month)

I would prefer my dog not to jump on night anyway as perception of distance is quite different in the dark! I have seen some quite bad injuries while lamping and a lot of them whilst jumping! So it is really down to personal preference really how you use your dogs jumping ability. Regards Charles.

 

 

you really dont want your dog to jump just cos its dark????

 

Your dog should be able to jump no matter what, some take longer than others to perfect the art though.......... the only time i'd be careful with dogs jumping is as the dog starts getting tired, you'll see it if you know your dog, thats when accidents can happen!!!!

 

If your dog dont jump you're just restricting what you can catch and where you can go!!!! If you worry about all the times an accident might happen, you'll not be able to run your dog in many places!!!!!!!