Can you teach a dog Gee for Left and Haw for Right unlike to the standard use? Or is there reason Gee has to be always for Right and Haw always for Left? I am not a native English speaker and for me Gee is easier to connect with Left.
You can teach a dog any word you like. You can even just call it "left" and "right". The only time it really makes a difference, is when someone else tries to steer the dogs and doesn't know what words you taught.
Thanks a lot. I will keep that in mind. We are practicing once a week. He is slowly understanding that I am asking to change direction. But he likes to follow his nose when pulling.
Please keep in mind that Gee(Right) and Haw(Left) are used for all driving animals, including horses. It's one thing to use totally separate words like right and left or even your own made up words; but if you existing words and reverse their meaning you will have the only dogs in the world that are trained to do it exactly reverse and exactly wrong. Thus every other driver on Earth will misdirect your team and crash them no matter how great they are. If you want your very own words, go for it; I encourage you to not use existing well known and defined words and reverse their meaning; not for the dogs, but for us humans. Have fun and be safe.
x-back harnesses are not actually designed for skateboarding. When mushing with cart, the line attaching the harness to the sled is horizontal to the ground. But unless you're extremely short, your hands (holding the line when you skateboard) will be higher than the dog's back. This creates a completely different type of pressure and actually makes it difficult for a dog to pull with an x-back harness. Luckily there are harnesses that are specifically designed for things like skijoring/skateboarding, canicross, etc (sports where the line is attached to a point above the dog's back.
Oh not at all, this is easy for them to pull! You actually want a rig with some weight to it for safety when training. A light rig may be useful for racing but for training, particularly in the early season you want the dogs to be moving slower and building muscle and strength. Speed training comes later.
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Amazing teamwork. Love to see it!♥️🐾
What amazing animals! Very cool.
I can’t wait to start with my team. Even though my team is only a two dog team.
what teamwork. thank you for posting.
Your dogs are listening and working for you oh so well!!
How do people get there dogs ready to run? Do you do any stretches or just start slow?
Can you teach a dog Gee for Left and Haw for Right unlike to the standard use? Or is there reason Gee has to be always for Right and Haw always for Left? I am not a native English speaker and for me Gee is easier to connect with Left.
You can teach a dog any word you like. You can even just call it "left" and "right".
The only time it really makes a difference, is when someone else tries to steer the dogs and doesn't know what words you taught.
Thanks a lot. I will keep that in mind. We are practicing once a week. He is slowly understanding that I am asking to change direction. But he likes to follow his nose when pulling.
Please keep in mind that Gee(Right) and Haw(Left) are used for all driving animals, including horses. It's one thing to use totally separate words like right and left or even your own made up words; but if you existing words and reverse their meaning you will have the only dogs in the world that are trained to do it exactly reverse and exactly wrong. Thus every other driver on Earth will misdirect your team and crash them no matter how great they are. If you want your very own words, go for it; I encourage you to not use existing well known and defined words and reverse their meaning; not for the dogs, but for us humans. Have fun and be safe.
I am training my dog to be a carting dog, right now only learning 5lb pulls and commands
I like this.
I want sled dogs!
Anna Murphy you can train and use nearly any size and breed of Dogs for Mushing.
I have a husky haw can i train hime to pull me on my skateboard
But get an x back harness
x-back harnesses are not actually designed for skateboarding. When mushing with cart, the line attaching the harness to the sled is horizontal to the ground. But unless you're extremely short, your hands (holding the line when you skateboard) will be higher than the dog's back. This creates a completely different type of pressure and actually makes it difficult for a dog to pull with an x-back harness.
Luckily there are harnesses that are specifically designed for things like skijoring/skateboarding, canicross, etc (sports where the line is attached to a point above the dog's back.
What were you riding on?
This is a wheeled cart designed for training sled dogs Mia
How many miles do you normally do while training?
i wonder how much does it cost by a dog.
Are you riding a four wheeler??
I am driving a 4 wheeled cart designed specifically for training sled dogs
that is so heavy!
Oh not at all, this is easy for them to pull! You actually want a rig with some weight to it for safety when training. A light rig may be useful for racing but for training, particularly in the early season you want the dogs to be moving slower and building muscle and strength. Speed training comes later.
Thankyou !!
could you train sled dogs to pull plow
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