Do you train your Lurcher

[Riggerzz07 11]

my lurcher is now 6 months i will be getting a photo on when i upload 1 when he was 4 and half months he broke his toes by trying to jump the mesh in the garden which was up to my shoulders and now he has no confidence to jump anything any ideas how to get him to jump again?

[neil_fret 6]

hi all has anyone had a read of the current issue of the country mans and the article of training a pup to lamp? if so wats your views on this? im thinking of giving this way a try atb neil

[morton 5,369]

I used to do the basics,stockbreaking,retrieve,re-call and stay,the dogs learnt the rest with work in the field,after watching a Working Border trainer i went mad on training,sit,stay,left,right,away and anything else i thought would improve the dogs in the field,the dogs became robotic and hesitant,always looking for commands.Now i learn the basics,the dogs work better and i can relax,

[Guest long-tail]

dont mind admitting iv never been one to have a fully trained lurcher to some of the standards i hear of on here,lead,recall and retrieve is a must,stock broken as well but even that is limited to horses and ferrets as there no cattle or sheep round here to contend with cant see i ever needed much more,get up down etc falls into normality they learn soon enough about manners through my own demeaner not really trained,dont teach them to jump just get them out they find their own way over or under anything i might come across

[The Duncan 802]

Yeah i did abit of agility after she had learnt all her comands, she thought it was fun and good for kepping them fit. And mine know the hand signals with the comands, so i dont have to say anything and they know wat im asking them to do, i found it was sooo much easier to teach them both the comands (vocal and hand signals) at the same time.

I've found that too - comes automatically to them then.

 

Duncan.

[mattyg 1,862]

all of my dogs are trained to completey ignore the red faced bloke in the middle of the field shouting like an idiot........and we all kinda get along just fine!

cheers, matt

[kevin from bristol 95]

Been lots of comments on here about who does and who doesn't train their dogs, retreive, jumping, sit stay etc and to what standard, does it enhance the dogs working ability or a waste of time.

 

I like a trained obedient dog, lets hear your views without slagging everyone one, lets have a good civil debate.

an untrained dog is good for nothing and a liability

[The Duncan 802]

with you on that one Kev - might as well shoot a dog that won't come on command or follow basic instructions.

 

D.