Joanne, You can purchase a vibrator collar for dogs that do not hear -- gets their attention and allows you to beckon them back to you with hand signals.
Anne Joanne Opel wrote: > Hi Anathea, > People criticize me for this, but I hike with my cavaliers frequently (not fre. > enough). I have 3 adults that I take with me, all are trained to "come" more or > less. I get back quite a bit away from the road before they can go off leash. I > call them back and reinforce with food a few times at the beginning of each > hike, so they remember. They're a joy to walk with, they stay together and run > back & front & off the sides & rarely get out of sight. And they love it more > than anything, even food. > They easily do 3-5 miles (about what I can do) in the mts. Recently had one of > them to Blue Mt in the Adirondaks. > They will go up to other hikers, I call them and leash them when someone's > approaching. > My oldest hiking dog is 7 and beginning to tire at end of hikes. I think her > hearing is not what it was, plan to try a whistle. > I never let them off leash near roads. You can't train that. > Here in NJ we have hunting from Oct 1 through Jan 31 I think, first bow, then > rifle then muzzle-loading (!) but there's no hunting on Sundays. > I'll let others address your other questions, except to say if you're having > big crowds a plastic crate is always good for when the crowd gets to be too > much, don't let anyone disturb the pup in the crate. Mine go to big gatherings > and love them. > Good luck finding a puppy! Be careful to get one that's outgoing. > > -- Joanne Opel > Kilbrook > Ringwood, NJ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Anathea B. Waitekus" wrote: > > How have you dealt with your Cavalier's love to run? Is there any sort of > > > training or socialization techniques that help prevent this? The running > > issue is my biggest concern. > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
