Thread: Farm working dog commands

trying to come up with a couple of verbal side commands. Pretty fresh when it comes to this.
What's a couple of favourite's you guys have used or heard in the past.

Originally Posted by bigbear

trying to come up with a couple of verbal side commands. Pretty fresh when it comes to this.
What's a couple of favourite's you guys have used or heard in the past.

Keep out = right (dogs right)
Get in (pronounce gidin) - dogs left

Waylego = come back :-)))

Thanks @Sarvo one of my dogs have a waylego all my dogs have a get in.

Originally Posted by bigbear

Thanks @Sarvo one of my dogs have a waylego all my dogs have a get in.

Get in wont work for sides on them then :-))

My father was a top dog trialist and judge of such
He never won a NZ but did win a S Island with Hunterway on Zigzag in 70's

I was a keen trialist with modest success locally. I used "get over" & "keep off" for left and right.
But you also need commands to bring a huntaway back to the centre line to change sides. I used "where" and "behind".

the ONLY trouble with using left and right as your commands is eveyone watching knows what you said and if dog doesnt do it..... otherwise cant see why not just use...left and right.


I mean we use..get up..get over..get back..get in behind ya flaming mongrel...get out of it etc etc so why not go left and go right?????at least you wont forget it.
I just used my arms and or body movement with dog watching me as was (still are) a lazy bugga.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the ONLY trouble with using left and right as your commands is eveyone watching knows what you said and if dog doesnt do it..... otherwise cant see why not just use...left and right.


I mean we use..get up..get over..get back..get in behind ya flaming mongrel...get out of it etc etc so why not go left and go right?????at least you wont forget it.
I just used my arms and or body movement with dog watching me as was (still are) a lazy bugga.

i knew you were a trouble maker from the start micky d.
mere for the right for hunterways and behind for the left.
here for the right for heading dogs and get over for the left.[mup insert heading dogs name here for the creep up ofcourse]
different run and stop whistles for hunterways versus heading dogs ofcourse..
different runs and stops dog to dog as well as in thier respective specialtys
.[given selling dogs was our perk to you couldnt sell a guy two similiarly command set up dogs].
get thru was definatly handy for the smaller paddocks of poronui swede crops and if you had to catch the lead vis a 2 paddock fence shuffle.
you dont wont to stifle natural ability with to much regimentation tho
ie i think theyd know whether they had to go up or down a hill by use of direction and run commands.
i admit to being no angel and made the bashing mistakes but eventually went to peer pressure.
i had a team and singular command go and sit down.
either together or singly on the hill so i could work another dog or two and the gomand sit downer was relaxing waiting but not pressuring or chasing stock but handy too the continuing job.
the peer pressure was a two word command and a seperate team pack whistle

having them all go and sit down together on command meant you didnt have to piss about with collar chains unless you were physicly buggering off and leaving them at a spot for say lunch or to go pick up fresh horse or a vehicle.

I brought a huntaway couple years ago and her commands are left and right. Still got her, and now she is my main dog. Another has 'come here' and behind. hate that come here as a side command

My commands were as follows, and when used on long casts, I would whistle the dog to a sit position first, and accompany them with visual left/right hand signals:
left - "leeeeeeeeeft"
right - "riiiiiiiiiiiiight"
initial long cast either left or right but making dog go behind me - "away forred"
go up the hill - "get back up"
come down the hill - "come down"
go through the fence - "get through"
move forward - "walk up"
slow down - "steady"
bark - "speak up"
no bark - "quiet"

Whole idea was to keep commands simple, forceful, and non repetitive, and easy for someone else to pick up if they had to work the dog without having the teach them Gallic first.

Don't forget when it all goes pear shaped to use the old tried and true "ya bludy mongrel!!!"

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Don't forget when it all goes pear shaped to use the old tried and true "ya bludy mongrel!!!"

And go do it on the Honda


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Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Don't forget when it all goes pear shaped to use the old tried and true "ya bludy mongrel!!!"

"For F$%ks sake" seemed to be quite popular too on some properties

Fu##en mongrol has more of a ring...
Or 'you useless c@@t ' or " ill fcuk you right up ..."


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