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  • #76473
    Anonymous
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    hi,

    people should only be letting their dogs off in the park if they have already got a recall in the house, garden, friends/neighbours gardens, any safe enclosed space you can practice, at dog club etc …

    then … you go out and test your other behaviours on lead e.g. sit / wait / down / leaveit etc …… and do some heel close walking etc … then let them go a little way when ur sure there are no distractions about and recall and big fuss when they come back – basically only let off when you are as sure as you can possibly be that your dog will return.

    8/10 times at C5 for a dog not trained as a puppy is good / solid especially with no distractions, more than that with an adult trained dog is excellent and probably will ignore some distractions 🙂  if you know situation is likely to be more than that they you keep them on lead 🙂  it is actually against the law in england not to …. as under the letter of the law you are supposed to be in control and could be prosecuted should certain situations develop even if your dog is not aggressive.

    claire x

    p.s. no it does not take maturity it take learning as a little pup.  your dog didnt i can tell you that because its not 100%.  you might have trained it – but the dog didnt learn it well.

    breed is a factor – some breeds are notoriously difficult to train certain things … but you just need to be more dedicated … beagles and recalls are one which comes to mind lol !!!!! 🙂

    i would allow for a 70-80% dog on a bad day but this would be very very obvious from a loose out of control dog 🙂

    #76474
    Anonymous
    Guest

    hi,

    letting off is called “proofing” – everything before that is the build up and the proofing is either a success (reliable / fluent cue to a good degree) or you have an extinction burst and spend the next X mins trying to catch your dog 🙂

    i would allow for someone proofing yes, of course – but if i am having to slip someones dog for them because they are 200ft away in doo-dah land while their dog snaps at mine then … no ….. sorry !

    claire x

    #76475
    spring6
    Member

    mmm very interesting. Maybe I under estimated how good Freo is because he will return 100 percent of times when there are no people about. Guess the proofing is what I am talking about and it is interesting to see you will make allowances. Freo needs to be taught to return during his weak moments ie when there are exciting people about. He is not too bad if he knows them so I have exhausted the friends proofing help.

    I wonder does everybody agree that maturity has nothing to do with how well the dog responds to commands? I am interested to hear more on this.

    #76476
    kizkiznobite
    Member

    stickies:
    best place to be
    general levels of criteria

    proofing….setting the dog up at the highest criteria at a point in training….usually criteria 5+ but does not have to be…do it too soon and the dog is set up to fail and you burn out what you have achieved…nothing to do with maturity…a dog can be 3 months and be 100% at criteria 5 in one behaviour but 5% at criteria 1 in another..it about knowing the dog and the stage each behaviour is at and what type of cue delivery works best ie voice visual whistle…at what criteria  🙂

    #76477
    spring6
    Member

    Yeah not really interested in the stickies, darl. I have read them earlier.

    I am trying to generate some discussion for my article. But thanks very much for your help. Some of it is very interesting and has given me some food for thought.

    I guess I think that maturity does have a bearing on how easily distracted a dog is likely to be, I am sure a high level of training will overide that.

    #76478
    wags
    Member

    [quote author=spring6 link=topic=13204.msg254139#msg254139 date=1228732613]
    I am currently working on an article on the problems we all encounter when we are walking our dogs and what kind of things we can do to avoid problems.
    [/quote]

    t w a * s

    😉

    sorry couldnt resist

    problems i have enounted
    – canooists (they are very odd)
    – joggers/bikers on tow paths – now really i dont mind them BUT if im going to stop my dogs down them and they arnt going to bite your ankles the least you could do is say THANKYOU because i remember you and next time i’ll let Oban chase you lots and lots and lots
    – uh my favorite the “kids” on motorbikes in the fields
    – ahahaha chavs in white clothes – i so cant help myself but send the dogs over
    – people who seem to think that because theres a pack of 6 they are all dog friendly and theres “must” be able to socialise with mine (uhm hahaha only if polite other wise it usually gets bollocked)
    – fat rotties – theres an abundance round here and they all seem to come out at the same time as me
    – streakers – had one once and i did so laugh
    – muggers – other people have had them – again really anyone dumb enough to attack me really isnt a threat
    – that wierd man with the mahoooosive GSD down the road – no problem with the dog the blokes just a bit wierd
    – uh kids – well actually humans in general – its always stroke the black and white ones as i shove Oban and Cleo out front leave the black one alone as Meg is having a nervous breakdown and what do they always want to do stroke the ugly black dog  :-\
    – uh the woman with the 2 puppy springers who have no mannors what so ever and are allowed to do what ever they like

    see i could go on for ever  

    #76479
    spring6
    Member

    [quote author=wags link=topic=13204.msg254212#msg254212 date=1228759854]
    [quote author=spring6 link=topic=13204.msg254139#msg254139 date=1228732613]
    I am currently working on an article on the problems we all encounter when we are walking our dogs and what kind of things we can do to avoid problems.
    [/quote]

    t w a * s

    😉

    sorry couldnt resist

    problems i have enounted
    – canooists (they are very odd)
    – joggers/bikers on tow paths – now really i dont mind them BUT if im going to stop my dogs down them and they arnt going to bite your ankles the least you could do is say THANKYOU because i remember you and next time i’ll let Oban chase you lots and lots and lots
    – uh my favorite the “kids” on motorbikes in the fields
    – ahahaha chavs in white clothes – i so cant help myself but send the dogs over
    – people who seem to think that because theres a pack of 6 they are all dog friendly and theres “must” be able to socialise with mine (uhm hahaha only if polite other wise it usually gets bollocked)
    – fat rotties – theres an abundance round here and they all seem to come out at the same time as me
    – streakers – had one once and i did so laugh
    – muggers – other people have had them – again really anyone dumb enough to attack me really isnt a threat
    – that wierd man with the mahoooosive GSD down the road – no problem with the dog the blokes just a bit wierd
    – uh kids – well actually humans in general – its always stroke the black and white ones as i shove Oban and Cleo out front leave the black one alone as Meg is having a nervous breakdown and what do they always want to do stroke the ugly black dog  :-\
    – uh the woman with the 2 puppy springers who have no mannors what so ever and are allowed to do what ever they like

    see i could go on for ever  
    [/quote]

