Marc Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Was just reading this on another forum. Apparently some trainers will use a alternative recall command to use as an 'emergency' recall. I'm persuming this is one that is taught but very rarely used unless the situation occurs when your husky will not return. Anyone else heard about this? Can see both sides of t he story on whether or not to use one, but to me it seems if your gonna spend so much time teaching this, then wouldnt it be better to train them not to ignore you in the first place lol.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura_3173 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 haha you would have thought that they would spend there time making sure that the dog comes back in the first place but hey if it works then good luck to them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I think one of the best "emergency recalls" I have ever heard of is the command DROP. Lets say your dog escapes and crosses the street. You call him back, only to have him respond and be struck by a vehicle on the way back to you. Successfully taught, using the DROP command the scenario would be that the dog drops immediately and you are able to cross the street to where he is patiently waiting. While I didn't think of this when Bo was young, my next will definitely be pushed to learn it. I can't think of a better command to teach a dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 that's a great command to teach them - might try that - but how would i go about it ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I've been looking in to just that since I heard about this.... apparently the "trick" is to teach the dog to go from the standing postion directly to the down position without a sit first. I found the following link as well: http://www.seefido.com/html/teach_drop__down_dog_command.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 fantastic, will have a go - added to rep ++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huskylove Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I have mine go into a down drop only for the reason that rebel is a bit of a big man....he likes to go over to other dogs and look all big which could easily cause a fight and i really dont wanna be the one slitting up some random dogs ( im 5'1 and 7 half stone lol ) Basically i have taught them to go into the down position and ignore everything that is around them except me....i practise all the time when i take them to the field ( huge and well enclosed ). 9 times out of 10 they listen...the other 1 time they remember the sibe rules and act like im not even speaking in engish ! Also with sibes being the friendly puppies they are i teach them commands bu hand claps and hand signals cos i dont know about all your but if anyone shouted any one of my 6 by name they would happily go bounding over great them like they are their best friend and leave me standing like a numpty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules dief taz tor Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 im using hand signals with my too, just basic ones so far lol and it helps if they happen to be looking at you at the right time lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 This is the first I have heard of it. Like the sound of the DROP down command (added to Austinville's rep), may try this with my 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austinville Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I found that hand signals were excellent to use with Bo -- (and quite by accident I must admit!) I started because of the fact he would give me the "I don't understand English" look....out of pure frustration one day, I began using simple hand signals (after all, why command something that he'll ignore anyway - LOL) He seemed to love the challenge of figuring out and was quick to learn each new signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bec Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I know trainers who use two different commands, one lot in English and one in German (for Schutzhund work). The German commands are used when training the dog in drive and when it is working, English commands are used more casually. Of course this is a bit more complicated and used mainly for working dogs Come means come for my dogs, I don't like to set them up to fail so I would not recall them if I knew they weren't going to come. I think if a dog was chasing a small animal (for eg) out of prey drive, unless you have done drive style training the chances of your dog recalling whilst on the chase are pretty much nil. Try calling a dog on the run (especially a husky) to "down" and I don't think it would terribly effectively unless you have put the training in - in which case a recall will work just as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bintieswolf Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 i just never let mine off his lead, never have a problem with recall. its not easy when fos 20 yrs i owned gsd"s ond always used the drop command with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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