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Teaching down

This is a place to gain some understanding of dog behavior and to assist people in training their dogs and dealing with common behavior problems, regardless of the method(s) used. This can cover the spectrum from non-aversive to traditional methods of dog training. There are many ways to train a dog. Please avoid aggressive responses, and counter ideas and opinions with which you don't agree with friendly and helpful advice. Please refrain from submitting posts that promote off-topic discussions. Keep in mind that you may be receiving advice from other dog owners and lovers... not professionals. If you have a major problem, always seek the advice of a trainer or behaviorist!

  
Suka

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Barked: Sun Jul 22, '12 4:36pm PST 
Suka is utterly confused on how to lay down when I say it. Or maybe I'm having the one who's having trouble teaching it. Anyone wanna help?
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Sabi

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Barked: Sun Jul 22, '12 4:55pm PST 
Starting from a sit with some yummy treats, put the treat right in front of her nose and bring it straight down to the floor. When your hand is on the floor bring the treat straight forward. Avoid pushing on her and if she seems confused take a break and settle yourself down. She may nibble at the treat on her way down and that's ok. Just remember keep sessions short and fun. And always end with something she is really good at to keep things positive.
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Suka

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Barked: Sun Jul 22, '12 6:16pm PST 
Thank you smile
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Noah

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Barked: Sun Jul 22, '12 7:29pm PST 
Another method you can try is luring her underneath something (stool, table, whatever you can find that is the right height) and when she gets down to crawl under it, reward her. This a bit easier with smaller dogs, but hopefully there is something around your house that is the right height for Suka.
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Suka

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Barked: Sun Jul 22, '12 10:51pm PST 
Yea at puppy class, the trainer used that as an example, like crawling under my legs if i was sitting on the floor, to teach it but all the puppies there are much smaller than Suka so we quite can't use that one but a stool or chair might work.
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Barked: Mon Jul 23, '12 2:37pm PST 
I like to capture it with small dogs. Go to a boring room and just wait for the dog to lie down, then click and toss a treat and repeat.

It works well with a clicker savvy dog, usually takes a bit of time to get just a few reps in the first few sessions and then becomes a favorite behavior.
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Sabi

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Barked: Mon Jul 23, '12 4:25pm PST 
Use caution if you are teaching Sukka to crawl under anything. We taught my Dane to lay under things in my very tiny apartment. Six months later she was tipping over tables by standing up while still under them.
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Kodiak

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Barked: Mon Jul 23, '12 4:34pm PST 
Many dogs will bend over with their butts in the air when you lower a treat to the floor, but if you then slowly slide it away from them along the floor, that usually gets them into a down. Most importantly, praise like crazy when she does it right.
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