4/15/2024 0 Comments Hand signals for deaf dogsRockett wrote:We have a lot of negative attitude toward the ecollar here in Australia. If you do not understand this the George Hickox videos have a pretty good demonstration on how to train this. If properly used the dog will have been trained it can turn off the stimulation by complying to the command. By what you have said in your post I am not sure you grasp the proper use of an e-collar. If you use a vibrate as a command it will also allow you to properly use the stimulation as a correction for non compliance, and not confuse the dog. Start out at short distances and build from there. The dog will learn it in the yard but will not easily grasp it in another location without a good amount of training. You must start out slow training this in the yard and then generalizing it to other locations a little bit at a time. Keep in mind that when you are doing this it is like any other command. There is no reason that you could not use vibrate then had signal for come and get the same result. As long as your dog knows the verbal sit command it will anticipate the verbal command through consistent repetition it will sit on the hand signal. A simple way to look at this is with the sit command and a hand signal. With consistent training the pre-cue becomes the cue the dog is using to navigate the command at hand. As each new cue comes about it replaces the previous cue and the dog learns it is going to be fed. But as time goes on the dog learns to read these subtle cues you are giving off to anticipate what is going to happen next. In the beginning when the dog is a puppy it may have not known until you brought out the food. The dog will know it is food time based on your actions such as going to the closet where the food is stored. An inherent behavioral trait in dogs is that they learn to anticipate what is coming next by the cues that are given to them, wether those cues are intentional or not. I agree with the idea of using a vibrate feature as opposed to using stimulation. If anyone has any experience training an older dog that has gone deaf with an ecollar, I would be really curious to hear about it. For retrieving, I previously used the "fetch" voice command and directional hand signals once she was searching, but never had a hand signal that meant "fetch." Here are my questions:ġ) Is there a standard / common hand signal that means "fetch"?Ģ) Is it practical to teach multiple commands with an e-collar? (eg - once for "here," twice for "fetch," or something like that - I also have "continuous" as an option) Right now I am teaching her to recognize a single tap on the e-collar to replace "here" when she is out of sight. Previously I used the voice command "here" as well as a hand signal (dropping a raised hand) to get her to come in the field. I have never trained with an e-collar before, so am learning as I go. In order to keep hunting with her, I have started training her to come with an e-collar. She is a seasoned hunter - great nose, rock steady on point, and a decent retriever for a pointing dog. My brittany Ida is almost 13 and has recently gone deaf.
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