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Can anyone give me advice please ?

When i take Willow Wispa & Turbo out ,Turbo just wont come back when called,he goes into mad whippet mode , does not listen or even look at me . when he does decide to come back he always gets a treat . The other two are good on recall especially Willow ( lurcher).

Hence i take Bullet out on own and he is very good .

Someone said he might have too much protein in his food and cut it down cause it will calm him down ?

Or does he not see me as alpha male ? how do you i correct this ?

He is a fantastic dog at home , very affectionate to me (real mummys boy )

But at the moment im really not enjoying our walks together .

Sorry so long winded but would love to solve this problem.

Any advice gratefully recieved. Thank you

Emma :thumbsup:
 
I'd personally get a long training lead for him and go back to basics. It's no good giving him a treat for eventually coming back to you as this teaches him that he can take as long as he likes as he'll still get rewarded .... If any of mine are off lead and didn't come when I called them I just run off in the opposite direction from them, they soon come to see what your doing then you ask them to "come" and 99% of the time they do, so then reward .... Its just breaking the habit of not listening when out and about, you can reinforce the command in the house where there are less distractions :luck:
 
I completely agree with Strike Whippets. Going back to basics and using the long training lead is exactly what I would have suggested. Also, don’t be tempted to repeat the command word if he does not listen first time, as he might start to ignore your voice. Try making the training fun and keep the training sessions short because he might lose interest. It’s best to practice often but for a short time. Good luck! I’m sure if you are consistent, he will pick it up in no time!

:luck:
 
have to agree with the above comments.........i had to go back to basics with gypsy, she was ignoring me and doing whatever she pleased, to the point where she was stood in the middle of a road :eek:

i started in the garden, and when i thought she was a bit better i used a training lead whilst out :thumbsup:

what worked for me was.............while out walking i would let her have quite a bit of lead, and every 5 mins or so i would call her bck and give her a treat, if she didnt come back one the first call, i would give her a gentle tug on the lead (she would then come straight to me) i did this for weeks and weeks, and still do it now if i think shes slipping into deafness :- "

she gets back into good recall pretty quickly, but can also lose it pretty quickly :- "

i havent got to the point where if she see's a rabbit or a cat i can stop her going after them :wacko: ............she just goes and nothing i do will bring her back!!

thats what im working on now :thumbsup:

good luck :luck:
 
Good advice here, will be using it in the coming weeks! :lol:
 
Completely agree with everything said :thumbsup: .

I think they go through stages of testing you when they are young and it is important to be able to reinforce the command by having them on a long lead to start with.
 
Yep our recall goes completly out of the window, especially in the woods when there are other distracting things around. I take a whistle with me too, when I think they cant see me, and it usually works, oh yes and plenty of treats. :thumbsup:

I agree with Strike whippets, walking the other way always works for me too.. :lol:
 
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i have been known to lie on the ground and start shouting and waving my legs in the air to get gypo's attention :- "

normally get jumped on and licked to death, but it gets her back to me :D
 
hely said:
i have been known to lie on the ground and start shouting and waving my legs in the air to get gypo's attention :- "

normally get jumped on and licked to death, but it gets her back to me :D

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:lol: Now this I need to see....... :lol: when Ive got my camera preferably...
 
Thank you all for the advice so it is back to training then .

so i dont have to worry bout the protein level in Turbos food or if he sees me as the alpha male ?
 
We used to have loads of problems with george so we paid for one on one lessons with a police dog trainer who was fantastic! We started feeding george by hand and he had to get it by touching our left hand first. After a couple of weeks his attention was firmly on us. We then used a training lead but didn't really need it - the moment we shout him he comes hurtling towards us for his treat. We no longer hand feed and he is still just as good. Good luck!
 
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TURBO said:
Thank you all for the advice so it is back to training then . so i dont have to worry bout the protein level in Turbos food or if he sees me as the alpha male ?

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I don’t think that you have to worry about the protein content of his diet. In my role as nutritional advisor we tend to read all the latest research and there is no scientific evidence that suggests that the protein content of a dog’s diet can be liked to hyperactivity or any behavioural problems ( ;) for example sudden deafness when being recalled :- " )

I think that if you take his training back to basics, slowly but surely he will respond to you better. And the more you practice and train him to listen to you, the more you will demonstrate leadership, so you do not have to worry about the idea of being the alpha dog. :thumbsup:
 
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