Thread: Recall training for a sighthound

I am going to treat this as if you know little so please no offence - yes sight hounds are difficult and many are plain dumb - but get yourself a 30 - 40 metre length of light rope and a decent whistle - a 2 metre square of ply wood - now main point -what verbal commands are given to a dog mean sweet fanny adam - and many trying to train use way to many - you need come -select one whistle and dont change it - always accompany it with a clear hand signal - a leg pat just above your knee is good - bring dog to the plywood and with a clear command stay sit the dog on it - a downwood point to the plywood is good and you could introduce a clear stay whistle - with your hand make the dog stay on plywood and ensure it sits not jump around get up etc a [U]stop is a stop [/U] when dog seems to have got that start moving away in small steps - hold out hand a nd repeat stay -this may take a little bit butt I have found two days and I can move away 50 metres and dog stays put -now start with rope -not to often bring the dog back with your come command and then stay - reward - when the dog seems to get all that its not a big step to get the dog to stop on command and stay put until you come up to it - it is after all what any good heading dog will do -
so two commands only to start with come and stay - not sit ,come back here . bloody dog , here boy , nice dog , forget all of those - good luck