Worked Out A Problem
June 20th, 2008 @ 7:25 am

When I do a recall with Ilse I always jackpot it. But I also noticed that sometimes she veers off to one side even though her pace is terrific. Then as mum and I were training our dogs with Trish on Wednesday, when I got up to the recall I decided to look somewhere above Ilse and not directly at her. And the result was she came in straight. Also knowing how to use your eyes is important in dog training and trialling, as when I was trialling Deena in UD mum often wondered how we did the signals?

And it wasn’t until mum had handled Dee a few times in the ring that she noticed that after I left Dee on a stand stay during signals only, when the judge told me to down my dog I looked at Dee and gave her the signal and I did the same when the judge told me to sit and call your dog.

Also when I told mum that I had worked out the problem with the recall with Ilse, she told me that when she does a recall she looks to where she wants her dog to go.

Dog Training Ideas

1 Comment

  1. Jo
    said,

    August 28, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    I’ve now discovered that when doing a recall with Ilse, that looking above her or directly at her doesn’t always make her come in straight: so now I’m looking to where I expect her to be, and that is sitting in front of me.

    Mum also explained to me why Ilse was going crooked, and that’s because she wanted to maintain eye contact. I also still give her jackpots for her recalls too, and most of the time I only keep it to two.

Post a Comment