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will remind the owners: “Stand erect with your
him to come, using both voice and hand signal
feet apart to discourage the dog from darting
for “Come.” As soon as your dog gets to you
off the one side. Gather up the leash as the
and sits in front, make sure to give him lots
dog comes forward. Command ‘Sit!’ when the
of love and praise. Do the exercise one more
dog comes in front and correct him if he sits
time and then move on to another command.
crooked. Don’t forget to pat him.”
If your dog does not drop when told, run to
Advanced Recall Technique
meet him and drop him with the raised hand
that gave him the down signal. This procedure
An Effective Way To Teach Your Dog To
works very well and, with patience on your
Drop On Recall
part, your dog can learn to accomplish this
very stunning looking but very practical
Many dogs will do the “drop on recall” better
exercise. Practice it twice a week, with no
the fi rst time you try it than ever again in their
more than three times per session.
lives. This is because the element of surprise
is so powerful that for the fi rst time, the dog
What if your dog does a perfect drop on
simply complies with the command on the
recall but consistently creeps in on the come,
spot. Later on, he tends to come more slowly
expecting every plain recall to turn into a drop
and drop quite slowly. For this reason, this
on recall? In this case, and it is a very common
command is used sparingly. If not, you will
occurrence, work on exercises to speed the
really slow up your dog’s recall.
recall and defer practising the drop for a
couple of weeks while you do so. Call the dog
If used carefully, this command can be a life
to come and run away from him, turning at the
saver. If you call your dog and then see danger
last moment to let him catch you. Praise wildly.
approaching the path he is taking, you can
stop him by dropping him and save his life in
Occasionally when you are heeling the dog,
the process. Therefore, do not use this fl ashy
break away without warning and call “Come,
command over and over to prove yourself, your
Come” to him. Again, let him fi nally catch you
dog or to entertain your friends. Teach it and
and be praised. Play recall games with several
then save it for an emergency.
family members calling the dog to come in
random order and zestfully praising him when
Once your dog learns to readily drop from a
he does so. When you do practice the drop on
distance on verbal or hand signal alone, you
recall again, only do it once or twice, following
can begin to train the drop on recall. In this
it up with some fast, active work, some speedy
command, the dog is asked to come from afar
straight recalls followed by lots of praise.
and then drop (given the down at a distance
command) when he is half way to you. With Here we see Jim Leske demo the
practice, your dog can be dropped at almost
basic recall.
any time along the way so that if you need to
drop him at any point, you will be able to do so.
In order to teach your dog to do this, place him
on a “Sit, Stay” position at some distance. Six
feet is not enough since that would allow him to
get too close after the “Come” before you had
a chance to drop him. Ten or twelve feet should
do the trick. Call him to come. When he is one-
third of the way towards you, raise your arm in
the distance signal and say “Down” in a good,
strong, and fi rm voice. Your dog may drop on
the spot. If so, wait one second and then call
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