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Using a long line... it sounded great in theory!

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tabulahrasa · 13/12/2012 16:59

I bought it ages ago, thinking that'll come in handy, it got stuck on everything, hurt my hands and monster puppy decided it was a bizarre game of fetch so he kept picking it up, bringing it back to me and looking at me expectantly Hmm

Not so successful for ensuring recall - it was fairly amusing to watch though Grin

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littlewhitebag · 13/12/2012 17:41

Made me lol! We bought a long line for our lab pup for training. By the time she had grabbed in her teeth, dragged it round and round and generally tangled us both up, i gave up and put it in the garage where it has remained.

tabulahrasa · 13/12/2012 17:52

Yep, I've decided that it isn't coming out again...however funny he looked trying to bring me it.

To be fair, his recall's pretty good considering he's a puppy, it's just that nothing I can do is as exciting as another dog. I thought I'd try and work on it now, I'll have to do it some other way, lol.

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PseudoBadger · 13/12/2012 17:58

Don't pick it up - stand on it! And you have to set up the walks you use it on - use it in a field, not a wood; use it when you know it will be quiet not when it's busy.

tabulahrasa · 13/12/2012 18:07

I was in a field, just me and him...I hurt my hands trying to untangle us Blush

I suspect it requires more co-ordination than I have. You know, like, any at all, lol

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tabulahrasa · 13/12/2012 18:12

I was saying about other dogs, just because that's why I thought I'd do some work on it - not because I was trying it round other dogs... Shock I mean if that's how badly I mucked it up with just us, an you imagine the tangled mess if there's been other dogs or people? rofl

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Floralnomad · 13/12/2012 18:16

TBH I tried a longline with mine and he still wouldn't come back! In the end I chopped it in half and the first few times I let him off he had about 7 ft attached to his harness which I could stand on / get someone else to stand on if he wouldn't come back or come close enough to grab. I found a bag of chicken was the best way to teach recall and now I just pick up the football and he knows its time to go home.

tabulahrasa · 14/12/2012 13:03

He is pretty good, of course he's still young enough to be clingy though, lol, I was just planning on working a bit on coming back quicker and then at some point with distractions...I think I'll do it without the line Grin

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portraitoftheartist · 14/12/2012 20:38

I tried a long line and my dog came back beautifully from 15ft away. Without the line he totally ignored me and still does.

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