Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject: Stop Whistle.
With the youngsters (7 months) it can be challenging turning the stop whistle, from a sit command, into an instruction in the field. Today, I think we made some progress ……
Interestingly enough, I was with a friend yesterday, and her trainer had advised her to go back to enforcing the sit, on the stop whistle. This dog has won a Novice WT, and is very experienced, but was starting to take the mickey a little bit, and putting him back in his arse seems to have done the trick, because he has sharpened up in all other aspects of his handling.
Excellent photo John. I'm having trouble with the stop whistle. As a tracker I need it when Millie and I are working near roads or the dog is trailing an injured and dangerous deer. The problem with Mildred is that she thinks the stop whistle means stop turn around and commando crawl back to me. It's very odd behavior indeed.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Stop Whistle.
EJW wrote:
With the youngsters (7 months) it can be challenging turning the stop whistle, from a sit command, into an instruction in the field. Today, I think we made some progress ……
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John
she looks like, hardly anything fits...
and everything to long
but i am sure, she will be back to beautyness soon
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Stop Whistle.
We are just starting to get a bit more serious about steadiness and getting some check on her exuberance and she’s responding well.
barney2007 wrote:
Can I ask, what do you feed your dogs on, as they always looks so well with the most amazing coats.
Skinners Field Trial twice a day and some Marmite toast for breakfast.
EvelynH wrote:
she looks like, hardly anything fits...
and everything to long
Yes, first she goes up at the back and then the front follows. There is lots of speculation as to how big she is going to end up; she’s already taller than our 6 year old - at the back anyway.
Excellent photo John. I'm having trouble with the stop whistle. As a tracker I need it when Millie and I are working near roads or the dog is trailing an injured and dangerous deer. The problem with Mildred is that she thinks the stop whistle means stop turn around and commando crawl back to me. It's very odd behavior indeed.
That is interesting as one of my trainers gets very cross with people who walk their dog to heel and teach stop whistle at heel. She says it teaches the dog that the whistle means "come to heel and sit." You can then have problems sitting at a distance. She taught me to teach my dogs to sit a short distance away from me, and then increase the distance, but never to sit them at heel on the whistle. It has worked for me.
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She's a beauty.
It's very odd behavior indeed.
