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Take breaks. You and your dog will come back more ready to learn than before. A frustrated dog will not learn well.
Progress to doing the trick without a treat reward quickly. The more dependant the dog becomes on the treat, the less obedient she will be later on.
Use hand signals when you give the command. It will give your dog something else to recognize.
And in the words of Goodhart... Some people feel the need to punish their dog for not "obeying" but this is almost certainly counterproductive and will end up doing more harm than good. No striking, no hitting.
Another important tip from jdege ... If you are trying to force a sit, do so lightly, and do it with a hand on the tail, with your fingers pushing lightly against the inside of the stifle (knee). Don't just push down straight - you could cause serious injury. Dogs' joints aren't very resistant to pressure from unusual directions. Humans have tree-climbers in our ancestry, so our shoulders and hips are built for pressure from odd angles. Dogs weren't, and so dogs' aren't.
Take breaks. You and your dog will come back more ready to learn than before. A frustrated dog will not learn well.
Progress to doing the trick without a treat reward quickly. The more dependant the dog becomes on the treat, the less obedient she will be later on.
Use hand signals when you give the command. It will give your dog something else to recognize.
And in the words of Goodhart... Some people feel the need to punish their dog for not "obeying" but this is almost certainly counterproductive and will end up doing more harm than good. No striking, no hitting.
Another important tip from jdege ... If you are trying to force a sit, do so lightly, and do it with a hand on the tail, with your fingers pushing lightly against the inside of the stifle (knee). Don't just push down straight - you could cause serious injury. Dogs' joints aren't very resistant to pressure from unusual directions. Humans have tree-climbers in our ancestry, so our shoulders and hips are built for pressure from odd angles. Dogs weren't, and so dogs' aren't.
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Jul 1, 2011. 7:58 AMdmzag
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Really really nice instructable. I plan to try "close the door" today because I (= my 2 beagles) have failed miserably at closing. Opening is a speciality they perfected on their own. I hope this instructable will work on MALE dogs...
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Jun 20, 2009. 11:01 PMkatilicous
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NICE Image Notes. Love that commercial- Nice pictures, what a cutie. Probably uses the force like mine does. Thanks
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