Raising a catahoula

[Peachcreek]

exactly the same thing as you do i guess. just step on it and call him and when he doesnt come reel him in and then praise him, repeat and repeat again and again. I had never heard of it so it seemed strange to me, but I have read a few of you guys talking about it so i guess it was no big secret all i now is that it worked for the hard headed dog i was messing with

[Outback Catahoulas Austra]

Yeah, works on most! I have used a similar method when required but with two bicycle wheels mounted to stakes. Seperate each wheel around 10metres apart with a rope looped around the wheels & joined. Tie a clip to the bottom rope run & you can do both - cast the the dog away (i say "GO") by grabbing the rope or wheel and send/spin it away.....Do the opposite for  "HERE"..... 
I'll see if i have a picture of the set up 

[SCHitemHard]

Yeah, works on most! I have used a similar method when required but with two bicycle wheels mounted to stakes. Seperate each wheel around 10metres apart with a rope looped around the wheels & joined. Tie a clip to the bottom rope run & you can do both - cast the the dog away (i say "GO") by grabbing the rope or wheel and send/spin it away.....Do the opposite for  "HERE"..... 
I'll see if i have a picture of the set up 

genius!

[KerDog77]

I just went through the same thing you did with my cat pup. I kinda contribute his behavior to the fact that I got him at over 3 months of age. This is the first working dog of any sort that I got older than 8 weeks. I have gotten more impatient with dogs as I have gotten older(trying to get better at that) I was kind of hard on him when he did wrong before creating a bond. For several weeks everytime he saw me he would try to be  sliver away. When it came time to kennel the other dogs  up he would litterally play cat and mouse with me. One night I was so pissed he wouldn't come I went out to the shop made a lasso out of some cotton rope and when I got close enough to him I roped his A** and like to pulled his leg out of socket I was so pissed. I am telling you this because all I was doing was just shooting myself in the foot. I was simply scaring the **** out of him everytime I tried to be apart of his life. The next night I tried to kennel him up to eat, he did not come, so he did not eat. The next morning I tried the same thing and he kenneled up wagging his tale and has done so for me every morning and every evening. He now sees me and often comes running wagging his tale. I just have to constanly remind myslf not to be so short tempered with him. Good luck

[rdjustham]

exactly the same thing as you do i guess. just step on it and call him and when he doesnt come reel him in and then praise him, repeat and repeat again and again. I had never heard of it so it seemed strange to me, but I have read a few of you guys talking about it so i guess it was no big secret all i now is that it worked for the hard headed dog i was messing with

If used that method jsut not with weed eater string.  I have a long check cord, i prob shoulda used the weedeater string.  lack of patience and a long nylon heck cord were somewhat counter productive.  My gyp will come to me but usually lays at my feet (prob cause thats how she landed when the ptience ran out.) 

[dub]

That sounds like how I teach my bird dogs to stop. Use a rope tied to a tree and throw the ball or whatever and then yell stop just before they hot the end of the rope. I just need a spring loaded real that will drag the dog if they don't come