Border Collie Rescue - On Line - Universal Commands - Hold
Universal Commands - Hold
The "Hold" command.
Training a dog to hold
something has benefits.
You may not have three hands but if you
have a dog there is one extra 'hand' there ready to help.
A well
trained dog can fetch something, bring it back to you and hold it
until you are ready. Useful if you are incapacitated.
In retrieve you do not want your dog to bring an item back to you
and drop it on your feet. It should sit in front of you until you
take it from its mouth.
A dog may be asked to carry something for
you or even its own lead.
Teaching a dog to Hold something
reduces its inclination to pick something up and chew it. In effect
you are training your dog not to chew things.
In Border Collie Rescue all verbal commands used are accompanied by hand signals which serve
to emphasise and compliment the instruction.
This is of great benefit when training deaf dogs, dogs with learning difficulties and dogs with short attentions spans.
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This is of great benefit when training deaf dogs, dogs with learning difficulties and dogs with short attentions spans.
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| Place
item in dogs mouth and place one hand palm up under the jaw and the other hand palm down
over the nose, gently holding jaws tight on item |
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| Step
back and show palm of hand as in stay. The dog should be taught to hold the item in its mouth until told to release it. It should never drop the item. |
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