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Title: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Brushraider on May 21, 2012, 11:36:16 pm Any tricks?
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: TX HOG on May 22, 2012, 02:08:18 am Yep.
Grab the dog by the collar and start toward the tail gate, say "load up" as you lift the dog by the collar enough to clear his head and neck, dragging the rest of him over the tail gate. Be consistent with it and before long you will only have to touch his collar and say load up, later you will only have to say load up, later he will be reading your mind. Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Peachcreek on May 22, 2012, 02:10:06 am i hear them yeller dogs are born knowing how to stop runners, and load up too! maybe the trick is get a yeller dog.... >:D
seriously maybe try to get some cheap weenies and cut them up, start with something low put a couple chunks of weenie on it and tell the dog load up. after it masters that go to something higher until you get it jumping in the truck or dog box. I need to work with a couple of my dogs too. lol good luck Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Brushraider on May 22, 2012, 05:22:59 am i hear them yeller dogs are born knowing how to stop runners, and load up too! maybe the trick is get a yeller dog.... >:D seriously maybe try to get some cheap weenies and cut them up, start with something low put a couple chunks of weenie on it and tell the dog load up. after it masters that go to something higher until you get it jumping in the truck or dog box. I need to work with a couple of my dogs too. lol good luck Yep. Grab the dog by the collar and start toward the tail gate, say "load up" as you lift the dog by the collar enough to clear his head and neck, dragging the rest of him over the tail gate. Be consistent with it and before long you will only have to touch his collar and say load up, later you will only have to say load up, later he will be reading your mind. Thanks lol, most of mine are yella ;D Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: justincorbell on May 22, 2012, 05:31:25 am i hear them yeller dogs are born knowing how to stop runners, and load up too! maybe the trick is get a yeller dog.... >:D seriously maybe try to get some cheap weenies and cut them up, start with something low put a couple chunks of weenie on it and tell the dog load up. after it masters that go to something higher until you get it jumping in the truck or dog box. I need to work with a couple of my dogs too. lol good luck Hell i wish i had the line of yella's ur talkin about, here lately i cant buy a bay....... Hell Maybe i do need to buy that stag! I imagine it'll take 3-4 boxes of hair dye to get him that right shade of yella tho lol. "the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Jared H. on May 22, 2012, 05:34:51 am I've always used cheap hot dog weenies to teach a dog to load up. The only problem I've had is one of my dogs has found people camping in the woods more than once. Maybe he's hunting hot dogs. :D
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: jsh on May 22, 2012, 05:47:36 am I feed my pups on the tailgate. Put an ice chest or something next to it to give them a boost until they are big enough to make the jump. The truck bed needs to be a good experience for them to the point they look forward to it.
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: country man 563 on May 22, 2012, 06:16:59 am the meathod tx hog said works good
another one is get a two dog couple and hook ur pups to an older dog that knows how lo load and walk up to a trailer and tell the older dog to load up do that for awhile and and then work the pup by its self and be befor long he'll have it down Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: justincorbell on May 22, 2012, 06:43:08 am I feed my pups on the tailgate. Put an ice chest or something next to it to give them a boost until they are big enough to make the jump. The truck bed needs to be a good experience for them to the point they look forward to it. Sounds like a good idea to me.....not much different then conditioning them to a particular noise before feeding. (makes it 100000x's easier to call em outta the woods....imo) "the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: T-Bob Parker on May 22, 2012, 10:19:03 am Before a pup gets to hunting age I simply chain them to the truck every night and put they're feed in the bed, about the time ribs and pelvis start showing they will figure it out. :D
But c'mon now ol peachy, did somebody strike a nerve with you? I'll tell you what, yellow dogs may not all be born perfect, but at least I don't have to whip out a weenie to get them do what I want. :laugh: Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Peachcreek on May 22, 2012, 12:22:18 pm Before a pup gets to hunting age I simply chain them to the truck every night and put they're feed in the bed, about the time ribs and pelvis start showing they will figure it out. :D But c'mon now ol peachy, did somebody strike a nerve with you? I'll tell you what, yellow dogs may not all be born perfect, but at least I don't have to whip out a weenie to get them do what I want. :laugh: naw i just keep hearing about the yeller super dogs and figured they must be born perfect... or maybe everyone just knows how to TRAIN them. >:D I was having a bad night and picking on yeller dogs and MPG in new dodges made me feel better. LOL ;D Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Reuben on May 22, 2012, 12:38:10 pm I feed my pups on the tailgate. Put an ice chest or something next to it to give them a boost until they are big enough to make the jump. The truck bed needs to be a good experience for them to the point they look forward to it. going to have to try this out...sounds like it will be easy...and I like easy... It used to be easy to train my pups to load...but the taller bed on the 4 wheel drive has been a problem... Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: trapperchick87 on May 22, 2012, 01:53:58 pm Ok not trying to stir the pot but what about hounds? my lacys hop in the back no prob...now the hound he just looks at them like "hey howd they get up there"...i say "Tader load up" an pull him up by his collar been doing it since he was 3months old..the thing is hes 5 months old an 40lbs..hes fixin to get to heavy for man handling...is it just a hound thing an he'll figure it out eventually or am i doomed to having to heave a 80-90lb dog into his box?
