Excellent article, 10 mistakes to avoid when training your pup

posted yesterday by OOD.

We have an excellent magazine in OOD that posts articles regularly.
Thought this article might be useful to new pup owners.


Hunting Archives - Ontario OUT of DOORS (oodmag.com)

"Training a dog is easy.... training the master is the hard part."

I can't remember where I read that but no truer words can be spoken regarding that subject.

https://oodmag.com/10-mistakes-to-av...ning-your-pup/

Avoid these common pitfalls if you plan to train an effective hunting partner, and have a well-behaved dog at home.

Already posted this , but twice is good. :)

Excelent post, thank you.

In my humble experience it is the selection of breed which makes the most difference, not a lot of times, but enough to make it re-occuring, I have seen people want to do a type of work with their dog which that breed is not suitable for. While not impossible, it would be difficult to get a hound to be a personal protection dog and also would be somewhat difficult to get a Sheppard to track with the intensisty of a hound (I am refering to the 3 day old trailing tests). It can be done, but with difficulty.

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Originally Posted by Sharon

posted yesterday by OOD.

We have an excellent magazine in OOD that posts articles regularly.
Thought this article might be useful to new pup owners.


Hunting Archives - Ontario OUT of DOORS (oodmag.com)

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Very good article - especially on fine points - like teaching your dog hand signals so you can communicate with him when he is old and deaf.
Only quibble I have is the use of an electronic collar for "fine tuning"... Don't know about that. In my mind, an electronic collar should only be used as a last resort to correct a specific and persistent problem. Using it to re-enforce known commands at long range??? There is an underlying obedience issue that should be addressed.

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Originally Posted by Marker

Excelent post, thank you.

In my humble experience it is the selection of breed which makes the most difference, not a lot of times, but enough to make it re-occuring, I have seen people want to do a type of work with their dog which that breed is not suitable for. While not impossible, it would be difficult to get a hound to be a personal protection dog and also would be somewhat difficult to get a Sheppard to track with the intensisty of a hound (I am refering to the 3 day old trailing tests). It can be done, but with difficulty.

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Good point... One thing that surprises me with the OOD members is the number of people that have non-hunting breed dogs.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

Very good article - especially on fine points - like teaching your dog hand signals so you can communicate with him when he is old and deaf.
Only quibble I have is the use of an electronic collar for "fine tuning"... Don't know about that. In my mind, an electronic collar should only be used as a last resort to correct a specific and persistent problem. Using it to re-enforce known commands at long range??? There is an underlying obedience issue that should be addressed.

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I think of it like this. We know what the speed limit is however how many actually follow it. Put in photo radar or a cop car on the side of the road and see how every body falls in line. Can't expect anything more from the dog. I say my dogs are trained well enough but would I trust their life or well being in the heat of the moment no way. E collar is just an extended leash.

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Originally Posted by werner.reiche

Very good article - especially on fine points - like teaching your dog hand signals so you can communicate with him when he is old and deaf.
Only quibble I have is the use of an electronic collar for "fine tuning"... Don't know about that. In my mind, an electronic collar should only be used as a last resort to correct a specific and persistent problem. Using it to re-enforce known commands at long range??? There is an underlying obedience issue that should be addressed.

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My dog is at the stage where he now is getting deaf (both cabbage ears from hematomas) so he understands hand signals perfectly well, point out the kitchen or over to your bed and off he goes.

When he was yonger I took him to off leash parks and he would get excited and run off with the other dogs but would refuse to obey commands once he knew he was a distance away. So I used a shock collar on him and that cut out that problem right away. There are settings like off leash parks where the best trained dog will go off base.

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

I think of it like this. We know what the speed limit is however how many actually follow it. Put in photo radar or a cop car on the side of the road and see how every body falls in line. Can't expect anything more from the dog. I say my dogs are trained well enough but would I trust their life or well being in the heat of the moment no way. E collar is just an extended leash.

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But I have a food hound. His awareness that I always carry food is the strongest possible reinforcement for pay8ng me attention