- Location
- East Sussex
I'm going to try to train this - having tried and failed in the past. I want to train it because as we move up the levels in Rally we are losing marks because Molly lies down by sitting first. (So it's not important in the grand scheme of things but something I would like to achieve.)
In past attempts I've tried luring by moving a treat diagonally downwards between her front paws but she has always just stepped backwards and put her head down without any lowering of the front half and then if I haven't released the treat she has then lay down in her usual way or offered other behaviours or just wandered off! (Or occasionally I've been so sorry for her puzzled look that I've given her the treat anyway )
So my plan is to put a dining room chair between us and hold a treat under it so that she needs to lie down to reach it. If I can get her to do it just once and click and treat I think we'll have it. She is very clued in to the clicker and gets excited when I produce it - it's just getting that first one.
If anyone has trained this with a dog who didn't find it easy I'd be glad of any other suggestions.
In past attempts I've tried luring by moving a treat diagonally downwards between her front paws but she has always just stepped backwards and put her head down without any lowering of the front half and then if I haven't released the treat she has then lay down in her usual way or offered other behaviours or just wandered off! (Or occasionally I've been so sorry for her puzzled look that I've given her the treat anyway )
So my plan is to put a dining room chair between us and hold a treat under it so that she needs to lie down to reach it. If I can get her to do it just once and click and treat I think we'll have it. She is very clued in to the clicker and gets excited when I produce it - it's just getting that first one.
If anyone has trained this with a dog who didn't find it easy I'd be glad of any other suggestions.