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Originally Posted by rainy
You have just described Oscar to a tee 
I am treating it like a phase and just training through it.
He has been off lead up until now but i am considering putting him back on a line so i don't have to start re call training all over again if he loses it completely.
My trainer advised keep them on the line for the same amount of time again as it took them to learn the recall, so if it took 6 weeks keep them on line for another 6 weeks. |
Yep our trainer said that too. She also gave me a fab tip - when your ready to go offlead buy a really cheapy poundland lead, cut it down so there is about 6-10in left and tie a knot in the end (or in billys case about 4in as he's so tiny). Clip it to the collar when out walking and when offlead - the dog still thinks they are on a longline lead as they can feel it against their shoulder
. Do this for double the amount of time you left them on the longline after they had learned recall. It hels with the transition from no line to offline completly. So with your example:
6 weeks online learning recall
6 weeks still on line recall learned
12 weeks on "fake" line.