Thread: Dog training problems and answers

Hey Ruff I actually didn't mean offence at all, I am sorry that it came across that way. I am always open to learning more - my teachers you speak of, there aren't any! Not formally anyway. I have done all my own research including reading, watching vids and more reading. I've picked through info and decided to use the stuff I like and discard the stuff I don't like quite so much.

El B I will always keep an open mind, always have.

I have yet to hear back from you Ruff about how to teach a down at a distance (during a sendaway or recall). If you tell me your methods I might actually give them a shot lol! I am just glad that you are anti positive punishment. I admire your passion for training. I hope I can keep that up too.

Hey here's a little about me and my background to give you an idea....I have grown up with dogs of many different breeds throughout my life with my family. We never owned any aggressive or 'problem' dogs, every one of the pets fitted well into our family including three kids. One memory that sticks in my mind was being a little girl and walking our Golden. A cat ran across the street and I was tied up in the lead and subsequently went with her, skinned legs, arms, face and all. After that my mom bought a check-chain. And that's just what you did back then!

When I was 17 I got my first own dog - a seven year old working border collie from a farm. He was amazing. Out of the box amazing. He died a year later and I decided I wanted a dog just 'as good' as Mate so searched for another collie with the plan of training it myself - I wanted an adult dog too; crazy! Ended up with a GSD from a shelter I was supposed to be getting the adult collie from. Anyway I had researched for two years before I got Jet and along the way found a particular trainer that I sort of fell in love with. (Her name is Emily Larlham). Any way over the past four years I have been conducting my own study and trailing things on Jet.

So there you go, I've been in this world less years that you have been training dogs, only been training dogs less than most of your dogs have been in this world....don't expect me to be ringing you up for a brand new training scheme. I will look into your stuff and look hard actually, because I would love a hunting dog and a good one (which obviously requires me to be good first) I do want to hear what you have to say without being put into a box of a hippie useless training. Plus, not to throw some baggage at you but understand that my own mother led me astray from an early age with the miracle check chain. I'm allowed to be a bit cautious with some writings on the good old mask of the interwebs.

Anyway seeing as we have already hijacked this thread can you help me with downs at a distance?!