Hi my gsd is nine monthes old he goes to obedience three times a week he works on lead and off and does all he is required to do he is very good at the recall and comes in very fast.but when he is allowed to be free he does not come when called i have tried running in the opposite way to him some times it works.Tom
Michele McAtee Webboard User Reg: 02-05-2006
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Recall as you prolly know, is the number one most important command you will ever teach your dog. Training with distraction (ie: no lead--out in public?) is the next level.
The only way I know to "perfect" the recall is to train with a long line. I've heard good things about the lite duty lines and believe they sell them here at Leerburg.
Patience, persistance in quality leadership, consistant training methods will get you the recall you want from your dog. Be careful to not scold the dog for not coming, but instead keep the rewards coming everytime the dog comes. Very important to keep it pleasurable for the dog.
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Recall is the command my 8 month old is the least reliable with. I've started working with an e collar (along with the long line) and have seen a lot of improvement. Ed's ecollar training DVD is great...I highly recommend it.
I've been working with mine on this, too...I take her toy away and put her in a sit when she willfully avoids my call.
She has to "come", "sit", "stay" and stay that way for at least a minute several times in a row before she gets her toy again...I've also used my long line along with calling her and reeling her in as fast and in as straight a line as I can and that has been pretty effective, too...
the most important thing to me seems to be the consistency, working on it everyday, and constantly reinforcing the basic commands
My dog is very hard so corrections don't work as well--unless I yank her head off which I have done a couple of times--but she has so much prey drive and wants that toy so badly that separating her from it when she disobeys really drives her nuts to try and win my approval again--and her toy!...as soon as she complies, I go nuts with praise and warm fuzzy moments
Their world is very simple...very black and white and no one holds grudges.
Your dog is still pretty young. All the advice sounds fairly reasonable however; I would be very careful with the e-collar if you go that route. It sounds like your already doing the right things, but don't forget that giving your dog time to mature while your working on the obedience is going to go a long way. The dog has to have time to digest the training so it becomes intrinsic. We don't teach 1'st graders trigonometry and we shouldn't expect our dogs to be more mature than they are at their age.
I agree, also at 9 months I would never do an off leash exercise if I expect good results.Keep your dog on leah until ,all your commands are secure.Also if you ever get stuck on a recall on a long line where your dog is not looking at you or obeying, tell your dog to 'down' and then recall your dog.See if that works..
Be careful to not scold the dog for not coming, but instead keep the rewards coming everytime the dog comes.
Michelle, the first part of that sentence might be confusing to someone new to training.
Did you mean to say be careful not to scold the dog for not coming if he finally does come to you on his own??
If you find yourself in a situation without a long line and you recall the dog and the dog does not listen at first command, but then chooses to come to you, that's when you are not supposed to correct. No? I'm not a trainer but this is what I've learned along the way.
I completely understand the keep the rewards coming part and agree. I just thought clarification of the first part of the sentence might help the OP.
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