My older dog is really starting to go deaf. If she is more than 30 feet from me I have to practically scream at the top of my lungs to recall her, and then she thinks she is in trouble. I am wondering if teaching her COME again, with the assistance of the page feature would possibly enable me to get a silent recall on her. Prior to her hearing starting to go she was very reliable for the come and I hate to have to put her on leash all the time in order to keep from making her think I am mad at her, but don't know what else to do.
She already knows hand signals so all I need now is a way to get her attention. I have never used an ecollar, but I would only be using the page feature, she is not a hard dog at all.
You could use the pager function on an e-collar much like a whistle to communicate to the dog. With retrievers there are 2 common whistle signals. A short whistle for a sit and look at the handler for signals, and a long whistle as a recall. Depending on how the pager function works you could do the same things if the signal is the same as the length of time the button is pressed, or it could be based on the number of signals recieved. The training is done similar to teaching hand signals or verbal commands. The page would be paired with a signal that the dog already knows. Then as the dog comes to understand what the page means the old signal is phased out until the new signal is the only one required to get the desired behavior. You may not ever need to use the correction function on the collar to teach this type of behavior in response to the pager function.
The other recomended use of the pager is that it is a reminder used before the correction is used.
If you can't be a Good Example,then You'll just have to Serve as a Horrible Warning. Catherine Aird.
Well, since prior to the hearing loss her recall was consistant for YEARS what I had planned to do was add the vibration to the command around the house where she is able to hear me at close range hopefully with the intentions of eventually using the vibration in place of the command.
When dogs start losing their hearing it is my experience that it happens rather quickly so I really need to do this soon if at all, otherwise I can put her on a long line and just follow her all over the farm.
Oh and BTW it is ringsport not ringsprot and Schutzhund not schuzhund <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Might want to get that straight if you want to be taken seriously as a trainer/handler <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Thanks Richard, that is kinda what I thought. I have never used an e collar but I think in this situation it could be a good alternative to having to put a dog on leash all the time that really has earned her off leash time. Not to mention you know how Giants need their run time. I hadn't thought of varying the vibration time for 2 different commands. That way I can teach her to look at me or just the recall. Cool <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Ok I admit that was kinda harsh. We all know Ed isn't a great speller and I still read his articles and buy his stuff. It is good stuff <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> So I do make allowances, but I hate when someone can't even spell what they do.
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