jules dief taz tor Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 heres one for those in the know, do you have to use the standard mushing terms , or can you use your own ?????? and what have you found to be the best way to teach them , ive been walking the boys on a walking belt , with them attached to each other with a coupler now for a while, have been using woooooaahhh to get them to stop , and wait to make them stay, and hike for go , on by for sort of go past and ignor stuff, but left and right have got me stumped , any ideas welcome, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Haw/Haa means turn left Gee means turn right Steady means slow down Hike means run On by means carry on/go past Best way to teach in my opinion is to use the comands on walks they know well and let them get used to listening to them, once you are confident they know what they mean try a less familiar walk and see if listen to your command! Hope this helps you x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 but do you have to use them terms ?????????? cant get left and right , for the life of me ive tried, if im confussed the boys r gonna be even more confussed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 LOL, you can its entirely your choice might get confused if you ever run them with dogs that are already trainined!!! If your struggling write a H and G on back of your hand till its well and truely stuck in your memory!!! I struggled initially but its just second nature now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 will have to try that lol at the min i just shift weight to the way i want to go and the just move over lol, with the occassinal this way , or that way thrown in lmao, will just have to remember not to use permament markers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 You can use whatever terms you like as long as your dogs know what they mean! The reason that Gee and Haw are so useful is that they don't sound anything alike and so the dogs can't confuse them. One of the most important commands (we find) is WAIT! (especially useful when you are trying to sort out a tangle in a six-dog team). There is, of course, another important "call" which is very frequently used. It is not a command as such, more a statement that you are in some difficulty. Usually screamed in a high pitched panicky tone (eg when the dogs don't respond to "Wait!") - it is, "OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!" Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 You can use whatever terms you like as long as your dogs know what they mean! The reason that Gee and Haw are so useful is that they don't sound anything alike and so the dogs can't confuse them. One of the most important commands (we find) is WAIT! (especially useful when you are trying to sort out a tangle in a six-dog team). There is, of course, another important "call" which is very frequently used. It is not a command as such, more a statement that you are in some difficulty. Usually screamed in a high pitched panicky tone (eg when the dogs don't respond to "Wait!") - it is, "OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!" Mick Very good Mick, I've used that last one several times myself along with the usefull command for other forest users "Get out of the way!!!!!" (just kidding ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 lmfao at mick , classic, the boys r pretty good with that wait one, i use it at least 20 times on each walk while i have to pick up their crap lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 lmao @ Mick - I agree - that's definitely a term worth using! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 As long as your dogs know what each command is then you can say whatever you want for each command (Hey if you wanted you could prob use a swear word for every one lol) as long as the dogs know what you want from them I got confused with Gee and Haw and started using Go Left and Go Right but now I have got my head around it have started using the usual commands. What I did was wrote Haw on my left hand and Gee on my right hand so if I did get lost I could just look quickly on my hand to remind me of the command Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 right how are we prouncing haw lol , to me it looks like it should be prounced as whore , i can see me getting a few evil looks lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 LMAO like PAW but with an H lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 so it sounds exactly like whore then , bloody great, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISDW Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 so it sounds exactly like whore then , bloody great, I've always struggled with that, especially when theres other people around:D I used to remember them because the word Right has a Gee in it, yes, I know that it also has a H (as in Haw) in it, but the letter h isn't the whole word, if you understand what Im saying, I'm a bit confused myself now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 so it sounds exactly like whore then , bloody great, LOL !! Yeah I'm always careful of who's about when i shout it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 could be interesting , the boys will just go round in right circles lol, tried gee and haw today on our walk and everytime i needed to go left there was somebody there lol, well it felt like it anyway lmao may have to find something else to say for left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 We use Haa for that very reason! when we were teaching the girls the commands we did it out on walks around the streets and we'd have been in big trouble if we'd have said haw!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted July 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 great idea , haa it is lol soooo much better than haw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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