NEED HELP TEACHING MY DOG RECALL

[madeinscotlandman2 0]

I have a almost year old Bullx. I took him to the wood the other dayfor he first time and he saw a deer and chased it. I lost him for 1 and a half hours. I almost lost my voice shouting him. Eventually i saw a big deer run by me then i heard a him barking and about 30 seconds later he came running towards me. Im affraid this will happen again if i dont put a stop to it now. Today i was over the golfcourse with him and his recal was good until he ran into a bush and ignored me so i walked beside the bush and screemed COME HERE ! and he came out the bus and sat at my side. When we were leaving the golfcourse he ran back into the bush, and yes he ignored me again so when i went into the bush i saw him digging at rabbit holes so i stood beside him and screemed COME HERE! but he just ignored me so i dragged him by the collar out of the bush and put him on the lead.

 

He has a great nature and hes a great dog so i dont want to loose him when im out. So if anyone has had this issue before or has a dog that just goes into a zone when it sees an animal and ignores all commands please let me know what is hould do to fix it. He always obeys my commands and usually aways obeys my recal command but not when he sees and animal or thinks theres one around.

 

Hope to here from you guys soon.

[lurcher lass 9]

hi i have just read your post,

think of it from the dogs point of veiw . . doggy is out for a walk - you stated first time at woods, doggy is surrounded by new smells and is amazed by this whole new world, wow this in new i've never seen this before . . my owner keeps shouting at me , , this smell is sooo much more interesting!! my owner is still shouting and now had come next to me and is shouting in my ear so i what i think is best and i ignore as shouting random words i do not understand means nothing to me , ,

 

do you see where i'm getting at?

you need to make a point of being more interesting and more pleasent to be with then the smell or deer or tree etc unless you tell to go he should be with you,

in hindsight you should have been training this months ago, however we're not in that situation

 

have on you a favourite toy, food etc thathe doesn't have very often i.e ham or sausage etc and teach recall at home in garden etc, let dog off lead for short periods at a time and combine recall, play and freetime but all at your control

 

other then this the only advice i can give you is the dog has an amazing sense of hearing, you shouting will not make any difference, tone and pitch does is dog s good praise should be given in a soft happy voice, dog is bad do a deeper voice

 

and NEVER tell a dog off for taking a while to come back to you, always praise a dog for returning so that coming back to you is a positive not a negative

 

hope this helps all the best Annemarie x

[madeinscotlandman2 0]

Yeah thanks for that. The dog is about a year old but i got him when he was 10 months. I done alot with him in this time hes a great learner. He always cmes to me when i recal him in the house or in the garden and he comes to me about % of the time when i recal him outside. But he always ignores me when he sees an animal if hes a bit awayfrom me.

 

Another quick question. Lets say im in the park with him and i recal him and he doest come to me. What should i do, keep shouting him repeatedly or shout him once then go and drag him over to me?

 

Thanks guys

[arcticgun 4,548]

Another quick question. Lets say im in the park with him and i recal him and he doest come to me. What should i do, keep shouting him repeatedly or shout him once then go and drag him over to me?

 

Thanks guys

 

Just walk away, he will soon follow, try reading 'The Dog Listener' by Jan Fennel, an excellent insight to training/retraining dogs, really good and easy to understand, I used it when I was having massive recall problems and train chasing etc with my saluki, 2 weeks down the road, I have 100% recall and no chasing unless its on my terms (bar the odd hiccup), worth a hundered times the fiver I paid on the bay, HTH Richard

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Don't let him off lead in open spaces till you've got it sorted. Find an enclosed field somewhere to practice in.

 

Keep high value treats with you - I use liver, rubbed with garlic and baked till it's crispy, or roast chicken, cheese ... whatever floats his boat. When he comes back, reward and praise. Practice practice practice.

 

If you give him the opportunity to fook off in open spaces without sound recall, everything you've worked on will go down the toilet sharpish. I'd keep him on a long line in new places and practice recalling that way till you're more confident. He'll be set up for failure if you let him off and have to shout and shout and shout ... that'll just teach him to ignore you. If he takes his time coming back to you, no treat: a quick, quiet 'good lad' and put him back on the lead, then walk on and ignore him for a good while. Whatever you do don't let him know you're pissed off by screaming etc - it's counterproductive.

 

You've not had him long, he's got a lot to take in and learn. Baby steps