Never give a command you can't enforce
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Never give a command you can't enforce
"Never give a command you can't enforce"
I see this advice everywhere I look regarding to gun dog training and it makes a lot of sense but being a newbie to all of this I don't necessarily know all the ways to enforce them. I thought it could be helpful to create a list of ways people enforce the commands they give. Not just with bird dog training but basic obedience as well. I know it would definitely help me and other newbies and maybe even some of the more experienced trainers might even come up with something new.
Any advise helps. Thanks.
I see this advice everywhere I look regarding to gun dog training and it makes a lot of sense but being a newbie to all of this I don't necessarily know all the ways to enforce them. I thought it could be helpful to create a list of ways people enforce the commands they give. Not just with bird dog training but basic obedience as well. I know it would definitely help me and other newbies and maybe even some of the more experienced trainers might even come up with something new.
Any advise helps. Thanks.
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A command is given ONE time and enforced. Sit for example. I would say "Sit". No reaction, then I lift up on the collar and squeeze the magic button in front of the dogs hips that drop the butt. Then I praise. But not to much praise that it will cause the dog to move out of position. If the dog were to move without a command, I dont give another, I have already given the command, they arent dumb and they can hear.
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If your dog or pup is running around do not keep yelling HERE ..you are only teaching the pup/dog that your commands mean nothing the other thing is as you yell out the command and follow all you are teaching the dog is to keep on going the direction it desires to go and that you will follow them like a yipping young pup does
and No matter how mad you get if you scream HERE and that pup/dog finally comes to you ....Reach down and Pet the dog because the dog will only view being yelled scolded or punished as being punished for coming to you not the act of running around not coming to you.
and No matter how mad you get if you scream HERE and that pup/dog finally comes to you ....Reach down and Pet the dog because the dog will only view being yelled scolded or punished as being punished for coming to you not the act of running around not coming to you.
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Today I had my 2 year old refuse to come back and get in the boat he knows the Here command and responds 90% of the time. I went and got him and walked dragged him back into the boat, Not sure if this will make it tougher to get him use to the boat or if he will start to refuse the Here command I guess time will tell.
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I am no expert but I always make sure the dog is either on leash or a CC. It dose no good to give a command if you cant control the out come. Even in the house and fence yard. If you spend all your time chasing the dog around to comply he or she has learned nothing. Also once the command is giving it is time to comply don't wait 5 minutes. I think it is like 3 seconds. This is just my thought. Good luck
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What does everyone suggest to do to handle this on an 8 week old pup? Check cord is a little heavy for them to be dragging around (or at least i think it is).kninebirddog wrote:If your dog or pup is running around do not keep yelling HERE ..you are only teaching the pup/dog that your commands mean nothing the other thing is as you yell out the command and follow all you are teaching the dog is to keep on going the direction it desires to go and that you will follow them like a yipping young pup does
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Para cord. It is light weight
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I started using the check cord at 8 weeks with my wirehair pup, now at just about 11 weeks she hardly notices it, unless she decides not to listen to the HERE command.
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I use chicken or liver treats.
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So if a cord makes the here command always enforceable does this mean you are not letting go of the cord?
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I'm thinking there is probably nobody on this forum that has never gave a command the couldn't enforce, especially with a dog you live with on a daily basis. sounds good probably don't always happen. I find treats very effective and try to avoid situations where they don't want to obey until the are on the E-collar. Cj
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Not until you transfer to the ecollar.ACooper wrote:So if a cord makes the here command always enforceable does this mean you are not letting go of the cord?
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"Never give a command you cannot enforce" is another way of saying that control begins very close and is then extended through various tools. Initially, commands like recall are given in a closed environment or to a pup so small it can't get away from you. Later, a transition is made to a cc and finally to an ecollar finishing with a dog that will recall with no force. Likewise, heel is done with a leash and usually a coercive collar of some sort, transitioning to a leash and flat collar and finally off leash. So, what we are developing is a mind-set.
This is almost certainly true, but an experienced trainer working under this mindset would certainly consider how to enforce a command before giving it and would certainly not keep repeating the command if it was refused. Experienced trainers understand that dogs are always learning and sometimes what they are learning is that they can sometimes get away with not obeying commands, especially if we as trainers are not careful with what we say or do. Thus the saying, "Never give a command you cannot enforce."cjhills wrote:m thinking there is probably nobody on this forum that has never gave a command the couldn't enforce,
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Not necessarily.ACooper wrote:So if a cord makes the here command always enforceable does this mean you are not letting go of the cord?
If the youngster is trailing a 20 ft. cord and is in an enclosed area, you can let it ramble freely. When you wish to issue the come command, for example, wait for the dog come on by so that, if necessary you can step on the cord to enforce the command. That actually works remarkably well. Timing is everything.
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+1 on Ray.
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