Duncan
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Going Down...not me the dog ..lolHi , would like to know of any ways to get my Baloo going down to the whistle at distance..he will do it close but never more than a few feet away..?
Duncan
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guy
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best bit of advice i had was to run at the dog as you gave him the command. If you do it close to you will certainly see it is a very powerful . My hand signal for stop is hand held high ( a la policeman) reinforced by my whole body leaning forward. 'Lie down' is then moving this hand to point to the floor
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johnhod
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As with any training, don't rush it, give the dog a bit more space each time it succeeds. If you can control the space in which your dog is it's quite easy (work in a room, before a garden, before a small field, before a large field, etc.) Where you cannot control the amount of space easily perhaps using a long lead to reinforce the fact that you are in control, even at a distance is the option.
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Victoria
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Im not sure what you mean; are you meaning that when you give the stop whistle the dog sits or lies down. I was told that it is better for the dog to lie down on a stop whistle (rather than sit) because it takes them longer to get mobile again.
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mcelkek
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I would agree to a point victoria, it certainly is the way Derry Argue goes about it in his videos. But I always felt that a dog you want to use as a retriever would do better to sit. That way he can see where a bird go's down. If you can get them to sit for you and you never let them abuse the sit command I think you won't have many problems with them trying to sneak off. I dunno, just my own way of doing it. 
Keith.
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Victoria
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I can see that sitting would be better as you say, Keith.
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