GREYHOUND JUMPING

[lurchermick 0]

just come in from having my four mutts for a walk and my greyhound bitch wont even step over a 2 foot fence let alone jump anything higher

i even tried getting her to watch my lurcher a couple of times and she was still having none of it so i just left her on the otherside of the fence for about 10 minutes and she just stood there barking and like i have said the fence was only 2 feet

 

any help appreciated

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

start off at a foot acroos the width of the door from the kennel....

 

feed her outside...... she'll get over it when shes hungry enough...

 

 

slowly increase to 2ft..3ft onwards........ plenty of praise when she gets over it

[lurchermick 0]

she should no me now though her recall is getting there whilst off the lead so obviously her trust is there

[lurchermick 0]

will do hows yours coming on ??????????

 

had mine to the horse fields and she did nt seen that bothered by them

[skycat 6,174]

What you have to remember is that track greyhounds are totally institutionalised: they never have to go upstairs or downstairs, they don't know about jumping either over a ditch or a fence: all their lives they have been led everywhere on a lead except when they trial or race. A lot of them don't even recognise other breeds of dog as dogs! Hence some of them are likely to try and kill small fluffy dogs. Not all, I know, but it does happen.

 

Trying to teach an ex track dog how to jump can be nigh on impossible as they have never learned the art of lifting their front end over an obstacle. Some of them can't even jump into a motor and out again as they have always been lifted in and out of vehicles so they don't risk hurting themselves.

 

You have to literally teach the bitch as though she is a tiny pup: start by puttting a 6" plank of wood across the kennel doorway before you let her out, call her to you with food: most Greyhounds are greedy buggers! LOL VERY gradually increase the height of the jump until she can do 2 feet. Then introduce netting: chain link or the like, same height, and lead her backwards and forwards over it all the time praising and feeding her treats.

 

She might never get enough confidence to do big jumps, but if you persevere you should achieve a decent enough result. Also be very careful she doesn't spike herself on a barbed wire fence or that can put her off jumping for life. Never get angry with the dog either: though that should be obvious!

 

Just walking away and leaving the dog on the other side of the fence is like expecting a person who has always lived in a jungle to understand how to cross a busy road in a city! They just wouldn't have a clue and would freeze in fear, or dither about on the spot before getting run over!

[Guest smashygadge]

i no alot of people dnt like to lift them but i found i had to when i got my first greyhound but once she found that trust in me doing so she followed my other dog and gained confidence in herself.

and running with my other dog she picked up the lamp 2 within a weeks nightly outings dnt no how much she liked the track thats if she ever did as when i come to a rattley gate i find it scares her or did as tho she was gonna be chucked into a trap .but even so the dogs come on a good1 and she is jumping and very excited everytime i get ready for a run out .wish u luck in her coming round

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Spot on Skycat

 

Mine has been with me six months now, and it's taken that amount of time for her to figure out that life can be fun, interesting etc. She's only just started jumping little things, and will do about 2 feet. Give her time mate. Don't rush her, she's got a lot to take in.

[Guest SHOT]

i was lifting this dog over fences and 5 bar gates till he was 3 getting on for 29 inch,we must have looked a right pair

im not the best of trainers and cant hack pups,cnat think of one other than this ive had that didnt take to jumping naturaly hed stand there sounding off or run up n down the feild for an easier route yet when he was running game he jump some outragous heights like they wasnt even there.edited to add not lazy

[skycat 6,174]

Nothing to do with being lazy: its just that when his blood is up and he's hot on the heels of his quarry he forgets that he lacks confidence. It's the same with horses: loads of horses will jump all sorts when they're out hunting and running with a load of other horses all doing the same thing: different matter when they are on their own. It's called jumping in cold blood.

A similar thing happens to your dog: when he's chasing he just concentrates on the prey, but when you ask him to jump in cold blood he suddenly loses confidence and acts as though he can't do it. Bit like the difference between being stone cold sober and asking a pretty girl for a date, and asking the same question with a drink or two under your belt!

[Ossie 11]

Nothing to do with being lazy

 

i'll second that. Gyp is capable of jumping the hedge round our field, but never tried to cos he didn't think he could. one night i let him out after dark without putting the floodlights on, he was sniffing about at the bottom of the field in the dark, after a few minutes i thought, 'he should have come back to me by now, can't be anything that interesting down there!' i whacked the lights on, and there he stood, on the other side of the back gate, looking like he had no idea how he got there! he'd spotted something on the other side of the hedge, instinct took over, then he seemed to completely forget what he'd just done & how he did it.

he lacks confidence in jumping, and generally won't clear anything out on a walk unless i convince him he can do it. but when he's working he's over everything!