My dog is just about fully obedience traind with a little more work on distractions i think he will be there. NE ways i wanted to start training him with hand signals just for fun but i don't know how to go about it. if any one has NE information or knows where i could find some i would greatly apriciate it
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Michael
Actually I dont know were you can find them. But AKC uses hand signals in there adv. Ob. so there rull book would have something and it can be downloaded free. Stay when at the basic position is to move the left hand, palm open facing the dog from right to left in front of the dogs head.
Sit is palm open and up start with the hand hanging at your side , keeping arm streight swing hand upwords to a horizontal possition
Down is raise your arm streight up over the sholder lock arm streight palm open facing dog, go forward and down to your side with the arm.
Come is as the down but the arm gos out to a horazontal possition to the side and moves in to your mid section.
Ron
I add one to that which is recall to the heel. Arm straight out to the side, like the normal come, and pass it to behind rather than in front. I have found most dogs a preferance as to which recall they prefer and I teach both. I generally use the one the dog prefers, but make them do both.
If you can't be a Good Example,then You'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning. Catherine Aird.
I taught my dogs hand signals for the basic commands eg: sit, drop, heel, stand - and even for tricks eg: roll over, beg etc.
My partner and I both agreed on what hand signals would mean which commands & used them when we verbally coommanded the dogs to do something.
Now, they seem to prefer the hand signals & when I have a bad day eg: say one command, but use the wrong hand signal :rolleyes: the dogs follow the hand signal (pretty bright eh!)
I don't do formal ob or anything, I just wanted an alternative way of communication - and it is fun too. Also, I guess if they ever go deaf in old age, there will always be some form of communication with them.
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Mike wrote - I wanted to start training him with hand signals just for fun but i don't know how to go about it.
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There are numerous ways to cook an egg. One way is to start giving hand gestures with the verbal command you want associated with it. The key is to be consitence. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Its really fairly easy, usually the dog gets the hand gesture faster then the verbal. I find that the hand gesture are enormous help, like to make them quite, send them to the car, stop,sit or down have them come to you 30-50 yrds away.
The weakness is they have to be looking at you.
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If you want to compete by an Oganizations rules I'd get a video and used their hand commands to be insync. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />
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