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Sorry to hear of your loss.

So sorry for your loss KitKat

RIP Harm

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i have only just taught her to laydown. but now if i say sit- she sits then lies down straight away too- how do i say for her to get up and sit without having her jump at me? (if i say UP she jumps up from lying position, then i have to say sit agin?!)

One of my guys was doing this too.

You need to anticipate that she will go into the down after the sit and reward her (click) before she goes into the down. Reinforce the sit more than the down until she is solid with it, then mix it up, don't always ask for a down after the sit.

Hope that helps, and I wasn't too late to be of assistance.

Sam.

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Okay, after a quick serious attempt at trying to get the "beg" from Jamie and Chester, these are my observations on how to stop them standing up.

Dog sitting nicely, food treat into fist, fist moves slowly from their nose/muzzle/stop, back, down, close to their head without giving any space away - keep your hand at that height, do not release to any pressure to move your hand up (that was where I seemed to be going wrong before - I was giving too much room to move), two front paws lift off ground, click, fist opens and releases reward. It took a few practise runs, but this was how it worked best for them

Now more practise, and a hold to work on

Hope that helps ;)

Sam.

amhailte:

yep am having the same thing happening.

I actually reinforced it heaps, cause I liked it so much. My dally does this really tall stand on his back legs on command now - only took about 2 sessions. But it has totally ruined my attempts at getting the beg. Gonna have to be more imaginative now

Sorry can't really help, but what I would say is: be patient - they can't stand there forever; and be quick with your timing - if for just a second they are in the position you want have your finger on the clicker (so to speak).

That will be my plan when I can get out and do some training with them again - hmm should be right now probably ;)

eta: oops :p actually meant to say that Moses looks like an adorable and irresistible begger

Sam.

lolli:

Treat always follows click.

The idea is that click = treat.

If your dog does not look to you for the treat after you click, you need to go back and ensure that the association between the two are clear which is just a matter of click, treat, click, treat, click, treat, until you pause after the click and your dog looks to you for the treat.

There are heaps of threads here about clicker training, and on the net, if I haven't made things clear I suggest you do some reading up.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask. Someone on here should be able to help.

Happy training

Sam.

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Divine Angel:

I think with the "pray" you need the dog to have their paws leaning on something for balance.

I taught my dog using a combination of a paw target and a nose-to-hand target. You can find how to do these in the "Tricks of the week" section.

Chester has paw targetted the flat surface and then you can see me holding my hand between his front paws for his nose to go down

a short hold

We are still solidifying this trick :D extending his hold in the position.

That's how I've tried it anyway To get a "pray" from a "beg" position would be a little awkward for the dog IMO ... look at Koza's dog and imagine she had her head down? ... looks odd ...

Koza: great picture!!!!

jazzmom: The reason for the 12mths and older rule before trying to teach your dog this is because their bones have not grown fully and the stress of holding their own weight can be damaging. Do you have any pictures of her "bow"? maybe you could add one to the "bow" trick thread?

TD: do you have a picture of your guys doing it?

Sam.

Cool!

I didn't notice this post until today ;)

I have got the beginnings of this actually, just have never really rewarded it.

Will give it a go over the next month and see what I get.

Will post any pics as we can :D

Sam.

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So sorry Sidoney

:rofl:

kavik

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