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May 2018
3:22pm, 27 May 2018
25,677 posts
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halfpint
That is a fab picture. I missed the blog somehow.
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May 2018
4:54pm, 27 May 2018
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FergusG
Good pics! I visited a slightly smaller dog yesterday...
I’m not a great fan of small dogs or squashed-nose breeds, but Toby was quite a cute chap. I left my own two at home, in case they tried to retrieve (Stella) or eat (Cleo) him!
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May 2018
6:32pm, 27 May 2018
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Mazlin
Love the happy GSD.
It’s so hot here, I’m not sure about taking Rory for another walk. Might try and get him to do his Scent class homework instead, in the grand tradition of Sunday being Homework Night.
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May 2018
6:36pm, 27 May 2018
10,693 posts
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D2
I said I definitely wouldn't but of course I have.... entered us in the Kennel Club Gold class. Stumbling blocks will be; out of sight stay and stop the dog, both because he is a mummy's boy and cant bear to be separated. 
Those of you who have done Gold how did you teach "stop the dog" please?
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May 2018
7:31pm, 27 May 2018
22,652 posts
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LazyDaisy
Do you mean whete the dog is recalled from a distance then stopped mid recall, D2?
I know we had to use a hand signal much like a cross between a heil Hitler and an old-fashioned traffic policeman, and were allowed to take one step forward. I think Floss got the hang of it only when I was *really* assertive, but I didn't really like it because it made her anxious. I appreciate the importance of an emergency stop of course.
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May 2018
8:12pm, 27 May 2018
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D2
That's the one LD, how did you explain to her what that meant?
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May 2018
8:26pm, 27 May 2018
5,031 posts
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Mazlin
Rory had absolutely no kind of reliable emergency stop. If he's in the mood though, and we are doing it at training, he will not only stop on command, but immediately lie down and await further instructions. I have NEVER tried to teach the lying down bit. I've no idea where it comes from, or why it appears and disappears at random!
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May 2018
8:28pm, 27 May 2018
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Sharkie
Although we never even got all the way through Silver, stop and emergency stop is something Jess can do. Both Raffo and I use 'stop!' on walks when she gets ahead and there's a road coming up - that sort of thing. We use it in conjunction with 'wait-for-me' (something Nat taught us).
I 'think' stopping mid recall was just a step on from 'stop' in general. It doesn't matter which direction the dog is moving in - they just stop still.
But that doesn't quite explain how it's taught. Perhaps the urgency of voice causes the dog to pause and look at you for a moment and that's when you say 'good stop' and reward? Wish I could remember!
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May 2018
8:43pm, 27 May 2018
7,217 posts
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BaronessBL
I have always used 'wait' for the emergency stop because she learned wait going up through the bronze and silver classes as a command for 'wait...until I tell you to do something else' (as opposed to stay which is 'stay until I come back to you') so I would do the policeman's hand signal and say wait and then Wanda would usually sit of her own accord anyway and would wait until I said 'come' or whatever we did next.
At our class now though we are taught stop by doing a few paces at heel then say 'stop' both dog and handler stop then the handler walks on. Much as Sharkie describes really. However should I need to do or practice an emergency stop I still say Wait.
I also always say 'Wanda wait' so if she is heading away from me she hears her name first then the command, but that is something I learned from schooling horses on the lunge rein, you say their name first so they listen then trot, canter or whatever you are asking.
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May 2018
8:43pm, 27 May 2018
25,680 posts
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halfpint
I seem to remember an exercise when you call the dog then chuck a treat behind them which causes them to stop. I think that was the first step of teaching stop.
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