Silent and Deadly

[BigBoatWillis]

I've been teaching my dog hand signals so if there comes a time where I cant talk he will know what to do. I've always preferred to be silent, knives over a gun. The hard thing though is teaching my wife. She says she wants to learn but she wont ever make time for me to teach her. Its always something she puts off. I have tried to tell her that it will be a useful skill to learn, even right now it would be useful. My dad taught me and my siblings and we loved it. I learned military hand sings from him and it was one of the best tools I learned. It is better to be seen than heard. It was simple to learn and easy to teach. You use the basics and add on to that. You pretty much make your own language, something only you and those you teach would know. It is fun and free to learn. Knife skills are great to learn. I am taking another training coarse this coming Summer and there are so many things you can do.

 

[jontte]

like these??

 

[BigBoatWillis]

Yeah stuff like this. It is a good thing to know and does come in handy a lot

 

[jontte]

true!

 

[lonewolf]

i'm sure it is easy enough to make up our own, keep it simple just a few basic signs that only we know.

 

[jimLE]

and other things can be added to hand signals/movements.like a certain face expresion.that way,if someone else knows the hand signal,will think something else is being said.

 

[Jonathan]

Just out of curiosity how hard is it to teach a dog hand sines

 

[Brent S]

Just out of curiosity how hard is it to teach a dog hand sines

That all depends on the dog! To my knowledge any good training includes hand signals. Dogs don't have a language as advanced as ours, so they read visual cues more intently than we do.

 

[jimLE]

it shouldn't be to hard to teach a dog hand signals.but it's gotta have the needed smarts,and willingness to learn thoe.i had a dog once,that was part husky,and part something else.in which i taught it basic hand signals when i was 17 and 18 years old.he was a real good dog.

 

[Silent Earth]

We used to have farmers / poachers who used very quiet clicks of the tongue to control their dogs

 

[jontte]

not any more? those guys sure could have some nice tips to teach to us in how to handle a dog.

 

[Silent Earth]

not any more? those guys sure could have some nice tips to teach to us in how to handle a dog.

It used to be not common but fairly well known once over . IIRC it was 1 click for stop/ down, 2 for left , 3 for right, 4 for circle, 5 for fetch etc. Wife says she remembers them using little hand operated clickers as well as their tongues. Most UK shepherds appear to use a combination of whistling and words these days.

 

[jontte]

have to get me one of those clickers,would be handy in the bush and alot more silent that shouting to the pup

 

[Silent Earth]

Even if its just taught to stop and go down with a click helps.

 

[Jonathan]

Oh man this could come in handy the first one that would come to me is a silent command for attack say if the day ever come that someone got the drop on you they probably I not going to be watched the dog could give you a way out

 

[Gazrok]

I teach my lab both hand signals and verbal commands. They need CONSTANT reinforcement...or at least my dog does. And it's far from 100%, but he's gotten better.

About the only thing I can't do, is keep him from wanting to run and bark at the horses on the other side of the fence. Nothing seems to work after he takes off and wants to do it.

Typically, "come!" will bring him running up to me...but not when this happens. Same with the hand signal for come...no dice when this one event happens. It's like he just went stupid when he sees the horses.

 

[Silent Earth]

Gazroks Lab guess which one it is ?

 

[Mountain trapper]

I taught my dog a few hand signs like, come, stop, down and stay. While having a few beers one day, which he fetched from a snow bank, I taught him to lay down, roll over and show his uh...dog parts, all with hand signs.

 

[Gazrok]

I inadvertently learned a hand signal for that (it's making a claw, because he wants you to rub his belly)....

Gazroks Lab guess which one it is ?

Well, it is Plant City, so the Meth Lab would be a good guess, but it's the black one in the upper right. That's my "Domino". (I didn't name him).....

 

[Gazrok]

Check out these dog muzzles:

http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/pets/werewolf-dog-muzzle.asp

They would scare the daylights out of an intruder in the dark....

 

[Silent Earth]

Talking about dogs, Gazrok was telling me about his trip to the supermarket.
"
Dog Food Diet
While waiting in line at my local Wal-Mart with a 50lbs bag of dog food, I had a woman ask me if I was going to feed my dogs. Now I’m a big fan of “here’s your sign” so this is how I responded… “No actually I’m on the dog food diet, you just carry around a small bag of dog food and any time you get hungry you eat a handful. Works great, last time I lost 30lbs, but I ended up in the hospital for a week.” By now everyone else in line is listening including the woman who asked the stupid question and I knew she was about to ask another one. I had to hold back laughter when she said “OMG, what happened? Did you get sick from all the dog food?” Without cracking a smile I responded, “Nope, I was sitting in the middle of the road licking my balls when I got hit by a car.” Everyone in line busted out laughing and the woman stormed off. I have to add though, ""

 

[Maverick]

have to get me one of those clickers,would be handy in the bush and alot more silent that shouting to the pup

As long as your not facing enemies that use K98 Mauser Anyway the clickers were very useful on D-day and saved many lives!

 

[jontte]

that would be a pity my friend
just hope I have my trusty mosin with me in that case.

 

[Dalisa]

it's even more important to have night vision, a silenced, concealable autoloader with luminous sights, subsonic ammo, soft armor, and have enough sense to not be out in daylight during high risk conditions. You can also have code words, whistle, clicks, etc, that make for needed commo with loved ones, without telling the enemy what you are going to do.

 

[jontte]

I've been practising hand signs alot,more so now that I'm an active person in my "national guard", it's sometimes tricky in heavy vegetation.

 

[Dalisa]

most likely, if shtf, you wont have anyone to signal or talk to, within a very few days or weeks. There's far more important things to be working on, like hand to hand combat and REALLY fast pistol work, (for needs before shtf) and prepping at least a 6 months food supply (about $2 a day per adult, if you go at it properly).

 

[jontte]

still have some relatives,which I belive will be part of my team,do know hand to hand combat,but plan to avoid it and take out possible enemies further away.
and still belive stealth is more important in shtf than ever.
food is important just as you said,still building my stocks,seems like this is a neverending story

 

[Dalisa]

still have some relatives,which I belive will be part of my team,do know hand to hand combat,but plan to avoid it and take out possible enemies further away.
and still belive stealth is more important in shtf than ever.
food is important just as you said,still building my stocks,seems like this is a neverending story

an attack BEFORE shtf is many times more likely. can you toss up a 12x12 1 inch thick pine board and break it in the air?

 

[jontte]

do I need to??

 

[user 6493]

an attack BEFORE shtf is many times more likely. can you toss up a 12x12 1 inch thick pine board and break it in the air?

I am not letting any ******* get that close,,it's why I carry a 45,,,,the SHTF ,,,,,no one is calling a cop for help,,,,,


can you knock a 240 grain 45 acp round out of the air traveling around 1200 FT PER Second,,,I think not,,,I don't care how many boards you can break in the air