slipper 116 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 How can I get my lurcher to start jumping gates and fences etc? Started her off 6 months ago with scaffold boards between two gate posts, adding a board every month or so, she can jump about four foot over these but she just tries to get under fences or gates and if she can't she whines I have tried walking away but end up walking back lol Quote Link to post
skycat 6,172 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 How old is she? What size? What type of lurcher? Far too many people try to get their pups jumping before their bodies are fully mature. A large type of lurcher isn't physically mature until it is 18 months old, some even later. Many people also make the mistake of only teaching the dog to jump solid obstacles, rather than see through things like fences and gates. Dog need to learn to jump low netting fences. Chicken wire is ideal and can be set up in the garden bent in half to begin with and gradually raising the height. Not all dogs even like jumping, and a bad experience early on may put them off jumping something as high as a gate for ever. Also, any soreness or unseen injury to joints or muscles will put a dog off trying to jump because it knows that it will hurt. Quote Link to post
slipper 116 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ok thanks skycat that makes sense, she is a bedlington whippet greyhound about 26 tts Oh and she's twelve months old its not something I'm really worried about at the moment but wanted some advice on how to train her to do it Quote Link to post
Crackers 807 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ok thanks skycat that makes sense, she is a bedlington whippet greyhound about 26 tts Oh and she's twelve months old its not something I'm really worried about at the moment but wanted some advice on how to train her to do it find some sheep netting with no barb wire on top get over and walk off shouting her she will come... If she jumping 4 boards it's just a mental block and not as if she CANT do it.. She will come over just walk and call her ?? 1 Quote Link to post
desertbred 5,490 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Put chicken netting or sheep fence on a 2x1 wooden frame across a door opening in home and every time its feed time feed is given on the other side she will soon get the idea. 1 Quote Link to post
boyo 1,398 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Try putting your coat over the fence to make it appear solid as Penny said big difference in pups head. Worked for mine 1 Quote Link to post
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ok thanks skycat that makes sense, she is a bedlington whippet greyhound about 26 tts Oh and she's twelve months old its not something I'm really worried about at the moment but wanted some advice on how to train her to do it find some sheep netting with no barb wire on top get over and walk off shouting her she will come... If she jumping 4 boards it's just a mental block and not as if she CANT do it.. She will come over just walk and call her ?? Spot on that. It's all in the head. Physically she can do it no problem. It will get there with time and patience ? Quote Link to post
snappeer 464 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Take her out with other dogs she will copy them jumping Quote Link to post
slipper 116 Posted September 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the tips I'll try and see how she goes, Was just looking through the complete lurcher by plummer and its got a tidy pic of a lurcher jumping a fence that must be over 10 foot, I can hope lol Quote Link to post
Crackers 807 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks for the tips I'll try and see how she goes, Was just looking through the complete lurcher by plummer and its got a tidy pic of a lurcher jumping a fence that must be over 10 foot, I can hope lolit will come trust me it's just a mental block Quote Link to post
white van man 3,188 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 As said above mate...good advice. How high do you need it to jump?? Look at the plus point. She is using her brain....I would rather my dog use his noggin and try go under,round or through if it can. Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Teach the lurcher to jump on command....... 1 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) How can I get my lurcher to start jumping gates and fences etc? Started her off 6 months ago with scaffold boards between two gate posts, adding a board every month or so, she can jump about four foot over these but she just tries to get under fences or gates and if she can't she whines I have tried walking away but end up walking back lol Hi,..it is good that you are trying to school your young lurcher... Surmounting barriers and getting over (or through) obstacles is just one part of a working dog's education,.but it is a discipline, well worth teaching...Some dogs are natural jumpers, they just love getting 'up and over',.but, alongside fetching and retrieving captured quarry, back to the operative,.. it is not always an inherent trait... Sometimes a dog needs a wee bit of help... I start them young,..in fact,..as soon as a whelp can stumble around, I create barriers that he must negotiate in order to get to me, or to his food....Nothing silly of course,.just things that cause him to become mentally accustomed to the action of climbing, scrambling and obviously, of falling.. There is no mystery to jumping gates and fences,...a fit and healthy running dog is a canine athlete. He can get over most things that are in his way,.but the danger time is frequently encountered on the way down,..so it pays to allow a dog to learn this important skill over a period of time.. The 'walking away' method can sometimes force a dog to give it a brave go and to make that leap,.but it can also encourage a lurcher to panic the jump,.. and feck up badly.... All schooling should be fun, good craic,.etc....and the results of a good start are frequently long lived. It is a great sight to see an accomplished and skillful canine clearing great heights, but one should always try and emulate natural and realistic heights,...it is not a high jumping competition... We are not trying to break out of a high security Prison ! Facts are, it is dangerous, out there,..so slowly and surely is the best way... Edited September 4, 2015 by Phil Lloyd 1 Quote Link to post
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 My brindle Bitch was never a keen jumper as a youngster. She was over 12 months before she was a confident jumper and even now hesitates at a slightly different or unusual fence. My pup is only 7 months and will try to jump anything and has done for a few months. Not always a good trait though. As Phil says above, injury is always just around the corner, especially where barbed wire is concerned. 1 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) Barbed wire is a terrible fecking thing..... I try to school the dogs,.. to 'get their feet up' .... A nice clean jump often saves those dangeous gut wounds....not always, but sometimes... Edited September 4, 2015 by Phil Lloyd 1 Quote Link to post
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