What is the complete glossary of retriever commands?
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:12 pm
come
sit
down
leave-it
heel
no
fetch
kennel
quiet
the dog's name
roll over
I don't like HERE because it sounds too much like HEEL.
I am familiar with all the above because I am an experienced dog owner who has been to Humane Society dog obedience classes.
I have no experience in formally-trained hunting dogs for actual hunting purposes but understand there are specialized commands, hand signals, cues and whistle blows.
I have seen enough retriever videos and have heard the handlers shout some of the following at their retrievers while training in the field;
-dead bird back (when doing blinds)
-no bird, not sure of the exact meaning
-mark, I suppose this means the seated dog is to pay attention for any falling birds upon this command
-watch, same as mark?
-go, same as fetch?
-place, sit in a prescribed location as a stand
-hunt-em-up, perhaps a command to dead-hunt a bird the dog is unable to find while running a line?
Cues I've seen in videos:
-long whistle blow, stop, sit and face the handler for directions
-five tweets or three tweets, come back to handler, recall command
-two tweets, resume down-range action, eg. a marked retrieve, following a whistle stop
-e collar, a nick, or short jolt as a correction sometimes used in teaching new commands
If MARK is a command, I would not name a boy dog "Mark".
i've been told dogs should never confuse their names with verbal commands.
I would name a male something like, "Todd" and a bitch something like "Dorothy".
sit
down
leave-it
heel
no
fetch
kennel
quiet
the dog's name
roll over
I don't like HERE because it sounds too much like HEEL.
I am familiar with all the above because I am an experienced dog owner who has been to Humane Society dog obedience classes.
I have no experience in formally-trained hunting dogs for actual hunting purposes but understand there are specialized commands, hand signals, cues and whistle blows.
I have seen enough retriever videos and have heard the handlers shout some of the following at their retrievers while training in the field;
-dead bird back (when doing blinds)
-no bird, not sure of the exact meaning
-mark, I suppose this means the seated dog is to pay attention for any falling birds upon this command
-watch, same as mark?
-go, same as fetch?
-place, sit in a prescribed location as a stand
-hunt-em-up, perhaps a command to dead-hunt a bird the dog is unable to find while running a line?
Cues I've seen in videos:
-long whistle blow, stop, sit and face the handler for directions
-five tweets or three tweets, come back to handler, recall command
-two tweets, resume down-range action, eg. a marked retrieve, following a whistle stop
-e collar, a nick, or short jolt as a correction sometimes used in teaching new commands
If MARK is a command, I would not name a boy dog "Mark".
i've been told dogs should never confuse their names with verbal commands.
I would name a male something like, "Todd" and a bitch something like "Dorothy".
They used to add "Min" to their commands which gave commands that came out as , "Hup min !" …"Here min!" ….etc....etc. "Min" is Scottish for "man" and it didn't matter if the spaniel being spoken to was a bitch , she still got called "Min." These commands were always issued with rough, gruff, voices in order to enhance the spaniel guys rough, tough self images....but it got on my nerves !
The look on my mates faces when I first issued that command in front of them using sickly sweet soft tones was priceless ! 