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Dictionary definition of “whoa break”

whoa break

v. phr. to train a dog to stop in response to a verbal command. Subjects: English, Animals, Insects, & Birds, Sports & Recreation

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Citations: 1991 Bob Bledsoe Tulsa Tribune (Oklahoma) (Nov. 27) “Quail season off to good start” p. 8C: If Lantz could “whoa break” my 3-year-old son as well as he did the pups, I would be glad to pay the training bill. 1995 Bill Tarrant Field & Stream (94) (Jan. 1) “The new dog men” vol. 99, no. 9,: I start whoa-breaking them up there and then taking them to the whoa post.… After I whoa-break them, I introduce them to the birds again. When they enter the planted bird’s scent cone, I say, “Whoa.” 2001 Paul Knutson Pointing Labrador (Apr. 1) p. 168: To use collar pressure on whoa breaking requires that you dog leave the initial position in which you placed him, or where he knows he is supposed to be. 2006 Don Steese Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennysylvania) (June 4) “Instinctive ice rescue results in important lesson learned”: My current dog is what’s called “whoa-broke.” I could have, most likely, stopped her in her tracks, with just a shout.

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