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Originally Posted by Kootenay
Hello everyone,
I have been doing alot of reading and research on the CsW. I am from Canada, so unfortunately my options for meeting one of these dogs is limited, but I hope to make the trip (either in Canada or over to Europe!) at some point for an introduction. I have a few questions that I haven't seen discussed in the forum yet - I hope I didn't miss a thread.
First of all, I am curious what methods of training you use with your dog(s)? Play reward/ treat reward / or a combination? And if you use play reward, what games do you commonly play with your dog?
Also, there are some breeds such as Huskies, and also the more recent wolf-dog crosses, where it is advised to not ever let the dogs offleash. From what I have gathered, this is NOT the case with CsW. I'm just wondering about the specifics of this. I imagine it is probably more challenging to have 100% perfect recall then with say, a golden retriever or GSD etc. Do some owners not let their dogs offleash? Or did it take very structured training to fully trust your dog offleash?
I'm still very much a beginner here but I am doing my best to learn as much as I can! I won't be in a place for another dog for a few years at least, so I have some more time for my research.
Thanks every one  ,
Brynne |
Hi Brynne,
I always use "treat reward" as I find it the best motivation for my dogs, I am training my dogs in a club of german shepherds and they always use "play reward", so in the beginning I did try that, but difference in motivation is huge ...for my dogs at least.
None of my dogs have any problem by being offleash, but ofcourse they are use to it and I started training with them almost as soon as I got home from the breeder
...I guess it all depends on how much effort you put into the training !
Rolf
www.juniorwolf.dk