Thread: Dog training problems and answers

Ooooo better example. Police dog sent away to rip bad guy's arm off. A sudden flash of the torch reveals that the bad guy is actually an old lady in her dressing gown. The handler 'calls the bullet back' by sending the dog into an immediate down.

I am not sure why but I can have the dog perform at high distraction level like this, with a sendaway then a down while running, but only reliably after I have had him in a heel/down/stopped position before the sendaway. So if I am in control of the distraction, it works. When he is in control (spots a rabbit) there is no way in hell.