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getting their attention
Today was a great day to be outside so I took Maui and Cali out for
about 1 hour. They were on 50 and 30 foot training leads because their recall is not perfected yet. I didn't hold the ends of the leads, but could grab them if needed. Anyway, we had a great time! When I brought them in, they had water and then sat by the door again. I decided to take them to the park (this time I held the leads) so we could practice some things there too. After being at the park for an hour, I brought them home. When we got home, Cali immediately went to sleep on my bed and didn't move an inch for 4 hours! I had a lot of stuff to get done so it was nice. Anyway, while I was working on recall, the main problem seemed to be getting their attention prior to giving the command. I would try calling their name but when they were distracted by other things, they wouldn't look at me. I tried making other sounds to try and get their attention but it didn't always work. When it failed, I would grab the lead and give it a quick tug. That worked and they looked at me so I could say "come". As long as they were already looking at me, they would come 90-100% of the time. If they weren't looking, they'd only come a percentage of the time. Any advice on how to get them to look more often or come without having to look at me first? Do I need to go back to phase 1 where I call their name (inside and outside) and they get a treat just for looking? I plan to ask the trainer on Wednesday when Cali has her next class but I like to check here in the meantime. Thanks for any help. |
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MauiJNP wrote: Today was a great day to be outside so I took Maui and Cali out for about 1 hour. They were on 50 and 30 foot training leads because their recall is not perfected yet. I didn't hold the ends of the leads, but could grab them if needed. Anyway, we had a great time! When I brought them in, they had water and then sat by the door again. I decided to take them to the park (this time I held the leads) so we could practice some things there too. After being at the park for an hour, I brought them home. When we got home, Cali immediately went to sleep on my bed and didn't move an inch for 4 hours! I had a lot of stuff to get done so it was nice. Anyway, while I was working on recall, the main problem seemed to be getting their attention prior to giving the command. I would try calling their name but when they were distracted by other things, they wouldn't look at me. I tried making other sounds to try and get their attention but it didn't always work. When it failed, I would grab the lead and give it a quick tug. That worked and they looked at me so I could say "come". As long as they were already looking at me, they would come 90-100% of the time. If they weren't looking, they'd only come a percentage of the time. Any advice on how to get them to look more often or come without having to look at me first? Do I need to go back to phase 1 where I call their name (inside and outside) and they get a treat just for looking? I plan to ask the trainer on Wednesday when Cali has her next class but I like to check here in the meantime. Thanks for any help. hi i'm glad you had a great time out with your dogs thats always great to see . you have to get your dogs attention and keep it and to do that you need to be more exciting and unpredictable. after all why bother coming to you when they can sniff out the park gossip and you will still be stood there waiting for them? try hide and seek,i still play that with my shih tzu but it works. another thing i do is to just walk the other way and to wait until they just walk in front of you a bit and turn around and run away. you can do this on and off lead. after a while they keep an eye on you because your unpredictable. when you get them running after you just say good dogs, get them to sit and treat them. try a running back recall too, sit them down and step in front telling them to stay and call them but running back, get them to sit and reward them. they ran after you because you were doing something different but the end result was two dogs who came when called and were treated when they sat. |
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Any advice on how to get them to look more often or come without
having to look at me first? Cheat! Get a little container of Cesar Dog Food (otherwise known as "doggie crack" g) and let them see that you have it. If they aren't addicted yet, peel back the foil top a little bit and let them lick it. Then replace the foil top and slip it in your pocket (or for the un-addicted, carry it in your hand) and take off. My dogs keep a close watch on "The Bearer of The Cesar". Every so often I call them to me for a "fix" (I always crack it open just a bit and let them take a bite straight out of the container). Then let them go about their business again. Actually this works so good that the harder part is getting them to leave my side!! HTH! Susan and the AuH2Ok9s |
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Any advice on how to get them to look more often or come without having to look at me first? Cheat! Get a little container of Cesar Dog Food (otherwise known as "doggie crack" g) and let them see that you have it. If they aren't addicted yet oh, Maui knows Cesar! Cali might have to be introduced though. Actually this works so good that the harder part is getting them to leave my side!! yes, I imagine that would be a problem! |
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