Anabelle was also the class clown in her obedience class. She had no problems with "down" actually it was the getting her back up that was the most difficult. Are you standing up in front of him? Anabelle did better when I kneeled in front of her to start with but she is VERY short.
In our class if the dog didn't "get it" we would eventually as a last resort just put them there until they understood what we were asking of them. For example for down start tugging on their front legs gently. But again that's probably best left as a last resort.
The stars of my class were a standard schnauzer and a cattle dog.
Anabelle also refused treats the first class or two, so we started bringing a mixture of hot dogs, ham, and chicken. They are very distracted at class so they're not quite as interested in food as normal.
In our class if the dog didn't "get it" we would eventually as a last resort just put them there until they understood what we were asking of them. For example for down start tugging on their front legs gently. But again that's probably best left as a last resort.
The stars of my class were a standard schnauzer and a cattle dog.
Anabelle also refused treats the first class or two, so we started bringing a mixture of hot dogs, ham, and chicken. They are very distracted at class so they're not quite as interested in food as normal.
