Need some help on new commands??

• 04-03-2008 11:00 AM

  kpwlee Joined on 06-16-2006 North Carolina Posts 3,652 Points 355	Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact  I need a few new commands: stand up ( and a tip to train it?) head up - I need something that means he needs to keep his head up while walking ( he's an intense sniffer) that's all I can remember right now - senior moment can't remember the other one
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• 04-03-2008 11:41 AM

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  JRTzoey Joined on 08-04-2007 Halifax, NS Posts 166 Points 80

  Re: Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact  those sound like pretty easy things to teach! i taught Zoey to stand by simply putting her in a down, then holding a treat just in front and above where she could get it, and when she stood i click/treat. then start moving it back farther so she stands up quicker, put in a hand movement or a word for it, and there you go! i'm sure someone else can do a better job at explaining it haha as for looking up to avoid sniffing? i'd teach a "leave it" or "watch" so when you say it he looks up at you. Zoey's a sniffer when we go for walks, and that's fine kuz she's exploring and having fun, but if she heads towards something i don't want her getting into i use a leave it. i also use it when she's chasing my cats, or thinking about it...   Good luck! those seem like pretty simple things to teach, i'm sure you guys will have it in no time :)  my dog makes me a better person.

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• 04-03-2008 11:53 AM

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  kpwlee Joined on 06-16-2006 North Carolina Posts 3,652 Points 355

  Re: Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact Thanks - I've never needed to ask him to stand but I'd like to have a command for it. JRTzoey: as for looking up to avoid sniffing? i'd teach a "leave it" or "watch" so when you say it he looks up at you. Zoey's a sniffer when we go for walks, and that's fine kuz she's exploring and having fun, but if she heads towards something i don't want her getting into i use a leave it. i also use it when she's chasing my cats, or thinking about it...   Now this one isn't easy.  We have a great 'leave it', and 'enough' is for when he has sniffed enough.  Bugsy is pretty much a nose with legs.  My problem is that if I take him to somewhere new and full of smells you physically cannot keep his head up (remember he is large and powerful).  This has been a problem in a class we are taking in which we do some work outside in a dog yard and he is suppose to not sniff. What I want to do is have a 'formal' head up walk.  Somehow different than a normal walk.

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• 04-04-2008 3:26 PM

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  JRTzoey Joined on 08-04-2007 Halifax, NS Posts 166 Points 80

  Re: Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact kpwlee: What I want to do is have a 'formal' head up walk.  Somehow different than a normal walk.    i'd say teach it like any other command... click when he puts his head up. give it a word, and treat it like a moving/longer command (like the heel, or a stay) once he has a word for it, and he knows he'll get a  treat just for holding that trick for awhile... he should get better you think??? kpwlee: .  Bugsy is pretty much a nose with legs.  My problem is that if I take him to somewhere new and full of smells you physically cannot keep his head up   hahahaha cute. i have a similar problem, in the sense that when Zoey's somewhere new with dogs, it's like i don't exist. nomatter what tasty things i have to offer. it's like other dogs are more rewarding than aaaaaaaaaanything i could possibly have. any ideas on how to fix THAT? lol  my dog makes me a better person.

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• 05-31-2008 11:33 PM

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  brookcove Joined on 09-10-2007 Semora, North Carolina, USA Posts 4,021 Points 335

  Re: Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact  Does he have a watch me when not walking?  If not teach that (there's lots of instructions online).  Then start using it while walking around the house (boring, no temptation to sniff), then outside in the yard where the smells are familiar, then gradually in more and more exciting places.  If he doesn't get it in a new place, back up a step, don't try to "force" him to be right in the harder environment. Good luck!  I taught the different positions by doing three-step pushups - down, sit, stand, and back down again.  Then you eliminate sit in between, or just do sit-stand - mix it up.   Becca Shouse Maggie and Zhi (queen bees), Ben, Gus, Cord, Rocky, Ted (BCs), Lu and Tully (Maremma flock guardians) Irena Farm, Semora, NC

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• 06-12-2008 5:15 PM

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  kpwlee Joined on 06-16-2006 North Carolina Posts 3,652 Points 355	Re: Need some help on new commands?? Reply Contact brookcove: I taught the different positions by doing three-step pushups - down, sit, stand, and back down again.  Then you eliminate sit in between, or just do sit-stand - mix it up.   Just saw this - thats what did it for him!
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