Cheese - as a reward - yeah or neah ?

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Need a more tempting reward to help with recall .

18 week lab quite good on recall but once other dogs are about gets a bit more tricky - so whilst training her need to up the reward a bit . Another dog walker today suggested cheese ?

Thanks. I might try this. I think I need to get a training lead first in case she doesn't come back!

I tried loads of those whistle samples and my puppy slept through all of them! Lazy sod that he is. Mind you, he did have a busy night socialising so I suppose I should let him off and try again tomorrow.

Just to prove I am more high-brow than Bella

My top tip is diced liver or heart, freeze it flat so that the chunks can be broken off easily. When you are almost ready to walk break off a piece or two and put it in the microwave for around a minute, it will half cook and stink. Do this with pup around. Take the pieces and snip it into tiny parts in a plastic bag. Off you go for a walk.

As soon as you get the bag out it will release a major scent incentive and the pieces can be so small they are almost not there and your pup will still walk across hot coals for you!

the whole point of recall training is to make yourself the centre of your dog's universe and this will certainly help!

My second most top tip, do not use this if you walk with other dogs, you will be mobbed and possibly lose some fingers!

On whistle training, my dog loves this, I used it with the heart/liver treat and a ball, he thought it was the best game ever! the only thing I found (and was advised by people who use the whistle for work) was that a distance sit was a lot to ask for. It is better to aim for a distance sit (if you really ant to) but actually work with a distance "look" (where they pause and look at you ready to carry out your next instruction). The idea of the distance sit is simply to get them to stop and pay you attention no matter what else is happening and it doesn't matter wether their bum hits the floor or not, the important bit is where their mind is!

I just played the whistle on the link, Mally head shot up and her ears (well they would but she' a lab , but you know what I mean ), she didn't knnow whether she was coming or going

I just tested those whistles again and he didn't respond at all. Not even a flicker of his head, totally ignored every single sound!

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must learn to type, must learn to type....

If it helps, my dog is whistle trained (to a level) and he doesn't respond to those recorded ones!

Helps if he ditches the new Cheryl Cole track, though BFF

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