following hunt thread in nl. can u call ur dog in any situation?

[Chestnuttymare]

FNN, the cat we have now is pretty much a simpleton and does not know fear.
So it will sit and look at a dog, walk past a dog, stick it's tongue out at the dog.

Everytime the dog looked at the cat or made any predatory moves, I corrected him.
When he stopped paying attention to the cat, I rewarded him.
It was a long process.
I did not break him.
It is not the way everyone would do it and I am sure I will get criticised for it, I am sure there are free-range, vegetarian ways of doing it, but I know that dog inside out, we have been through a lot together, I know what he can cope with or not, what drives him, how I should behave around him.
I could come on here and claim a lot of things about what I am, or what I am not, and believe me, there are others on this forum who do just that.
But the way he is, he needed the correction before he could recognise that he was being offered a reward.

If it is a case of killing a cat, or applying a certain amount of pressure to the dog in order for him not to kill a cat, then that is what I will do.

On a lighter note....

thanks. you obviously have a cat of your own, i don't and nobody will let me borrow theirs. I have actually got her to walk past the one down the street when on the lead, she can do this now without a terrible fuss but i know that i would have no chance if free. She actually struts down the street looking for them. I jsut think she would do damage if she ever caught one. I also can't be hard on her at all as she is really sensitive. but a growl from me is the equivalent of most dogs getting a whack.

 

[KarynK]

Cat recall sort of sometimes after they have given them a bit of a run for their money. Rabbits are fair game, mice as well, rats are also allowed, they never even attempt to eat them! But the intelligent little b'stard digger has decided not to kill rats straight off now as it is boring, so he plays with them and some get away, much to my disgust, but he is clever he waits for them to jump and pounces as they land and are helpless. They have dispatched the odd wounded pheasant and mixi rabbits. But they only herd partridge, which is quite funny to watch.

 

[Tinkerbee]

Possibly but probably not. I've managed to call her off two rabbits and a badger in the last couple of weeks which I thought was very impressive! However when she's in with the pack there is no hope I'm afraid. There's no cats around us in NI so they thabkfully just go after the rabbits and foxes.

 

[cremedemonthe]

I have a fast sight hound as well as a jrt and a staffy x lab, the staffy x mostly I can call back if he is chasing something, the jrt terrier will comeback if he's on his own whilst chasing a cat or rabbit BUT no hope in hell with the sighthound, once she's locked onto her next "victim" whether it's a little dog 500 yards away she wants to play with and torment into a game of trying to outrun her, (fat chance) or it's a rabbit in low level light on the horizon, she's like an exocet rocket with it's own guidance system that is also conveniently deaf at times. If she goes and the other 2 are with us then the chances of stopping them diminish too as they lead each other on. I have to be on the watch out for little dogs all the time, she's not nasty with little dogs just VERY VERY playful and thinks every other dog on the planet was put here for her own personal entertainment.I have NEVER seen any dog with 100% recall, even agility dogs, trained guard dogs, sheep dogs and police dogs but I am not saying there isn't out there, it would have to be an exceptional dog to have that belief in it that it will comeback in every situation.

 

[ChesnutsRoasting]

I can call the terrier off furries, one lurcher is devoid of any convincing prey drive - so never any need! Another lurcher, the brightest of the pack, I can call back, the two wherriers though - no chance, but then I don't let them off lead where I think pets/livestock might be residing.

 

[Cop-Pop]

I can call Yellow Dog back from chasing things, its other dogs he has no recall from

 

[paulineh]

Mine are fine. I can stop them chasing anything.

They work in the field with me on the beat line so have to not chase at all. They do not seem to be worried with anything that runs or fly's, only flush them out.

There are plenty of rabbits in my fields and I teach them not to chase.

 

[Fellewell]

I generally find there is a 'window of opportunity' in which to act and get your dog under control. If you miss that window you can yell "DROP!" or whatever until the cows come home (and the cows will turn up first). It's a case of being vigilant and anticipating problems, that will always occur whether or not you train to distraction.
Even the lads at Hendon lose one now and then

 

[Dobiegirl]

I generally find there is a 'window of opportunity' in which to act and get your dog under control. If you miss that window you can yell "DROP!" or whatever until the cows come home (and the cows will turn up first). It's a case of being vigilant and anticipating problems, that will always occur whether or not you train to distraction.
Even the lads at Hendon lose one now and then

This is so true, once they are in true hunt mode they shut down their hearing and are gone.

 

[cremedemonthe]

I generally find there is a 'window of opportunity' in which to act and get your dog under control. If you miss that window you can yell "DROP!" or whatever until the cows come home (and the cows will turn up first). It's a case of being vigilant and anticipating problems, that will always occur whether or not you train to distraction.
Even the lads at Hendon lose one now and then

lol, yes, I agree totally with this too!

 

[supagran]

Mini dachsy - no chance of stopping her (in fact had to pull her off the cockerills back when she plucking his lovely tail feathers... He lived). Border collie is brilliant, can stop her from bc a field away after a rabbit.

 

[lexiedhb]

Yes I can call him in any situation, the fact that he tends to ignore me completely is by the by

 

[islander]

My old 3-legged lurcher still chases rabbits, he has recently caught several myxi ones. Most times, he lets me take them off him before he crunches them up or buries them somewhere. My JRT is a real wimp, he gives chase half-heartedly but doesn`t get near.
The lurcher has chased cats out of `his` field but luckily not cornered them. Dont think I would trust him not to move in if he did.

 

[PingPongPony]

I never really have a problem. If she sees a bird, rabbit or anything else, she puts her tail between her legs and runs straight back to me. She never walks away further than 10m away from me. If she's ahead, she will stop, wait for me to catch up and go on again I can easily walk her to heel by the side of a road, no problem at all. But then again her instinct isn't really there, she's a hand reared miniature poodle so what do you expect