    Ha ha yeah so could most dog owners.

    Joggers and cyclists on tow paths are a favorite of mine too actually.

    #76480
    kendal
    Member

    i  think you should let your dog of lead at as early an age as possible my wee one is coming up for 12 weeks and is already off lead and has fab recall. just this morning she was round the glen with a Gate Dane, three GSD’s(one the same age as her) a wee staffie a month and a bit older than her, a collie, northern Inuit and a chines crested. oh and our two as well, and she recalled every time. with no long line.

    our middle one as well(black) was the hardest to train recall, she has selective deafens, mum is convinced it is the spaniel in her as both her black cocker and and my grans black cocker had this. but once i introduce a wisted she has been almost perfect ever since. if that false gypsy will go after her and give her a row and heard her back to me.

    the thing that gets me is the amount of glass, where dogs get walked, round where i am it is mostly buckfast bottles, my dog school contacted the company and the sent out someone to look round. the coverd there back and said it was mostly bars  bottles that were found. i have lost count of the number of dogs i know who have had really bad cuts and have needed stitches or part of the pad removed. i also no of a dog who almost lost his leg as the thought the damage was irreparable. this was due to a large sheet of glass just dumped in a wooded aria aria. he is doing well now. but it took month to heal.

    #76481
    Anonymous
    Guest

    hi,

    if you brought a dog up with no training it would still mature in terms of growing older but in behavioural terms would only be as mature as the situations it had been successful in dealing with.

    i would say typically – a dog that has been built up and proofed will have some level of reliability in the end even if its not terribly fluent whereas one that hasnt is not likely to be fluent at all and lacks reliability – whether the owner catches it again depends on how good their bribes are 😀

    claire x

    p.s. wags reminded me of the idiots who drive round RC cars next to my dog who is prey focussed and then wonder why she chases them, ditto for kite surfers haha !!

    p.p.s. kendal – i could like you 😀  12 weeks 😀 😀 😀 😀

    #76482

    [quote author=spring6 link=topic=13204.msg254209#msg254209 date=1228759303]
    Yeah not really interested in the stickies, darl. I have read them earlier.

    [/quote]
    So read them again  🙂 they would be a good basis for your article – the stickies bev has suggested to read bear a lot more importance on your article than you realise.

    Personally for me think the others have mentioned most of what bothers me too.

    #76483
    spring6
    Member

    [quote author=SuzAndTheDiva link=topic=13204.msg254227#msg254227 date=1228761138]
    [quote author=spring6 link=topic=13204.msg254209#msg254209 date=1228759303]
    Yeah not really interested in the stickies, darl. I have read them earlier.

    [/quote]
    So read them again  🙂 they would be a good basis for your article – the stickies bev has suggested to read bear a lot more importance on your article than you realise.

    Personally for me think the others have mentioned most of what bothers me too.
    [/quote]

    Yep absolutely, and that kind of formal dog training stuff will certainly play a part. Was really trying to get  an idea for how dog walkers feel about things in a anecdotal kind of way.

    Did anybody else see that Bournemouth council  had a referendum of sorts on extending the dog banning period to all year round for blue flag beaches. Think in the end they are now considering extending the blue flag  areas themselves, think they may have abandoned the idea of all year round dog banning.

    What do people think of this.

    #76484
    Anonymous
    Guest

    i think it was bloody annoying enough that i couldnt take my dogs on swanage beach to be honest !!

    yet again legislation for the few spoiling it for the many – wells beach has poop bins etc etc … on the beach and many many dogs all play together there – NEVER seen one bit of poop left.

    claire x

    #76485

    i think its all rubish and so long as people clean upp we should be aloud to walk on the beach :-\

    #76486
    Anonymous
    Guest

    You can’t really say it’s for the few there are a fair few of us that live here all year just gets manic in the summer when the grockles land we can go on the beach from Sept to April that suits me as I would hate to be clearing the dog poo on our beach clean up plus it’s bad enough seeing grockles draggimg hot dogs round the town without seeing them being cooked on the beach all day.
    The one thing that really pees me off is dog poo it’s a thousand pound fine here yet they still leave it.

    [quote author=piglet link=topic=13204.msg254247#msg254247 date=1228765303]
    i think it was bloody annoying enough that i couldnt take my dogs on swanage beach to be honest !!

    yet again legislation for the few spoiling it for the many – wells beach has poop bins etc etc … on the beach and many many dogs all play together there – NEVER seen one bit of poop left.

    claire x
    [/quote]

    #76487
    xtine
    Member

    I hate dog poo – and it is usually nasty stuff from dogs fed crap  >:D and poo bags hanging from bushes  >:D

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