YOU AND YOUR DOG Teaching Your Dog to Lay Down

Teaching my dog to sit or lie down at a distance: Now I want distance. However, to sit down, I need him to stand first. When I tell him to stay, and I walk away from him, he will absolutely stay - but he will do it sitting, awaiting what I am going to do next. So my question is: How do i make him stand, so i can later from a distance command him to sit?

Hello Hanne, You can actually teach "Stand" as a command. Check out the video below for instructions on teaching it. You will also want to practice telling him to "Sleep" while standing further away. To do this, add one more foot of distance between you and him whenever he can do the command from the current distance, until you have worked up to the distance you need.

If he sits, you can either rush back in and place him back into the Stand position which he knows because you taught him the command , or you can rig up a leash underneath his belly from side to side, so that if he tries to sit, the leash touches his belly and reminds him to stay standing. The leash is good for practicing the stand by itself until he masters it. Once you get ready to also do sit or down from that position you will need to remove it - consider it training wheels for him. Another way to do this is to loop the end of a fifty foot leash loosely around his abdomen and to run the leash around a tree behind him and back toward you.

This gives you a pully system, letting you give the leash a tug to remind him to stand up and also to keep him from coming toward you before sitting or standing or downing in place when commanded. Best of luck training, Caitlin Crittenden. Our Doberman, Axel, is pretty obedient but on occasion has run out the front door when one of our kids leaves it open.

He will bolt and not look back and we're worried he'll get seriously hurt if he runs into the street. What is the best way to get his attention so he can see the hand signal or hear our verbal command when he's running willdly like this? Hello Ashley, I would work on teaching him to look at you and freeze when you whistle, if you are able to whistle, or when you clap loudly and continuously. That way if he tends to be running back and forth across a street he will freeze when you clap or whistle so that you can then give him a command to either come or to lay down and stay until it is safe.

How to Train Your Dog to Lay Down from a Distance

Another trick for getting a dog to come to you in an emergency is to clap, wave your arms around, yell very happily and excitedly, and begin to run AWAY from the dog. Doing this gets most dogs very excited and encourages their chase instinct, so that they want to follow you because it is a fun game. It is important when you do this to act as excited and happy as you can, even though you are probably feeling panicked. The most important thing you can do though is to work on training Axel to respect doorways and to not bolt out the front door in the first place.

He needs to learn that just because the front door is open that it does not mean that he can exit without permission. You can start by only giving treats for the fastest downs, letting the slower more reluctant ones just get a praise and a pet. Dogs like having a job to do! Part 2 Quiz Which of the following should you do first when your dog gets better at lying down on command?

Move to different locations to practice the command. Stop using the hand motions. Keep training sessions short and sweet. Within that session, you can work on one skill, or switch between a few different skills. Spend those 15 minutes practicing new skills, but keep old ones polished by doing single repetitions at convenient times throughout the day. Use consistent, positive reinforcement.

If you like a behavior that your dog does, reward it. When training, decide what word you will use for the action that you want, and use it clearly and consistently every time. Work on one part of a new skill at a time. Many skills have complex parts. Start with the more basic part of the skill, and then move upward in complexity for each level of mastery. Practice everywhere and with everyone.

While you may want to start a new skill in a quiet room of your house, move to different locations as soon as he starts getting it. End on a good note. Also, remember to let your dog be a dog. This means that you should have patience with dog training, and accept that your dog has certain traits and behaviors chewing, mouthing, roughhousing that are just part of being a dog. You can deter some behaviors by not rewarding them, but this takes time and patience. Part 3 Quiz Which of the following techniques are not successful ways to train your dog?

Negative reinforcement for bad behaviors. Practice new skills in short bursts. My dog just puts her rump in the air when I lower the treat. How can I stop this? Try to keep the treat in the dog's sight line. Then push the dog's body to get him in the down position. After a few days of practice, try it without a treat. Not Helpful 1 Helpful How can I prevent my dog from putting her tail between her legs while lying down? Teach her not to do it. When she lies down without her tail between her legs, give her a treat. If she puts her tail between her legs, withhold a treat until she removes it from between her legs.

Not Helpful 2 Helpful My dog is a very lazy ad stubborn Yorkie-poo. I try to lure her into laying down, but she loses focus when I pull it towards me. Am I doing something wrong? Try gently pushing her rump down. Then lay her down gently yourself and see if she stays. Walk away and say "stay" in a firm voice. If you keep doing that, eventually she will lay down when you say to. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 7. The leg method didn't really work for me; my dog jumps over me instead of crouching down.

Is there any other way I can teach my dog the "down" command?

How to teach a dog to lie down

Step into her - not onto her or roughly; just push into her and say, "Down" firmly. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 5. Depending on what breed of dog you have, any more than 3 hours is pushing the boundary, as dogs need to excrete and exercise. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. What are some tips for dogs you've never met before? If the dog trusts you and isn't fearful, it's pretty simple; just tell it to sit. Show it a treat, and once the dog is interested, bring the treat to the ground. Once the dog is good at it, you should be able to teach it to lie down from a standing position.

