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My Favorite Command. Teach Your Dog to “Place”
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My Favorite Command. Teach Your Dog to “Place”
By David DiBenedetto
Without a doubt, one of the most useful commands (other than Here and Sit) that I have taught Pritchard is the Place command, which instructs her to sit exactly where I’d like her to. For instance, I use Place to get Pritchard to sit on a water stand in the swamp, on a seat on the boat, and on her dog bed. Even my wife finds the command extremely useful. (She’s quite proud of the way Pritch places on the scale at the vet’s office.)
We started Place training when Pritch was a puppy using a place board—a simple, raised wooden platform that we built (see photo). While on the leash I would walk Pritch onto the board and command Place and then have her Sit. Eventually I would send her from across the yard to her place board. And from there we transitioned to all manner of “places.” On walks I would have her Place on the wide stump of an oak tree that had recently been felled or on the numerous, and very old, carriage steps that dot downtown Charleston.
Recently the gang at Wildrose Kennels posted a great, short video on Place training. (It takes a minute or two to get to the Place instruction but stick with it.)
If you’ve never taught your dog Place it’s a great and useful command. If you have, I’m curious if you agree that it becomes an irreplaceable tool in your repertoire of gun dog training tricks.
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Comments (15)
i dont have a gun dog but have taught him many tricks and my favorite is BANG DEAD DOG i point my hand at him like i got a gun and say BANG DEAD DOG and he flops on the floor and plays dead i can throw bone across the room and tell do the dead man crawl and he crawls across the floor on his belly i can put a biscuit on his nose and go make a drink and comeback and its still on his nose he wont get it until i count to 3
Great Command. I use carpet squares that the carpet store is going to throw away any way, but I have to agree.............very useful command!
Spent a lot of time on place.Walking the dog over the place board with the place command helps build the quick whistle sit.I am teaching him to turn to the right on the raise of the right hand and to the left on the raise of the left hand on the back cast along with review of lining drills at this time all he has down.Going to school and out of state driving class A a review of the place board was one of the first on the list when back home but still reinforce the command and correct if needed.Lots of retrieves on birds at this time also planted wing clips or out of the bag to keep the pattern and hunting with me as a team and review.
I use a similar command with our standard poodles -- "Hup". I imagine I'm using it the same fashion as "place"; up on the table, out of the car, back of the truck, etc. In essence, wherever I want them to be. Right?
gman3186- You're a natural. Time to get a gun dog.
Quack - Good advice on the carpet squares. They'd work fine.
kelmitch- Sounds like you're hard at work as always. Keep it up.
Bob-- Sounds pretty much the same to me.
it didn't take me very long to teach my dog that command. he is really smart and picked up on all my commands very quickly. dave, are you abusing your dog. she just doesn't look happy at all in that photo. kidding. she looks like a handful.
jamesti- Ha! There's a good reason I sometimes call her the debutante...
Dave a gun dog would be nice I even considered training my pitbull for dove hunting but when the 12 gauge barks he doesn’t want any part of that and when you got a 100 pound ball of muscle you got your hands full cuz he’s pullin
Not always easy to get a smile on camera he's thinking placeboard shes thinking duck blind.I'm thinking about age 4 or 5 Magnum will wine down and have it all together Dave.
DDiB ~ Interesting command and not one I have ever tried.
This may or may not fall under teaching old dogs new tricks...but what the hay, I'll see if Tank or Jessie pick up on it.
Thank you.
Wish I could teach my kids that. Dog listens better than they do.
Place is an excellent command. My previous Lab was taught place for the purpose of having her sit in the shade on a dove field and retrieve from there. However it became so useful that when in the house her pad was where she knew she was to go when ever given the command to "place". If some one was at the door or we were getting ready to eat. We would say "place" and she'd go to the pad.
My new young Lab isn't as quick to pickup "place" but when in the house he does respond to the command and knows where he is suppose to go sit. I've not had success in the field as yet but he will come around. I use a hat or anything that has my scent on it as the "place" I want him to sit. He retrieves and then goes to place and I send him from that position. Also extremely helpful in a boat when your bass fishing and you don't need a dog running around in the boat.
i was wondering how long it takes a dog to learn that command or is it based on the trainer
Looking good Pritch!
ILBassin- As with most training, it's hard to set a timeline because dogs and trainers skills differ, but I had Pritch placing consistently in a couple of weeks at most. I'm lucky though...she's smart and makes me look good.
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i dont have a gun dog but have taught him many tricks and my favorite is BANG DEAD DOG i point my hand at him like i got a gun and say BANG DEAD DOG and he flops on the floor and plays dead i can throw bone across the room and tell do the dead man crawl and he crawls across the floor on his belly i can put a biscuit on his nose and go make a drink and comeback and its still on his nose he wont get it until i count to 3
Great Command. I use carpet squares that the carpet store is going to throw away any way, but I have to agree.............very useful command!
Spent a lot of time on place.Walking the dog over the place board with the place command helps build the quick whistle sit.I am teaching him to turn to the right on the raise of the right hand and to the left on the raise of the left hand on the back cast along with review of lining drills at this time all he has down.Going to school and out of state driving class A a review of the place board was one of the first on the list when back home but still reinforce the command and correct if needed.Lots of retrieves on birds at this time also planted wing clips or out of the bag to keep the pattern and hunting with me as a team and review.
I use a similar command with our standard poodles -- "Hup". I imagine I'm using it the same fashion as "place"; up on the table, out of the car, back of the truck, etc. In essence, wherever I want them to be. Right?
gman3186- You're a natural. Time to get a gun dog.
Quack - Good advice on the carpet squares. They'd work fine.
kelmitch- Sounds like you're hard at work as always. Keep it up.
Bob-- Sounds pretty much the same to me.
it didn't take me very long to teach my dog that command. he is really smart and picked up on all my commands very quickly. dave, are you abusing your dog. she just doesn't look happy at all in that photo. kidding. she looks like a handful.
jamesti- Ha! There's a good reason I sometimes call her the debutante...
Dave a gun dog would be nice I even considered training my pitbull for dove hunting but when the 12 gauge barks he doesn’t want any part of that and when you got a 100 pound ball of muscle you got your hands full cuz he’s pullin
Not always easy to get a smile on camera he's thinking placeboard shes thinking duck blind.I'm thinking about age 4 or 5 Magnum will wine down and have it all together Dave.
DDiB ~ Interesting command and not one I have ever tried.
This may or may not fall under teaching old dogs new tricks...but what the hay, I'll see if Tank or Jessie pick up on it.
Thank you.
Wish I could teach my kids that. Dog listens better than they do.
Place is an excellent command. My previous Lab was taught place for the purpose of having her sit in the shade on a dove field and retrieve from there. However it became so useful that when in the house her pad was where she knew she was to go when ever given the command to "place". If some one was at the door or we were getting ready to eat. We would say "place" and she'd go to the pad.
My new young Lab isn't as quick to pickup "place" but when in the house he does respond to the command and knows where he is suppose to go sit. I've not had success in the field as yet but he will come around. I use a hat or anything that has my scent on it as the "place" I want him to sit. He retrieves and then goes to place and I send him from that position. Also extremely helpful in a boat when your bass fishing and you don't need a dog running around in the boat.
i was wondering how long it takes a dog to learn that command or is it based on the trainer
Looking good Pritch!
ILBassin- As with most training, it's hard to set a timeline because dogs and trainers skills differ, but I had Pritch placing consistently in a couple of weeks at most. I'm lucky though...she's smart and makes me look good.
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