tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post5471938222479587487..comments2023-11-02T04:07:36.590-07:00Comments on team small dog: Recall training-a primer.team small doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-38124231307510797992008-07-16T05:59:00.000-07:002008-07-16T05:59:00.000-07:00Oh, I'm not a good trainer but I do have good deer...Oh, I'm not a good trainer but I do have good deer-chasing dogs. I have even lost deer-chasing dogs overnight. In February. Deer come by every day, so I have special dog paddocks and now 6 acres w/ invisible fence. Dogs can be shot running deer in Vermont.<BR/><BR/>I am working on the recall where you jackpot them on a special recall word that you only use in extreme situations. Since furry stuff motivates them I have this gigantic stuffed skunk that only comes out when I yell that word and they come flying to go nuts on it. I am probably just conditioning them to go after skunks.minnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02684517947260435774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-22063832616009737702008-07-15T10:39:00.000-07:002008-07-15T10:39:00.000-07:00Our problem is cats with the Jack Russells,here in...Our problem is cats with the Jack Russells,here in town where we live. Nothing like the spectacle of screaming white dogs running through your neighbor's yard after their cat with evil white dogs kids chasing after them telling them to stop. Or even worse at agility class at your instructors house where you TRAIN your dogs to have them go crazy after her cat and almost catch it! We also have the Border Collie cheering team egging the evil white dogs on. So, no you aren't alone in the chasing/call off thing. Our rule is evil whiteness on leash and if you are walking and happen to see a kitty, you use secrete code to each other to try to get them past without them seeing the cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-90652056122772622742008-07-15T07:18:00.000-07:002008-07-15T07:18:00.000-07:00I just sat down on a rock and whistled every so of...I just sat down on a rock and whistled every so often and was like sitting in the forest waiting room.<BR/><BR/>I think I had this secret hope lots of people who are good dog trainers (I suspect you might be a really good dog trainer) would write in on the comments about how their dogs chase deer too. Yay!<BR/><BR/>But not very many of you did. Uh oh. Confirming my Having a Good Recall means even when chasing deer suspicion.team small doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980770631350927665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21924162.post-64790409879077279202008-07-14T10:48:00.000-07:002008-07-14T10:48:00.000-07:00I have always had deer chasing dogs, even before I...I have always had deer chasing dogs, even before I did agility and Obedience and therapy and all that. As far as I know they've never caught one (they haven't returned with a leg or anything) so I just consider it time to myself. I read or paint, sometimes nap while they're gone. They always return and then we go on until the next chase begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com