Not Helpful 5 Helpful 5. I have a month-old, pound Catahoula. He is wonderful at sit and stay and turning around. He will fetch anything and return, but won't drop it without me throwing a treat so I can get the toy, and then he grabs it from my hand. Have him sit, and then put the treat in between his front 2 arms and slowly push into his belly until he is in a lying position. Not Helpful 4 Helpful 4. My dog sits well, gets down with a treat, but right after I let him eat it, he stands up. Get your dog to bark. For example, if you know that your dog barks when the doorbell is rung, then ring the bell, and when he barks say "Speak" and click and treat.

After repeating this several times, try giving him the command Speak. If he obeys and barks, give him a jackpot Focus your attention on your dog while he is barking. If he looks at you and stops barking, even for a second, click and treat.

How to train a dog to lie down

Repeat this several times, eventually adding the word "Hush" as you click and treat. After several training sessions while your dog is barking, give your dog the command and click and treat when Take a rope toy and offer it to the dog and say "take it. When your dog takes it, gently shake and tug the rope toy to get the dog to hold and pull against the tugs.

Click and Treat when your dog tugs back on the rope toy.

Defining Tasks

Use "Tug" as your command. Keep repeating this until Tie a bandana or cloth around your door. Tell him to tug it. Wait until he tugs the door open, then click and treat. Keep doing this, eventually saying, "open" whenever he tugs the door open. Click and treat every time. After your training session, he should be able to open the door at your command If your dog has mastered tug and bring it, teaching fetch will be easy. Start by playing tug. Say the "take it" command when you want your dog to pick up the rope toy, and then the "give" when you want him to release the rope.

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Have your dog "give" the rope, but then toss it a few feet away. Generally, your dog should be With your dog standing facing you, walk forward toward him. When he takes a step backwards, click and treat. When he takes multiple steps backwards, click and treat. Practice this until he understands that if he backs up, he deserves a treat. Start walking toward him less Most dogs will yawn when they are anxious. You can use that to help you catch the yawn. Look for your dog to yawn when he wants to go outside or wants a ball or toy that you are holding.

When he yawns, click and treat. Because this trick has to be 'caught' with the clicker, it can be fairly difficult, and you have to Using the "Learn Names" trick, teach your dog the name of whichever object you want him to bring you Slippers, for example.

1. IL GIORNO DELLORACOLO (Italian Edition).
2. Gates of Paradise!
3. How to teach a dog to lie down.

Now that he knows what the name of the object is, tell him to "Take my Slippers. Tell your dog to Take it and Bring it. If he does so, click and treat. Now, try combining all three tricks Set the leash on the floor. Tell him to take it. Click and treat when he does. Go to the door. Tell him to take the leash, bring it, and drop it in your hands. Repeat the take it, bring it, drop it action several times, saying, "Leash! Use the "Learn the Names of Everything" Trick 13 to teach him to touch his dish on command. Teach him to hold the dish in his mouth using the "take it" command Trick Your dog may not like holding a metal dish in his mouth, but this trick is worth the extra effort.

Take extra time with this step. With the dish on the floor say Get a large box or basket. Gather all your dog's toys and put them in a pile. Point to each toy and say, "Take it," then "Bring it" and "Drop it" into the basket. When he does this, click and give him a treat.

After he puts all his toys in the basket, reward him with a treat, saying "Put your toys away Hold up an object that he is familiar with he knows its name and let him smell it. Place the object under something obvious like a towel , and say "find it. Click and treat when Start out with a short distance and a good treat. Throw the treat to your dog. If he doesn't catch it, take the treat away and try again. If he does catch it, praise him and give him another treat!

Keep doing this until he is catching well. Start saying "Catch" while he is catching them Put some scotch tape or a sticky note on your dog's nose so that she paws at it. Repeat this a few times, but add in your command. Think of a short phrase such as "I'm Ashamed of you! With your touch stick, have your dog go around your right side and stand by your left side.

Keep doing this, eventually saying, "Left" as soon as he stands by your left side. Set up obstacles, such as orange cones bought at Wal-mart , buckets, or even red plastic cups in a straight line.

Start with three or four, and space them inches apart. With your touch stick, guide your dog in and out of the obstacles, starting from the left side. When he goes in and out of one or two, click and treat. Continue to do this until he goes in and out of all of them. After getting your dog used to Hold a treat in your left hand and hold your right hand up. Here we are getting the dog to associate the speak command with the visual command of holding your right hand up.

Also look your dog in the eye I look directly into his right eye. Have the dog speak, and treat when At the end of a performance, take a bow with your dog! Start 'rough-housing' with your dog. Whenever he starts to get into the "bow" position, click and treat. Keep doing this until he starts doing it on his own. Start saying "Bow" whenever he gets into the Bow position; then click and treat. Keep doing this until he will Put your dog on the table. Ask him to jump. Your dog should stay in the same place so he won't fall off the table. Tie the jump rope to another object.

Let your dog get used to the jump rope by moving it back and forth. Give the jump rope almost a Get a bottle of soda appropriate for your dog's size and put it on the ground. Tell your dog to "Take It. Do this several times. Now, tell your dog to "Take It" and "Bring it. Set a tissue box on the ground.