Reversing Impulsive Hunting Behavior: From Running Away to Coming When Called

People don't have to think long about what comes to mind when it comes to impulsive hunting behavior: visual pursuit of "wild" creatures, meticulous tracking of "wild" scent trails, and swift, wide-ranging searching for "wild" inhabitants in fields, forests, and meadows are undoubtedly at the top of the list of behaviors that are not desired. But as the saying goes: one man's pain is another man's gain! Precisely behaviors from the puzzle pieces of orientation and pursuit of the prey sequence are particularly easy and highly motivating for hunting-motivated dogs, and presto, they're off. On the way from lonely to shared excursions, we want to take a close look at recalling from "wild" spheres – impulsive behavior should now flow into coming when called and gradually interrupt running away more reliably.

Anja Fiedler explains,

• how impulsive hunting behavior develops and how you can integrate it into your training,
• why it makes sense for running away to occur less frequently in the future,
• how you can train your dogs to wait more often instead of starting,
• what function need-based rewards play on the way to coming when called,
• where and how you can effectively place activities as rewards,
• why changes in attention and coming when called are generalized and consolidated separately in training to unfold their double effect in a "wild" state,

why impulsive and highly motivated also describe coming when called on cue at the end of your training journey.

The speaker

Anja Fiedler is the head of the dog training school "dogable – what (hunting) dogs want." With her diverse seminar program, she travels throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

More about the speaker:

http://www.dogable.de/node/5

Photo credit: Anna Auerbach/ Kosmos