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Reuben on May 22, 2012, 02:09:17 pm Ok not trying to stir the pot but what about hounds? my lacys hop in the back no prob...now the hound he just looks at them like "hey howd they get up there"...i say "Tader load up" an pull him up by his collar been doing it since he was 3months old..the thing is hes 5 months old an 40lbs..hes fixin to get to heavy for man handling...is it just a hound thing an he'll figure it out eventually or am i doomed to having to heave a 80-90lb dog into his box? here is how I used to do it with this taller bed...but it is a pain in the rear for me to crawl up in the truck bed with the tailgate down... if you know the pup is old enough to jump in then use a choker chain on a lead...crawl up in the bed and give the command to load up while pulling the dog up towards the bed...make it so he is hanging for a while and you just barely give enough assistance so that he makes it in...the idea is to make it so uncomfortable that he will try extra hard to load up then and all the other times...when he gets it then you can do the same without having to get in the bed... but I think jsh has the right idea, at least I think it is... Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: justincorbell on May 22, 2012, 02:35:43 pm Before a pup gets to hunting age I simply chain them to the truck every night and put they're feed in the bed, about the time ribs and pelvis start showing they will figure it out. :D But c'mon now ol peachy, did somebody strike a nerve with you? I'll tell you what, yellow dogs may not all be born perfect, but at least I don't have to whip out a weenie to get them do what I want. :laugh: naw i just keep hearing about the yeller super dogs and figured they must be born perfect... or maybe everyone just knows how to TRAIN them. >:D I was having a bad night and picking on yeller dogs and MPG in new dodges made me feel better. LOL ;D Nothin is born perfect peaches, yella's are just as close as it gets to the best there is!!! Lol......i kid i kid.......between me and you i'd drop some serious coin on that "red" dog of Mr. James n Mrs. Dinah! .......i like his style. "the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: jsh on May 22, 2012, 02:38:00 pm Not a hound thing at all. I own three and they all load but they mature at a much slower rate as pups. Even at adulthood, nine times out of ten a hound is nowhere near athletic as a cur. Putting a box in front of them for assistance allows them to perform the function on their own and build confidence. If I drug MY dogs over a tailgate they would probably run from me the next time I went for their collar. I use the same method for off the ground kennels.
I would not expect your Majestic hound to load until he's at least a year old. Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: trapperchick87 on May 22, 2012, 02:53:37 pm Thank you so much jsh!!! it puts my mind at ease..i was beginning to worry id be pickin up his large behind up for the rest of his life! either that or i was gettin a ramp..lol
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: T-Bob Parker on May 22, 2012, 03:02:21 pm I've got a dumb slow maturing yellow dog who ain't as athletic as the rest of mine, and he wouldn't load up for the longest time. I chained him to the truck every night for a week and he still wouldn't do it so I went one step further.
I parked the truck in calf deeper water. That way he had nowhere to sleep until he learned to hop in the bed. Guess what, he was in the bed when I left for work the next morning. Sometimes all it takes is natural motivation. Ain't gotta always whoop em into doing things your way. Then I've got another yella dog who is smarter than me and she knows it. She won't load at home when it's time to hunt sometimes. I got tired of her attitude one day after saying load up for half an hour so I slammed the tailgate shut, skinned her butt with a coach whip a few times and told her to load up. She jumped over the bed sides and sat down at her corner chain. Different options for different dogs is what makes life interesting. Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Reuben on May 22, 2012, 04:03:18 pm Then I've got another yella dog who is smarter than me and she knows it. She won't load at home when it's time to hunt sometimes. I got tired of her attitude one day after saying load up for half an hour so I slammed the tailgate shut, skinned her butt with a coach whip a few times and told her to load up. She jumped over the bed sides and sat down at her corner chain. Different options for different dogs is what makes life interesting. you can be harsh with a dog and it will want to hang around...just got to know how to do it... :) just like a dog that jumps off the wheeler and you stop to load him up...after a while the dog likes the game...even more so if he slips the collar.... but I have learned how to break them of this and it doesn't take long...I make sure the collar is snug enough and when the pup bails out I just drag him for about 50 yards and about the second time he is broke to ride... ;D :) the idea here is to make sure it was a traumatic experience... Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Brushraider on May 22, 2012, 11:46:25 pm Thanks!, I have a young pit who will bite at his kennel when the horses come by to drink. I was told not to use a shock collar until they've been on a bunch in the woods but I don't think it will change his Hate for hogs and I want to fix this fast. I went ahead and did it to my cow dog prospect and he will still work a cow. What do y'all think?
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Brushraider on May 22, 2012, 11:49:32 pm Year old, has caught a bunch in pen and five in woods. Hates them
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: Reuben on May 22, 2012, 11:56:55 pm Thanks!, I have a young pit who will bite at his kennel when the horses come by to drink. I was told not to use a shock collar until they've been on a bunch in the woods but I don't think it will change his Hate for hogs and I want to fix this fast. I went ahead and did it to my cow dog prospect and he will still work a cow. What do y'all think? some folks make the mistake of turning a pup loose in the woods to hunt for hogs and the first thing he sees in the woods is a deer and you go to zapping and the pup comes out with his tail between his legs...the next time out he sees a dillo and he gets zapped again...well the pup figures any time he goes to the woods he gets zapped so he stays close and does not want to hunt any more...The way to train this pup is to turn him in to a bay or fresh hog sign and let him run and catch a few hogs...this way he does not confuse why he is getting zapped...because he already knows it is ok to run hogs in the woods...this pup shouldn't be trash broke until he has been on a few hogs in the woods... but with the pitbull...it is ok to break him off of horses and cows where he is right now...because once they catch a cow it is hard to break them off of cows... Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: haakdt on May 23, 2012, 09:19:18 am Most of the time i just get an older dog that knows how to load up and let the puppy watch it after a while it will try it after they learn how from then on when the tailgate drops they know what it means
Title: Re: How to teach a dog to load up Post by: RyanTBH on May 23, 2012, 09:32:02 am Yep. Yep, this is what we do and seems to work fine. Grab the dog by the collar and start toward the tail gate, say "load up" as you lift the dog by the collar enough to clear his head and neck, dragging the rest of him over the tail gate. Be consistent with it and before long you will only have to touch his collar and say load up, later you will only have to say load up, later he will be reading your mind. |