Who says lurchers don't do recall?

[JudyN]

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Liver cake helps though... I suspect Jasper was actually going off to introduce himself to other dogs & people just so I would call him back.

 

[Whippylove]

Jasper the quickster! You are so adorable

 

[arealhuman]

A food-seeking missile!

 

[Josie]

Oh the wonders of food! Some speedy running

 

[JudyN]

Oh the wonders of food!

I'll say - after just a couple of walks armed with liver cake and dried meat, my friend's dog now has better recall to me than to her. Mind you, that's not saying much... The trouble is, whenever either of her dogs does come back, Jasper insists on a treat too because he was already here which must be EXTRA good

 

[Josie]

I'll say - after just a couple of walks armed with liver cake and dried meat, my friend's dog now has better recall to me than to her. Mind you, that's not saying much... The trouble is, whenever either of her dogs does come back, Jasper insists on a treat too because he was already here which must be EXTRA good

Dennis does the same! Thinks he deserves a treat also even though he’s never left my side

 

[JoanneF]

So does Timber! They're not daft, are they!

 

[arealhuman]

Jimmy has taken to looking up at me on walks, cute mode turned on, saying "give me a treat!". If that doesn't work, he'll sit down - his usual stance for us giving him food or a treat - and engage extra-cute-fluffy-cocked-head-mode for a treat. I have to say this usually works At least his attention is on me.

 

[JudyN]

Sometimes Jasper gives me an 'I've been a good boy Mum, do I get a treat?' look when I can't work out what he's done. Normally I give him the benefit of the doubt - we may have just passed a driveway with a cat up it that I didn't notice, or a dog 200m away, or a juicy cow poo... Rewarding 'being good' definitely includes rewarding 'Not being naughty'. Occasionally though I do have to tell him that he doesn't get a treat just because there was a person on the other side of the road, or a cyclist went by, or quite a large car...

 

[leashedForLife]

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Whenever i’m training with multiple dogs, ALL the dogs are rewarded when the dog who is being “worked” at the moment, does anything that gets rewarded.

Essentially, I reward my audience for being a good audience - they mustn’t interfere, beg, mug the other dog/s, mug me... just spectate politely, or do their own thing w/o pestering or getting in the way, or accosting passersby, and otherwise misbehaving.
So long as they are polite to others & not molesting anyone, they get rewarded, too.

BUT... I will reward differentially.
If the audience is just hanging out, they get mediocre tidbits.
If the audience is actively observing, they get much better fare. . Dogs can & do learn by observing others, so mindfully watching gets the big bucks.

I will also reward differentially when I call the GROUP in... the 1st dog to arrive gets the caviar, the runners up get the chicken breast.
I just call, “Puppy puppy puppy!...”, or “Come, come, come!”, in a rapid fire happy pitch, & generally, as soon as one gets moving toward me, the others catch on quick, & race in.

Having a group cue for dogs when out walking or at agility or hiking or whatever, can really prevent difficulties when unexpected things occur, such as a wandering cow, a porcupine or skunk, a free-roaming cat, a dirt-biker on a footpath where he doesn’t belong, a loose dog shows up who’s aggressive, or any of hundreds of possIble problems.

Once i had to call all the dogs in when my fellow hiker turned an ankle, & we had to leave immediately, with her hobbling along, one arm slung over my shoulder. I was very glad I had a way of getting all the dogs to come with us, quickly, when seconds earlier, they were scattered over an eighth of a mile of trail and woods.
What good dogs! They were all very well-rewarded, when we got back to the car.

- terry

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