Springfield Pointers wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 10:14 am
My dogs always think I give the wrong command. If I say "come here" they think that's wrong. What he ACTUALLY meant was "arse about for another 10 minutes until you open your ears again"
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My hard drive remote control is now dead because last night when Mrs ips told her to give her the remote back she took it as a run into kitchen and take it to dad, by which time the on button was knackered
Muddling along in the hope that one day it starts to make sense.
I think NickH and Judy makes some great points. Dogs pick up on body cues far quicker then verbal commands. I've got my sister/brother in law staying at the moment and they aren't used to a dog. It's interesting to see how my dog is totally confused by their body language which often gives out all the wrong messages, unknown to them, and to which she is giving all sorts of obscure and confused responses. She just doesn't know what to make of them.
Naj wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:38 pm
I think NickH and Judy makes some great points. Dogs pick up on body cues far quicker then verbal commands. I've got my sister/brother in law staying at the moment and they aren't used to a dog. It's interesting to see how my dog is totally confused by their body language which often gives out all the wrong messages, unknown to them, and to which she is giving all sorts of obscure and confused responses. She just doesn't know what to make of them.
Naj
If only people who train dogs were as good at anticipating situations as dogs are...
Nickheref wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:25 am
I sometimes get the names wrong, but what I have found is the hand signal and where I am looking is of far more importance- last night I wanted one dog out of the dog box that had two in it, I signalled one to stay and another to come out but called the wrong name, however the dog I wanted came out because they were watching my hands and eyes and it was only because I got a bit of a puzzled look from the dog I had named that I realised what I had done. When a dog is close I have found hand signals far more effective than verbal commands and often when shooting over experienced dog who knows its job find I do not need the verbal command at all. I never realised just how many minor hand signals I give and how much the dogs pick up on them until I saw some film of myself shooting over them. To be honest I didn't realise I was doing it.
This happens a lot of times calling out the wrong dog names. But I guess they are more of listening to gestures than verbal command
