I saw this trainer working with one of his clients in a parking lot the other day. He was demonstrating this command.
The trainer would send the dog away from him 8 feet and put it on an down stay. Then he would call it back to heel. This looked like a cool command I would like to teach my dog. Can someone tell me what this is called and for what purpose this would be used for?
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What your looking at is actually a series of seperate commands strung together: The go out, the down, the recall and the finish or heel. It's not hard to teach, any healthy dog can be taught to do it but its not something you can learn on a board, you have to get the training, good luck and have fun
It can be used for "Go Lie Down on Your Bed" (I just command: PLACE) -- It works great for when you're pre-occupied & don't want the dog making a pest of himself, but you DO want to know where he is, without having to crate him <:-)
One of the reasons for the send out is to be able to direct the dog to where you want him to be.
Example: With SAR work, the need may arise to send the dog into an inaccessable area to begin a search. Oklahoma bombing and 911 are good examples. A police K9 needs to be able to follow directions on such things as building searches.
Duck hunters also use this often to direct the dog to a downed bird.
The idea in work or sport, is for the dog to continue running in the straight line that you indicate, till you give him a command to stop/sit/down/search.
OK, I see but I have one further question. My dog will do all these seperately but here's my specific question. They were in a busy parking lot, no "place or bed". How does the dog know how far to go out and where to lie down? The dog went to the same place (about 8 feet) every time. Also what command would I say? At home I say "place" for her bed and "Kennel" for her kennel. I'm new to this board and so excited about getting new techniques from experienced trainers.
Quote:I personaly wouldn't train in a parking lot, back yard or park would be a lot safer
You would be in trouble on that one! I have trained in a parking lot with different clubs many times. It is usually at night, or on a weekend. In San Diego, we trained OB in the Zoo parking lot, Here, if there is snow on the field we train in the parking lot. In San Antonio, we trained in the Uni's parking lot. This is not unusual as far as I can see.
How does the dog know how far to go out and where to lie down? The dog went to the same place (about 8 feet) every time.
First was the handler giving a single command or multiple? If it was a single command it sounds like the dog was laying down out of compulsion. just like if you make your dog sit everytime you stop walking, eventually you wont have to give the sit command anymore cause the dog will do it out of compulsion. same thing here. there are a 100 different way to train it. i mean if the handler put on a long line and sent the dog then at a set distance yelled down and popped the pinch, it wouldn't take long for the dog to figure out ok if i stop here it wont hurt. i am by no means saying this is fair to the dog or the right way to do it. i am saying the dog would start to do it out of complusion. if it were multiple command then it is just a matter of working your dog on single commands then putting two together then 3 together. so on so forth. the parking lot was just used for its multiple destactions.
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