I would like to train Danke (my 65 lbs GSD) to jump into my arms.

Yes, I know. I am crazy.

She loves to jump, and I'd love to teach her to leap into my arms when I yell "Snake!!!" She can easily jump more than high enough to accomplish the task, and does so on the command "jump", with glee (by far her favorite command).

How can I get her to actually leap into my arms? Has anyone done this?

It sounds similar to Jennifer Coulter's "giddyup" command.

Here is the thread of how she went about training it if it helps. The way she taught it could be really useful in transporting an ill or injured dog out of the wilderness.

http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/176925/page/0/fpart/1

Katie

Thanks Katie.

Why did it not occur to me to start in the kneeling position?

Sheesh.


Well, hopefully I'll have some video soon.

This should be good.

I'll be sure and post the outtakes.

The link to this video says it has been deleted. I also want to teach my GSD to jump into my arms when someone yells Snake! How is this done? Thanks.

Melissa, this post goes back to 2008.

Hopefully someone here could help you figure that out.

I KNOW it was from 2008. I still want to know how to train GSD to leap into my arms when SNAKE is yelled. Its a joke trick. Heck, in Texas it could even save her life

Are you familiar with marker training?

I think it works great for most any training as I've used it for the past 12-13 yrs for teaching a number of venues.

I would probably start in a chair get the dog to hop in you lap.

Take anything you get in the beginning even a foot on your lap and build from there.

Obviously this "direction" is pretty lame but understanding marker training is Key. It will make sense once you and the dog BOTH understand the concept.

Lots of folks here and also excellent videos on marker training available from Leerburg.

Feel free to ask more questions and hopefully we can get some answers.

It all depends on the situation., and in principle such a command would make lot of sense. But what if you don't see the snake? She can be very near and you're not aware of. A snake can very fast-paced snap.

We had here already 3 times poisomus snakes. The first time it was the most poisonous one of Brazil. I our garage. We heard Socks barking in a sound she normally doesn't have. and went looking but couldn't discover anything and went back into the house.

But she kept barking in that strange and very furious sound. We went to look again. Socks sat on exactly the same spot staring at the wall to the same spot as before. Then we finally saw her. A huge thing within our waterhoses and other stuff hanging there.

We called then someone who was very experienced with snakes and he killed her.
If I now think I'd trained Socks to jump into my arms (which would not be possible, because of her weight). But if - her quick movement would probably have triggered a quick movement of the snake too. So in this case Socks saved our live by warning us. If we had grasped unsuspectingly after one of our tools, the snake would have bitten.

Snakes are so often hidden in their surroundings.

But one thing is sure: To have an effective command - not necessarily just for snakes, but for any danger your dog might be in. this would be without doubt extremely useful. Means first of all a very consistently trained recall