any tips for recall with 11 month old weim!! She used to be really good, but the last month or so she has discovered selective hearing. A couple of times she has run ahead and jumped up at people. She does no more than this and runs straight back after, as if to say 'did you see that mum?!!' however i realise that this could lead to a big problem. both times the people have complained, the first they said she attacked them! big exageration but its still not good. We have to been to training, although we are about to stop to begin agility or flyball. She was always fine in the classes but clearly this isnt the same environment. any tips gratefully received!!!

Hi, if your dog is being fed dry food, divide it up into 10 - 20 - 30  portions and bag it up.
Recall your dog in the house and garden
Say her name once, and then "come"
If she obeys first time, give her portion of food, if she ignores you do NOT call again, just show her the food and either bin or "put away" .
Each time the dog is successful on ONE command, give food.

Do this throughout the day.

You will probably have a lot of food left, do not give to dog.
Next day repeat.
The dog will get more motivated the hungrier it is.
Soon you will be able to progress to outside on a long line
Repeat procedure
Then take off line and repeat
If she only ever gets fed on a recall you will condition her to come every time.

You have to be firm with yourself and do not believe she will starve to death.

Better a hungry dog than a dead one because it has been run over.

Everyone has a right to walk unmolested by other dogs and some people can be very frightened at seeing a Weimaraner coming towards them at 30 mph.

You will need an excellent recall for agility or flyball and all training must be generalised in all environments.

HTH

thanks for your reply. i do really appreciate that people shouldnt have to put up with her charging at them. half the problem is 99% of people we meet see her from a mile off and call her over for a cuddle whether we know them or not, so clearly she is very confused!
We feed her naturediet, so cant really do what you say, which is a shame as it sounds great. any other ideas? sorry!

You can do it with nature diet but it is a lot more messy............... :D

I would suggest some latex gloves and some plastic bags. ;)

hmmm and stinky! well like u say its worth it! the only prob we may have is that she often doesnt eat her brekkie, so goes hungry until tea so not sure how enthusiastic she would be in the mornings but will give it a go! may work in our favour though as she should be hungry by afternoon!

She is a Weimaraner, she should ALWAYS be hungry........ :D

he he!!! yeah everyone says that!!! she is a lady though, so allowed to fussy and one of a kind!!! (a lady who am i kidding-far from it!!!) she has colitis, so think that is why, some days she just doesnt fancy her brekkie, wondered if she sometimes has sore tummy bless her!

Good to know you have got your weimy on a good diet - they can't cope with colourings (nor should any dog have to)

I would suggest (&as the insane owner of 4 the grey beasties i feel i have the right)  that you use a long line or extending lead, stop people calling her over when she is off lead and teach her to come back to you and sit for a reward as any one approaches.  Weimys at 11 months love everybody and feel that everybody should love them but as you know they are a hunk of dog to be jumping up and it will get you into trouble.

Also suggest that she is stopped from jumping up at people unless asked to do so.

Good luck

Thanks for your advice deaks. 'Weimys at 11 months love everybody and feel that everybody should love them' made me really chuckle, its soooo true. she thinks the postman, takeaway man, and everyone else come to the house for her beenifit!!!!  think i will try leaving her on long lead while we work on her recall. she used to be so good so i think she is testing us out at the mo!!

Its quite common for most dogs to forget their training at various stages in their life - but it is always the recall that worries us most.  Use your long line and get your confidence back on her recall and she will settle back into it.  If you use her name on her recall you might want to try changing to something different as she might have learnt to ignore it.  For example one of mine is called Bodie but when I call him on his recall I call him Doodle - so they all have a different fun recall name that always means something good.  Sounds silly but it works!!

Once again good luck with this willful stubborn pigheaded magnificent breed!!

yeah i will try that thanx. i think monkey would be a good one!!!

Thats fantastic, i am going to try this with my boy. I will let you know how he gets on.

We had the same problem with our golden retriever, although it happened more so with other dogs, so after giving up on calling him back we decided to get him to sit and stay till put on the lead, then he was allowed to go and sniff the other dog. I realise this is slightly different as with your dog it's people so you would constantly be putting the lead on.

I had the same problem with my Cavalier, although in his case he was naughty right from a puppy - fine at training, hopeless in the park! At least with a small dog people never complained he was scaring them, though a lady with an elderly collie used to walk in the opposite direction at high speed when she saw us on the horizon. And of course I worried about him running up to other dogs that weren't friendly and getting hurt! Louise's idea of teaching a sit and wait is a good one - my boy responded much better to being told to 'Wait' then to 'Come here', and by the time he was 2 years old (yes, it took that long!!!) he would nearly always stop or at least slow down sufficiently for me to catch up. Now at 3 years old, he has almost learned to actually come back as well, though we still have a very occasional relapse into the 'brown and white dot on the horizon' syndrome! The lady with the collie is now a friend as well!