I don't have the person use the dog's name, but I do either have a
conversation with the person I want her to follow, so I can be sure
she's following the right person, or I just have them let me know when
we're going to make a turn, that kind of thing. Now, I just gesture
towards the person I need her to follow, and she is quite accurate at
this point.
Shanna
On 1/11/2017 5:06 AM, Donna Waring wrote:
One friend of mine says it's best not to encourage the person leading to call
the dog when teaching this so that the dog doesn't automatically go to people
who are calling it. Would you agree Shanna or do you have them call your dog
when teaching?
Donna
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I basically teach "follow" the same way Julie does, so not much to add there.
One difference is that I save teaching the dog to follow another pedestrian until the dog
is almost done with training. I live in a pretty complicated environment, so I want to
make sure my dog understands how to guide well and with confidence before I introduce the
follow command. Especially because I work a GSD who thinks following is the funnest game
on earth.
