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Joined: 22 Jan 2015 Posts: 345

I was glad this morning while moving a big piece of floppy 20ga sheet metal through the barn, that my lab undertands and reponds very well when I tell her “move” after she dropped in to give me a hand. I then started wondering what non typical commands some of you might hold in high regard for handyness. Remembering back a few years, I recall another time this command was a great help...I was cutting down some good sized trees, when she wondered into the wrong spot at just the wrong moment! Thankfully she didn’t have to take another moment to wonder what I was hollering about when I yelled MOVE!

Molly took 5 or 6 yrs to learn sit - the only real command she acknowledges !! Now when you get near her after 3 hrs chasing rabbits or gets off her leash , a sharp SIT allows you to catch her !! good luck with that the 1st 6yrs !

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I use 'In' instead of heel. "Aus" instead of Back on retrieves.

"Back" means heeling backwards. My dog's all manner of confused... Laughing

wahoo,

I do have one non-typical command that I use for loading the dogs into stacked kennels and into our Expedition or truck type vehicles. I use the word UP as a command for my dogs when loading them into stacked kennels or high vehicles. The command works well, and is easily learned.

I also use the word move when handling my gun dogs in the woods when I want them to move out of the way.

The most important command for your gun dogs to learn is the command you use for instant recall. It can save your dogs life. In our training program this happens to be a double beep from the Dogtra T&B Collar. We seldom use verbal commands any more, except when praise the dogs. This helps eliminate the dog taking commands form other hunters while working in the field or forest.

Pine Creek/Dave
Pine Creek Grouse Dog Trainers

I am not sure if these commands are typical or non but I have been questioned enough on them that they may be a bit obscure.

"Place" means on the rug when company comes, get in the pirogue, stay here on the levee while i put the goose and/or duck decoys out, this is your spot in the blind, etc, etc, etc.

Now some trainers have take issue with this next one "break". Which is my release command from place. It encompasses play time when things are slow or just some relax time. Out the boat, off the rug, etc. Then back to place when hunting.

I have had a few hunt test judges question "break"! Hah!

Of course when bird hunting, standard whistle and hand commands are used but that is typical.

I am not sure if these commands are typical or non but I have been questioned enough on them that they may be a bit obscure.

"Place" means on the rug when company comes, get in the pirogue, stay here on the levee while i put the goose and/or duck decoys out, this is your spot in the blind, etc, etc, etc.

Now some trainers have take issue with this next one "break". Which is my release command from place. It encompasses play time when things are slow or just some relax time. Out the boat, off the rug, etc. Then back to place when hunting.

I have had a few hunt test judges question "break"! Hah!

Of course when bird hunting, standard whistle and hand commands are used but that is typical.

Joined: 05 Apr 2017 Posts: 155

I tell my big tall lab "paws" when I want him to ease into the truck or boat. He he stand on his hind feet and put his fronts where you want them. Then it's up to me to lift the tail end.

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 753 Location: Mn.

Mine also knows MOVE and is one of the better commands when you need it IMO.

Did AKC rally (advanced obedience) with him when he was young. Slow, front, jump, etc. They told me back was one of the hardest to teach but he picked up on it first time. For rally it means the dog remains facing forward but walks backward. He seems to understand back for retrieves is different than back for non retrieves. Kind of emphasizes that dogs are very situational. And smart. I learned in rally that the limiting factor is my ability to understand the signs and commands to give the dog, not the dogs ability to execute them LOL.

If I want my dogs to come inside the house or crate up inside the house, "biscuit" moves them lightning fast. I reward them with a dog biscuit. Gil

Joined: 22 Feb 2019 Posts: 63 Location: United States

There are certain commands that go with hunting with a bird dog, I teach them those. In general I just talk to the dog as if it were a 4 year old child ,from day one. in time they learn what I am saying to them. If one of the dogs is say, begging after my sandwich I say "go eat your dinner" and the dog will check out his dish. If he returns then I know the bowl is empty so I add some food to it. And so on.

Hurry Up!

Joined: 09 Mar 2016 Posts: 753 Location: Mn.

I trained my lab to lay down on the command “Charge”

It is a relic of having a dog sit or lay down while you reload a muzzle loader

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Morning of a hunt it's always, "Go-poop, Go-poop!"

When released from sit it's always, "Free!"

Joined: 03 Sep 2014 Posts: 398 Location: Rochester, MN

I use "gee" and "haw" to direct my dog right or left.