How do you teach Freeze?

dusuwho · 06-17-2008, 06:31 AM

Hi,

Just wondering how to do it. I want him to learn how to freeze (stop and stay still whatever he's doing or wherever he's running.

Is there a method that I can use? How do I go about it?

If anybody knows the answer I'd like to start training it asap.

Many thanks,

zeus and me · 06-17-2008, 07:48 AM

I would think it all starts with basic obedience training. a strong recall....and a firm understanding of stay....along with a down sit or stand comand.....once you have taught your dog a down comand. it should down untill you release it.

dusuwho · 06-17-2008, 08:07 AM

I think you're right zues. I don't think I thought it through like that.

Thanks

DobeSpell · 06-17-2008, 09:42 AM

I'm not a professional trainer but this worked for me. I throw him a ball, say Stop! and hold him. Then let him go.
After we practice it, I'd let him start chasing the ball and then say stop!.

He learned pretty fast.
Now I repeat the command whenever we play. I throw the ball, he starts running, I say Stop! Come!, he stops, come to me and then I let him go again.
This works when he chases cats too, and he has pretty strong prey drive.

dusuwho · 06-17-2008, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DobeSpell

I'm not a professional trainer but this worked for me. I throw him a ball, say Stop! and hold him. Then let him go.
After we practice it, I'd let him start chasing the ball and then say stop!.

He learned pretty fast.
Now I repeat the command whenever we play. I throw the ball, he starts running, I say Stop! Come!, he stops, come to me and then I let him go again.
This works when he chases cats too, and he has pretty strong prey drive.

Interesting thanks dobespell. I'll give it a go and see how he takes to it.

Many thanks.

reisende · 06-17-2008, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DobeSpell

I'm not a professional trainer but this worked for me. I throw him a ball, say Stop! and hold him. Then let him go.
After we practice it, I'd let him start chasing the ball and then say stop!.

He learned pretty fast.
Now I repeat the command whenever we play. I throw the ball, he starts running, I say Stop! Come!, he stops, come to me and then I let him go again.
This works when he chases cats too, and he has pretty strong prey drive.

your dog is very very obedient!
I tried doing that, i.e. hold him by collar, throw ball, and only after a few seconds I release collar and say go!
but few times I tried by throwing ball, but not holding on to his collar and he just zooms off. he loves catch too much, and TOO strong prey drive

what I do is use the 'stay' command. for training I use it when he's in sit or down position then a stay command, and he will stay till I release him with 'ok'. but sometimes when out and I want him to 'freeze up', I just say 'stay' even when he's standing. he does it pretty well so far - on a leash, lol. don't trust him offleash doing that yet.

DobeSpell · 06-17-2008, 12:10 PM

Just want to add, at the time we did 'stop' command we were working with king every day, 3 times per day, for 15 minutes (45 minutes altogether) for 3 months!
We were attending training classes at the time and had to do the homework every day so King was in learning mode when we tried 'stop' (we didn't do this in a school, we saw a guy at the park teaching his dog the way I described).

King is obedient because of lots of training he has. I cannot even calculate how many hours we spend working with him and we still do, every day, because of his behavior problems.

**voodoolizard** · 06-17-2008, 05:19 PM

i wish you luck.. its gonna be hard work.. but well worth it if you can stop your dobe in its tracks !! we have some success but not if its a bird LOL

dusuwho · 06-18-2008, 01:58 AM

Thanks all, I'll let you know if I ever crack it.

Cheers,