Dog Training – Train Your Dog to Stand on Command
(See More @ www.DogStarDaily.com ) Dr. Ian Dunbar shows how to teach your dog to stand on command. To truly teach your dog position changes, you’ll need to work on at least three positions (sit, down & stand)
PistabachiCalifornia
30 Apr, 2010
LOL! What this shows us is that dogs may understand more then we think. If we are’nt hunting or doing drills, he responds to his name like a typical trained dog. He must process vocal, hand signals and also whistle commands, all of which may mean the same thing, but are presented to him differently. I can say sit, or I can give him the hand signal, or a single blast of the whistle, any one of which produce the same results, he sits. This also goes for several other commands. Lots of time put in!
slrAU
30 Apr, 2010
@PistabachiCalifornia: Yes, I see the dilemma. I’m not a fan of using a dog’s name for anything other than praise or to draw their attention… but I can see that having multiple dogs would make this difficult, particularly if it meant you had to teach them all unique commands, and keep that all in your head!
Now for me, I’d actually be happy if both my dogs took off for a fetch, rather than giving me the “fetch it yourself” look!
PistabachiCalifornia
30 Apr, 2010
The use of a dogs name as a release is very specific for retrieving dogs, I will explain. Say you are hunting with a buddy who also has a dog. Typically when game is shot, the dogs hold steady until released by a vocal command. What do you think would happen if we said “Fetch”, thats right, both dogs would take off for the bird and all hell would break loose. The name release lets the dogs know who is to retrieve and who stays. Makes it black and white, hence the name trick so they learn to hold
slrAU
30 Apr, 2010
@PistabachiCalifornia: Well said. For ordinary day to day obedience, hand signals should really reinforce a verbal command, which is especially important when a dog is in an excitable state, where it is more likely to be fixating on something, and might not be in the right frame of mind to respond to a gesture. I question the use of a name as a release word though. Names should be for affection/reward. Better to use something like OK instead, but yes, trick them with similar sounding words
PistabachiCalifornia
30 Apr, 2010
My dear, you really have to broaden your world and your views on animal training and psychology. You are however, partially correct, hand signals are a vital part of training and comunicating with animals. I train and use hunting dogs and I can tell you that they do know the sound of words. One of our drills is when we release a dog for a retrieve, we use their name. We will purposely use similar sounding words to fool them, they will not retrieve till their name is said. Then they blast off!
fuzi678
30 Apr, 2010
you are so dumb
GraceUnderPressure1
30 Apr, 2010
“he only need to listen for the word” – while you’re moving the food he wants? He’s not listening to the word at all, he understands the guys moving his hand in the position the foods going in so recognises that more than the word. Trust me, I don’t have to say a word to my dog to get him to sit, all he needs to know is his hand signal for “sit”. Words are useless with dogs, use hand signals, much easier as demonstrated here, though this guy has it all wrong to what the dogs really listening to.
isacris34
30 Apr, 2010
Dr. Dunbar…you are awesome..very informative and helpful.
jgonzales007
30 Apr, 2010
excelent
fishnsticks
30 Apr, 2010
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