Help with recall.

[wrtiii]

How's she doing with the recall now? What approach did you end up using? How did it work? Was that the first approach you tried or did you have to switch to find one that work?

Would love to see an update

[terrym]

With a rehomed 5-month-old dog you've had for a week, you might start with reward-based recall instead of immediately moving to the e-collar.

Not to hammer on the obvious (and of course I haven't seen the dog) but a refusal to recall from 15 feet suggests there just isn't a good base of recall to work with yet.

best advice yet. A package of cheap hotdog weiners might be your solution. I find working with 2 people works best. One to restrain the dog and another calling with the reward. This is how I whistle trained my dog in one session only. Worked like charm.

[crayfish13]

sitting, down , and we're working on the stay

When i train my my sib/malimute mix on "sit" or "down" . the stay is kind of built in, as in the dog doesn't move until i break command. If the dog breaks command i simply say no and put him back in to what ever the command was.

[Rustic]

I wish I could say what flipped the switch but I have no idea. We pretty much used every technique mentioned .
The Long check cord really helped , but at the end of the day I think it was just a trust issue. Came very close to giving up.
Of all the dogs I've ever owned , both hunting and family companion , she is by far the smartest .
Outside on the property she's glued to the kids which is perfect for a 6yr old and 3 year old .
Basic commands were easily learned with the reward of cheese or hotdogs and a ton of praise , including "come "
Was a good opportunity to brush up my labs manners also.
There will be hiccups as she's less then a year but she's worth it .
Shes fine with gun shots so you may even see a grouse report featuring a German Shepherd LOL.
Thanks for the tips guys , a fine resource we have here.
R

[JBen]

It amazes me sometimes the bones people will pick to gnaw on.
BUt you guys are right, and the statistics are clearly wrong, just pure junk. forgive me, I'll take your say so with no supporting anything....... Statistics which by the way, have PBs leaps and bounds ahead of every other single dog breed for attacking people and fatilities.

Nah its not their disposition which is a result of the breeding. Just like other dogs with high prey drives, thats all training. Clearly its their owner and that explains why they are something like 8-10 times more likely than any other single breed. Bad owners dont get any other breed, they only get PBs and that explains why no other breed even comes close to PBs, those other breeds say like Sheppards are all owned by good owners.....and no good oners get PBs either.

Too funny.

[JBen]

And Gilroy, I thought I had said in black and white at the end.
Don't read too much into it, and don't get carried away. Did you not see that?
But yes given you are strongly in favor of GC (which we do have here unlike the US and no we dont have their problems nor anywhere near the same number of mass shootings) and were a huge propenent of the registry. Find it somewhat telling that your dead set against some controls for PBs...Only a few possible explanations, most of which would in the end be about emotional attachment. And further everyone does know or should know who are the most common victims of dog attacks and why. So you wouldnt risk letting a child near a loaded gun and I assume strongly support storage laws, but yep willing to risk a child with a different type of loaded gun........because they are what cute cudly and lick your face where gun dont? The Stats are clear and if you look at it rationally, dettached ( without emotion)...........