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By Admin (Administrator)
Date 25.09.01 09:20 UTC
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question has just been posted in another forum that I visit.
Can anyone answer the question about dogs ?
By Twilly
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Date 25.09.01 10:10 UTC
Bear always picks his beer up with his right paw ;-) Twills x
By sierra
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Date 25.09.01 10:22 UTC
There was many years ago a debate about dogs being either right-handed or left-handed. In the obedience world, we noticed that when a dog was sent out (over a jump, on a go-out, for the retrieve, or to work scent articles) dogs would consistently either turn to the right or to the left. It varied from dog to dog, but I will admit that my obedience dogs were consistent.
I then started watching field dogs being sent out to cast or retrieve and again each dog was consistent for its self, either turning consistently to the left or consistently to the right.
A matter of training or is it that the dogs are actually 'right handed' or 'left handed'?
By Leigh
Date 25.09.01 10:37 UTC
If I had too, I would say that three of my dogs are right~handed and one is left~handed. How much of this is acquired (I am right~handed) and how much is natural I could not say. The only way that I could hazard a guess would be to say that when I cast them off for a retrieve or to hunt, three will always veer slightly to the right and one to the left, and then they correct their position to work into the wind.
Incidentally, they will use either front paw when pointing game birds, but always their back right paw for wabbit or hare :-)
Leigh
By sam
Date 25.09.01 13:40 UTC
its an old hunting thing, that hounds always cast to the right if they are directly into or infront of the wind
By John
Date 25.09.01 16:31 UTC
I'm absolutely convinced dogs are handed. I've had both in my time and in obedience used that fact to help to line my dogs up for a straight retrieve.
John
By sierra
Date 25.09.01 16:41 UTC
Same here, John. Some of my obedience dogs were right-handed....some were left-handed. I certainly tried to use that when doing the retrieve over the high jump so that the dog would line up with the jump as he/she turned after retrieving the dumbbell. I'll have to say that when turning the dogs on a cast in the field, the dogs tended to make the first cast toward whichever direction they were so-inclined (right-handed or left-handed) and then corrected themselves to take advantage of the wind.
My foxhounds must have read the GSP book since they showed tendencies to be either right-handed or left-handed too! Darn, how much easier training would have been if I'd known the lil buggers could read!!!
My dogs don't have hands!
I can't find any reference to dogs having hands in the standard!
Are my dogs deformed???????????
Where did Hazard hide the gin this time - she does like a tipple
Christine
By John
Date 25.09.01 18:52 UTC
CHRISTINE! You are extracting the Michael!
John :)
Me! extracting the Michael !
Now wherever did you get that idea :-)
Christine
I thought you could only extract urine, wouldn't want to pass a 'Michael', two nearly 10lb children was enough!!!
My Braco is MOUTH handed!
Diane
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