Directional Commands in Handling

[Judy]

Its funny...

[CockerCanuck]

Well we are one week into it and all is going well. I have Hamish “Gee” and Hawing” all over the field. In all honesty I am sure he is reacting 90% to my arm signal and exaggerated step in the direction I want him to go but I am confident with lots of repetition he will start to associate the verbal command with the direction as well. I certainly don’t mind being the guy who does things “differently” kind of fun really.

[paul spaniel]

personally i think all hankerchiefs, field cards, using a white hat for directions should be banned.

[Naj]

personally i think all hankerchiefs, field cards, using a white hat for directions should be banned.

Why?

[Judy]

Because you wouldn't use any of it in real life?

[crackerd]

Because you wouldn't use any of it in real life?

You wouldn't? Not even near High Down or the vicinity of Pyongyang?

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Good to see you back here, Paul -

MG

[crackerd]

Because you wouldn't use any of it in real life?

You wouldn't? Not even near High Down or the vicinity of Pyongyang?

Wait a minute, realized I've slighted Naj with my "real life" GPS coordinates above. To High Down and Pyongyang, I would his particular precinct - no, not canine cloud cuckoo land, but Dog Training Area 51! (Nah, nah, naj - Naj - just joshin')

MG

[Naj]

Because you wouldn't use any of it in real life?

You wouldn't? Not even near High Down or the vicinity of Pyongyang?

Wait a minute, realized I've slighted Naj with my "real life" GPS coordinates above. To High Down and Pyongyang, I would his particular precinct - no, not canine cloud cuckoo land, but Dog Training Area 51! (Nah, nah, naj - Naj - just joshin')

MG

Eh????

[crackerd]

You wouldn't? Not even near High Down or the vicinity of Pyongyang?

Wait a minute, realized I've slighted Naj with my "real life" GPS coordinates above. To High Down and Pyongyang, I would add his particular precinct - no, not canine cloud cuckoo land, but Dog Training Area 51! (Nah, nah, naj - Naj - just joshin')

Eh????

Area 51 - alien concept canine training, probably very different directionally! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLSD_Zq5U8c

But I say again - nah, nah, not at all, just joshin' -

MG

[Naj]

Thanks MG. But I know what Area 51 is, it was the rest of it that bamboozled me.