Georgina did brilliantly at training yesterday. She had her "stand", "sit", "lie" and "stay" off pat and walked beautifully on her lead. Her recall's also pretty good, although not quite 100%. Kinga the trainer says next week she's wants to start training Miss Pei Face to walk to "heel", turn "right" and turn "left. Normally,as Kinga speaks good English we have no problem on deciding what commands to use but yesterday both of us were stumped because neither of us could think of the English equivalent of the Hungarian command "hatra" which translated means "turn round". With all my previous dogs when I want to go in the opposite direction I've always said "Lets go back" which Kinga's not very keen on and for the life of me I can't think of a suitable word to use! (If all else fails I'm happy to use "hatra" .... after all Georgie is bi-lingual) Any ideas anyone?????
Could use the words shepherds use with sheep dogs, think they are "away" "by" not sure if spell the same
The dog should follow your leg as a cue to walking to heel.,I always used the word ‘close’ for heelwork/right hand turns and normal about turn, for ‘left hand turn I used the word back.
i though you meant turn around as in spin i was going to tell you we use "dance". i dont use a word for going left and right when walking as i suppose i just expect her to follow me as i turn left or right.
Thanks Vee .... that's exactly what I needed to know! Until now I've never bothered to teach my dogs to walk to heel because I've always preferred them to walk slightly ahead of me. Its only since all the complications I had with my leg have meant that sometimes I need to use a walking stick, particularly in the winter, that I've decided I'd rather Georgina walk "to heel". Even more so because she tends to be fearful and can be unpredictable in certain situations ..... something I'm hoping she'll grow out of, but I'd rather be safe than sorry by keeping her close to me! The great thing is that she loves her training session with Kinga and is very eager to learn and with her vastly improved eyesight and gentle nature she's becoming a really delightful dog to own!
lts great that she is enjoying it, makes things so much easier, i find given the right training most dogs enjoy it and it really helps build up that bond x
I would use the word you are mist comfortable with, if turn around is what you use keep using it....no point in using your trainers words if they don't role off your tongue easily .
