Tamaskan recall and a little obedience

[Gaby]

I've made some video's today from Mila. In two of them you can see her recall and how it is normally, if there are no running bunny's, cats, deers or sheep around. (This is the topic about the hunting she does: http://www.tamaskan-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2670) Rhodin, my other dog, was there too, so he is trying his best to score some cookies too.



I don't know how you can turn the video, so I think you have to tilt your head, sorry! (If somebody does, please tell me!)



And this is 'sit', 'lie down' and go back to 'sit' at a little distance. Typical Mila, the second time it was already boring and I had to say it twice.

[Canadia]

Good girl Mila! Finch is exactly the same - when there are no distractions he is brilliant but the second he sees something else I don't exist and my treats don't taste nearly as good His hunting instinct is a little wonky though - he finally caught something a few days ago - a mouse - and just tossed it up in the air and caught it again and again like it was a tennis ball and then let it go. Poor little guy...

[JulieSmith]

Saga is the same, recall great when there are no distractions, but not so good if there are other dogs around, although the other day for the first time she came to me going past another dog without diverting to say hi, so maybe there is hope

Saga started off catching mice then letting them go, although they were not always alive when she got fed up now she eats them

[Nino]

I'll try to show you at some point.. how "well" Sølve does..

She is great.. well no.. not at all lol.. or rather very rare..
So I try not to call her too much cause I know she will ignore it, but I try to whistle a certain way when I want her to come closer or stop going farer away (she will normally stay fairly near me so that's no problem), she's not too bad at following other dogs anymore but I will have to intensify her training when I have more time with her.. only a week this past week when I was home with her she did much better with stay, down, sit and heel both at home but also on a long leash when out walking her - even with distraction (to anyone that might not know, she lives temporarily with my parents because of problems with a neighbour that meant I had to move away for my own and Sølves health)

[AZDehlin]

Mila's recall is better than Zephyr's in those video's... I will take some video when I take Zephyr to the fenced Rugby fields to play at some point this week.

[AngieH]

I love how you call her with a song-like voice! It's so pleasant but it also carries well. She responds beautifully!

[Gaby]

Good girl Mila! Finch is exactly the same - when there are no distractions he is brilliant but the second he sees something else I don't exist and my treats don't taste nearly as good His hunting instinct is a little wonky though - he finally caught something a few days ago - a mouse - and just tossed it up in the air and caught it again and again like it was a tennis ball and then let it go. Poor little guy...

Ah, poor mouse! Hope he survived.

Mila does it good with most distractions too fortunately, like dogs, joggers, horses, bikes, etc. We are working on birds and she comes back most of the times. Only animals like cats, deers, hare and sheep are very difficult.

Saga is the same, recall great when there are no distractions, but not so good if there are other dogs around, although the other day for the first time she came to me going past another dog without diverting to say hi, so maybe there is hope

Saga started off catching mice then letting them go, although they were not always alive when she got fed up now she eats them

"Nice BARF treat" is what she probably is thinking. But it's better to eat them than to leave them injured I think. Hope for the mice she won't catch to many.

I'll try to show you at some point.. how "well" Sølve does..

She is great.. well no.. not at all lol.. or rather very rare..
So I try not to call her too much cause I know she will ignore it, but I try to whistle a certain way when I want her to come closer or stop going farer away (she will normally stay fairly near me so that's no problem), she's not too bad at following other dogs anymore but I will have to intensify her training when I have more time with her.. only a week this past week when I was home with her she did much better with stay, down, sit and heel both at home but also on a long leash when out walking her - even with distraction (to anyone that might not know, she lives temporarily with my parents because of problems with a neighbour that meant I had to move away for my own and Sølves health)

I saw her walking off leash at the photo's with Matsi though! Nice! Are you making progress?

Mila's recall is better than Zephyr's in those video's... I will take some video when I take Zephyr to the fenced Rugby fields to play at some point this week.

Would be nice to see him running around!

I love how you call her with a song-like voice! It's so pleasant but it also carries well. She responds beautifully!

Well, thank you very much for your compliment! It does carry well, one of the reasons we picked that name.

[Nino]

I'll try to show you at some point.. how "well" Sølve does..

She is great.. well no.. not at all lol.. or rather very rare..
...

I saw her walking off leash at the photo's with Matsi though! Nice! Are you making progress?

With Matsi it was a fenced in area - the Dog Parks/Forests I visit (the one with Hellan is more a Park than a forest like the one I normally use) she did okay, although she did stay out of sight for a while longer than normal, something I didn't like (she met a group of dogs).

She got out without leash and collar twice this weekend - once because of her pulling her head out of the collar once because my dad didn't close the door
both times she stayed close when walking and I took her to my old school where she is normally put off leash due to the fenced in area.
I brought cheese with me second time, which she loves, so it wasn't a big problem getting her back.